The Oldest Living Thing In The World: The Mysterious Methuselah Tree | Oldest Tree | Timeline
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- On a desolate mountain top in California lives the world’s oldest organism - a gnarled and twisted bristlecone pine. The scientist who discovered the tree gave it the name Methuselah. It was a seedling when the Egyptian pyramids were being built and a mature tree at the time of Christ. It is now over 4,000 years old. The Curse Of The Methuselah Tree shows how the climate and dramatic events - from volcanoes to nuclear tests - over the last 4000 years have affected Methuselah’s growth rings. Archive footage and stunning computer animation are interspersed with Methuselah’s own narration, supplied by poet Roger McGough. The programme also contemplates the tree’s future and reveals the curse that has followed anyone who has dared to work on the tree - an early death.
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@@professoremerald3510 one, jaeus,king, amen
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Very interesting content , i really liked the narrators voice both are heart touching but the poet is magnificent.
I was almost sick after hearing the oldest tree in the world was cut down. After hearing this story, you almost believe that that tree had a soul, Was a living being with all the knowledge and secrets of the past. This is an amazing documentary!!
It’s a tree bro.. woopteedoo
@@JoseCastro-fn9xs ignorant is your name.
@@JoseCastro-fn9xswithout trees humans wouldn't exist. You dont deserve to breathe the oxygen they produce.
It's cause his son will give birth to Noah
Well bro stop using wood for table chair etc
Don Curry. Imagine being known as the man who cut down the oldest living tree in the world. Now, THAT'S a curse.
Yeah, I'm super glad not to be that guy.
The Methusela tree is not marked. It's location is unknown so that this doesn't happen.
I cruse him & his ancestors
@@brownsamurai3070wrongo bro, it is indeed gone now. So sad.
@@jasonjaeger7216So what? Now the second oldest tree is the oldest tree. Not really that big of a loss in the grand scheme of things bud. Losing that tree has not affected your life or the planet one bit.
"he had discovered the world's oldest living thing, and killed it."
If that isn't the single most descriptive statement of the human race, then I don't know what is.
Well said.
You act like a bunch of termites freaking gone wild. why are you messing with that tree I really want to know. you drilling holes in it why can't you just leave things alone do we want to know how old a tree is. If that tree could talk he would tell you to leave him alone he's too old to worry about this.
@@garyball6986 ...trees are asexual...she had a cone with SEEDS...HER feminine attempt at reproduction..."OLD" is a point of view...if this tree lives to be 20.000 years, she is still very young!!!...love and give all life a chance and opportunity to live my careful friend...
I don't think it is, but we're a varied species.
Killing what had survived thousand of years! What an absolutely horrific choice. Not sure why that man was not sent to prison for a crime against nature and humanity. How can he so casually describe this shameful action. How could someone do such a thing with no remorse? “Five minutes of looking is all that was involved!”
Many years ago my 2 sisters and my brother took our Mom and Dads cremated ashes to this incredibly magical place. When we opened the 2 boxes of ashes they were the exact same color and texture as the ground . we were stunned. Underneath the trees there were pieces of dead wood and all of them were shaped like wings. It was one of the most important things I have ever experienced in my life.
So you threw your dead parents on the ground in hopes they would become part of a magical tree?
That's really beautiful.
Beautiful, just beautiful
@Snot Dragger apparently you are of the minority.
Beautiful memory!!
These trees are amazing...not stately and grandiose like the giant Sequoia, but wizened and gnarled and tenacious. Long may you live, Methuselah ❤️
Fully agree!
Hahaha yea long live the trees lol
Yes well said.
Didnt you hear Methuselah.. (?) hes cursed to possibly live a long life! I say lets be the Dr. Kevorkian of tress and kill it!!!
Jk jk jk 🖖🏾
I like your word selection. Well done
Unfortunately if you ever discover something amazing (especially in nature) you’re best off keeping it secret or it’ll undoubtedly be harmed at best & completely destroyed at worst if it becomes public knowledge. Sad but true
You people are so unnecessarily dramatic lol
How could someone dislike this? It's a story of the oldest living creature on Earth?
