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The new sky curtain began to play with the melodious tune of Odebiao.

The picture slowly opens from the vast land of the African savannah.

The scorching sun pours down without reservation.

The camera moves forward, and a large tree suddenly appears in the field of vision.

The trunk of this tree is thicker than one could imagine.

The body, more than 20 meters high, reaches into the sky.

The tree crown is sparse and peculiar, and the branches stretch out wantonly, outlining irregular shapes against the backdrop of blue sky and white clouds.

And the voice of the sky began to explain:
【This is a baobab tree.】

【A plant that subverts human cognition. 】

[The scientific name of the baobab tree is Adansonia digitata, which belongs to the Bombax family and is actually a distant relative of cotton. ]

[But its style is much wilder than cotton. ]

[The diameter of an adult tree trunk can exceed 10 meters! ]

【It takes 40 adults holding hands to hug. 】

[The height easily exceeds 20 meters, which is equivalent to seven or eight floors. ]

[The thick trunk looks like an inflated beer barrel, and the sparse tree crown looks like an upside-down root system.]

【From a distance, it looks like an alien creature. 】

【There is a kind of beauty that grows randomly. 】

[However, this narrow-at-top-and-wide-at-bottom structure is actually the work of natural selection.]

[It can reduce water evaporation and resist the strong winds in the desert. ]

[Although it is a "sloppy-looking" tree. ]

[But the baobab tree is called the tree of life by the African people. ]

[Some even say: "Plant ten baobab trees, and your descendants will have no worries about food and clothing."]

[Its wood is loose and porous, and its trunk is hollow like a giant sponge, which can store 2 tons of water during the rainy season.]

[During the dry season in Africa, when a traveler is thirsty, he only needs to chisel a small hole in a tree trunk, and a clear spring will flow out.]

[The bark can also heal itself, making it a self-healing water vending machine.]

[This water storage ability is actually the survival code of the baobab tree. ]

[In order to adapt to the extreme environment of the African dry season, it has evolved a set of energy-saving modes. ]

[During the dry season, all leaves fall off to reduce evaporation, and in the rainy season, they absorb water like crazy to store up water. 】

[The wood is full of pores like a honeycomb, and bullets can penetrate it.]

[But it is this structure that makes it an efficient reservoir.]

[Locals say: "Where there are baobab trees, there is hope for survival."]

[For Africans, the baobab tree is an all-purpose treasure chest.]

[The young leaves are rich in vitamin C and calcium. They can be used as vegetables after being boiled, and can also be used as seasoning after being dried and ground.]

[The fruit is the size of an American football, with sweet and sour flesh and juicy texture, and contains 10 times more vitamin C than an orange.]

[It can be eaten directly, or made into jam, juice or even beer. ]

[The oil content of the seeds is as high as 15%. The light yellow oil squeezed out is a high-quality edible oil and can also be used to make cosmetics. ]

[The bark fibers are strong and can be woven into ropes, mats, and even made into paper.]

[Hollowed-out tree trunks can serve as natural refrigerators and water storage tanks.]

[Local people can even store 120 tons of water in a tree.]

……

Outside the sky.

Zheng He recalled the baobab trees he had seen, and could not help but smile and exclaimed:

“So this is the baobab tree?”

"I saw it from a distance when I was sailing in Africa before, and I thought it was very strange at the time."

“I didn’t expect it to be such a precious tree.”

“Next time I go to Africa, I’ll see if I can bring back baobab seeds.”

“A tree full of treasures!”

"There should be a chance to grow baobab trees in the southern part of my Ming Dynasty, right?"

And the sky curtain continued to introduce.

[Some baobab trees have been transformed into tree houses.]

[The famous "Sunland Bar" in South Africa was transformed from a thousand-year-old baobab tree and can accommodate 15 people for a party. ]

[In fact, there is a cross-cultural misunderstanding behind the name of the baobab tree. ]

[In the 16th century, European colonists came to Africa and saw monkeys eating the fruit, so they casually called it "baobab tree". ]

[In its native Africa, it has a more poetic name. ] [In Senegal, "Bobab" means "fruit with many seeds." ]

[Madagascar's "Ren Xili" is connected to ancient legends. ]

[According to legend, the gods planted it upside down in the ground, with the roots facing the sky to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon.]

[Many tribes regard baobab trees as sacred trees, believing that the souls of their ancestors live in the tree holes, and it is forbidden to cut them down at will. ]

[In Beitbridge, Zimbabwe, traditional leaders still punish those who destroy baobab trees.]

【Because it is not only a survival resource, but also a symbol of cultural identity. 】

【However, such an all-round player encountered "acclimatization problems" in China. 】

[my country has tried to introduce baobab trees to Yunnan, Fujian and other places, and found that although baobab trees are drought-resistant, they are afraid of cold and may freeze to death if the temperature drops below 0℃.]

[Roots are prone to rot in a humid environment. ]

[The tree trunks are also not as thick as those in Africa.]

【Scientists explain that this is the result of the combined effects of genes and environment. 】

[But now, baobab trees are facing an existential crisis. ]

[Global warming has shortened the rainy season in Africa, significantly reducing the water storage efficiency of baobab trees. ]

[Research shows that in the past 30 years, 90% of adult baobab trees have shown signs of aging.]

[In some areas, the entire tree even died.]

[Excessive logging by humans for building materials and agricultural expansion has made their survival even more difficult. ]

[The United Nations has included it in the protection list, calling for both utilization and respect. ]

[After all, this is a tree that has witnessed the rise and fall of human civilization. ]

【It teaches us not only the wisdom of survival, but also the philosophy of coexisting with nature. 】

The video ended and comments started flying out.

"When I was a kid, there was a comic book with this tree in it."

"I always thought it was made up in the book The Little Prince, but it turns out to be true?"

"The first time I heard about baobab trees was in Metal Max..."

"There are also baobab trees in my great Nanning, I think it's in Nanhu Lake."

"How did you take it down from such a high place?"

《Maybe a monkey picked it.》

"When I was a kid, I really thought that the things hanging on the trees were bread, haha."

"It's God's gift. Is this the reason why Africans don't develop agriculture?"

《The base of a mature baobab tree can be as large as a classroom.》

"How cool would it be to make a tree house?"

"The water stored in the baobab tree looks so dirty. Can we drink it directly?"

Why not drink mineral water?

"The water in the trees is already of high quality. Many Africans just lie down and drink it."

"By the way, does the water from these trees taste like bark?"

“Maybe.”

"How can a hollowed-out tree survive?"

"The xylem is not that important. The bark is what's important."

"Many centuries-old trees have long been hollowed out from the inside and survive only on their bark."

"This tree has a long life span. The baobab tree in Madagascar may have seen Zheng He."

"The baobab tree in the camera is so big that it is conservatively estimated to be thousands of years old. It would be a pity if it died now."

……

While netizens were discussing.

At the end of Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng looked at the sky and saw so much water in the baobab trees, and couldn't help but say:

“This tree is really nice.”

"The baobab tree seems to be like a giant, protecting the local people."

“No wonder it’s called the Tree of Life.”

"The land in Henan is now thousands of miles bare."

"If there were baobab trees in Henan, they would store water in their trunks when there was plenty of rain."

“Wait until there’s a big drought year like this one.”

"The people should also be living a much better life, right?" (End of this chapter)