Even Bigger Than Tom Hanks

What is the biggest living thing you can think of? Is it a blue whale? Or maybe a redwood tree? Actually the giant sequoia tree in California is the most massive living thing! Sequoias can grow to be about 270 feet high and 40 feet in diameter! This is crazy huge! (Look at the guy in the picture to the right!) Redwoods actually grow taller to about 300 feet but aren’t as thick. Another neat thing about sequoias is that forest fires actually help sequoias reproduce. The heat from the fire dries out the cones in the tree and lets them release lots of seeds. These seeds fall on the newly cleared soil free of plants that block sunlight because of the recent fire. I think God was amazing in His design of the sequoia to provide a mechanism that only releases seeds at the most optimal time for growth.

To learn more:
General Sherman tree
Lots of pictures