Maybe because their central claim is false? This is the Information Age after all. We know Bristlecone pines are NOT the oldest trees.
@@Indusxstan Incorrect. There are no known trees on the planet older than those bristlecone pines. I would honestly enjoy being proven wrong.
I don't post on the internet, but I have heard that many times the dislikes are industrially engineered to challenge content. It has everything to do with money. Recent reports showed that people who post content can actually purchase likes to improve their popularity and purchase dislike bots to ruin the success of competing content. Overall, the like and dislike do not affect whether someone gets paid for posting, but it does affect their visibility algorithm. The competition is fierce to collect subscribers and viewers, but equally fierce to know if viewers are happy about what they see. I have come to the understanding that liking a video is not as influential as those who go out of their way to dislike. So if you feel moved to support a particular channel then make it a point to always like their posts. Consider it more of a political response; and not at all about thinking anyone cares what you personally feel.
@@karenlm9062 There are people in the investing community on TH-cam talking about tokenizing "likes" as a form of digital currency. Based on what you are explaining, it seems like it would become just another manipulated market.
Those dislikes are from Georgia Pacific paper company shareholders.
When you watch a program like this it reaffirms how stupid humanity is.
Lol super interesting though. Subtle humour, far too funny
Selfish, Egocentric, GREED.
I agree. BUT once more World History is WRONG....the alleged Methuselah Tree WAS NOT THE OLDEST TREE. That honour belonged to a lone tree growing in the Namib Desert in Africa.
But unfortunately one night a coupler of years ago it was killed by a drunken driver who managed to collide with the ONLY obstacle in his path. Even more unfortunately he escaped with only minor cuts...
Humans are horrible creatures.. We will be our own demise .
@@wrokgoddess Yep u suck. Ur self loathing makes a stupid tree feel better...smh
I live near where this tree is. The exact location of the Methusaleh tree is a secret so no one can harm it. It is said that Methuselah had an identical partner nearby. Idiots cut it down to count the rings to see how old it was. So by killing that tree named Promethius, they realized that the Methusaleh tree was extremely old too. Lots of people are mad that people killed the Promethius tree. The name Methuselah is from a Bible character who lived 969 years. He was Noah's grandfather. He is the longest living human recorded. His grandson Noah lived 950 years. This tree was alive long before Jesus walked the earth. If only trees could talk and tell us all they have 'seen' - I would surely want to hear that story.
am soooo disgusted with what he did AND that he actually has the balls to show his face afterward and laugh about what he did. I am sure Methuselah isn't the oldest He is just the oldest humans have seen but humans disgust me to no end.
But in the middle of the woods, they probably havent seen a whole lot.
Suzanne umm that means you wake up nauseous just knowing your a human, then throw up looking in the mirror. What ugly, depressed, worthless life you live since you are disgusted with humans which is what you are. Sucks to be you Suzanne I love my life my family. My baby, my wife I feel happy when I come home from work. But you. You are disgusted every day every hour you see humans unless you are a recluse. Which is sad. Then you are still disgusted since you are a human.
Where do you live I bet you don’t live by it
Who says they can't talk we just are to stupid to understand them
In the time it took to skip all these ads. I’m now older than this tree
Skip to the end, reload video, no ads.
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josh ainsworth Yeah, I'm seeing a bunch of little yellow dots. Skip!
I simply downloaded an adblocker. I watch YT ad free, don't pay, and don't need to reload either.
@@StephenMaybury72 You poor fool, reloading takes much less time than downloading an adblocker.
@@NintenGamer You download an adblocker once, and it functions forever. Or you have to reload every video you watch. Not only are YOU a fool, you are clearly stupid.
This is my favorite documentary of all time, it’s so well written.The poetry,, and the flow giving homage to the life of Methuselah is a masterpiece.
I have seen this about 15-20 times and I will never tire of it. The first couple times I watched it I cried, it touched my soul.
I tell every poet, artist, nature lover I know; if you have not seen this documentary, you are missing out!
