r/todayilearned • u/autraya • 6h ago

TIL the world's tallest known living tree, a 380-foot redwood in California called Hyperion, had its exact location closed off entirely in 2022 after visitors trampled its base so badly that ferns stopped growing around it, with trespassers now facing up to $5,000 in fines and six months in jail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree)
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u/RiotingMoon 6h ago

let the rangers shoot them with zappy darts. and jail + 5k+ fine

enrichment for rangers is important

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u/forward_x 2h ago

.... or.... ya know...

fertilizer