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Science and Nature

Inside the Largest Living Thing On Earth

Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.

Inside the Largest Living Thing On Earth

Season 9 Episode 14 | 9m 21s | CC

The biggest thing that has ever lived on Earth… is a tree? Hard to believe, but it’s true. Travel with me to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to go inside the most massive species on our planet, and learn what unique and special evolutionary adaptations let them get so big.

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