This is one tree I would dearly love to hug! Thank you to all involved in the making of this, hats off to you, Roger McGough!
Thank you Cheryl Ann Taylor Dickens
Its ok not as good as Chewbacca Mom viral video
This is without a doubt the weirdest and most unusual documentary I have ever seen. However, that doesn’t detract from how incredibly fascinating it was!
I also felt compelled to watch it in its entirety
Idk.. I got pretty annoyed pretty fast... But I respect your endurance 😜
Why would you describe a nature video as weird and unusual? Maybe it's you that's weird and unusual, think about it.
@@carlgustav945 for a nature video it is pretty freaking weird.
A tree.. being anthropomorphized for the purpose of a narrative... the profound admiration and kinda creepy voice that doles out the quoted poems... Adding world history to the mix...
If you have an example in mind that compares to this please share.
It is a pretty interesting doc, especially bc it IS so different- "weird".
I was thinking the same when I read your surname!
I couldn't date the tree, so I chopped it down!!! Wtf!!! There should be consequences for idiot scientists who do things like this.
Yep, that's a punishable crime, foolishly irresponsible, selfish, greedy, and inconsiderate, but at least it wasn't the only example as there's a grove of them.
Right!
Scott Bixler ...he seemed like he didnt really care either. I have no doubt that it wasnt the first time either. I think he cared most about being "the one" who discovered the oldest tree. Im sure that if i accidentally cut it down for firewood i would get some kind of fine and definate backlash. Why does he get a pass? Being an expert on the trees he should be held most accountable. This really has me vexed
zven gally oh, he murdered a tree.!!! I really have no hope for the future if you represent the majority your generation.
The guy should be serving life in prison for that.
"you can read me like a book.... like my cousin, who is now an actual book.
Eeesh....
Same! I killed my cousin to count the bones! Someone told me that it isn't working that way and even if it would, it wouldn't be worth it.
Atleast i have an awesome book now.
Lol
That is a clever funny post, I wish I had said it, we have the same sense of humor.
😂
You couldn't get a stranger format for a nature doc. Love it.
It was heart breaking to hear they cut down the oldest living thing on Earth, how sad.
What do you expect from selfish greedy humans.
The tree is still alive.. Horrible he cut down part of it but luckily Methuselah lives..
Ditto.
You're projecting your human feelings into a thing that doesn't even have a nervous system.
Oldest living "tree" not "thing"
I am very glad The Methuselah Tree is being protected.
Why?
@@StanSwan what do you mean why? Its the oldest known living thing.
*Im watching this at 4am*
Supposedly
It was cut down
@@steveadams2204 Aren't you thinkinf of the Prometheus Tree? That one was cut down over by Wheeler Peak NV but Methuselah is still standing
That guy that cut the oldest tree! Damn that made my heart ache!
The way he just laughs it off ._.
@@JohnYoo39 Yep, made my angry af. No remorse or shame. Thats way you never tell no body if you finde a mermaid or some other creater or some thing .
And he showed no remorse. It sickened me.
The story telling in this piece is flawless. If I just had audio and no video, the narrators painted an image in my mind with tremendous detail. The trees perspective is almost trippy. I must say; well done, this was put together nicely. Thank you.
Love the Rangers decision on not telling where the oldest tree is.
Yes
...time destroys all...humans destroy all natural beauty,,,
All you have to do is Google it and the first article I found talks about how to get there
Its located in the White Mountains of Inyo California
@@michaelgoldman1433 ...i've learned a tree older than this has been found...the wealthy masses will flock again?
The voice actor that plays Methuselah sounds expensive.
Sounds like Rutgar to me. If not close enough!
It sounds like Benedict Cumberbatch
Nah , it sounds like William Hootkins.
49:20 ... The joy of reading .
Silvia Rachels 😅😂
And your point? Seems way off base, more a degrading thing to say then a compliment.
-expensive - provides zero here in describing a voice that really felt like holding a finely crafted work of primitive art in your own hands.
It's a good thing that Methuselah is being protected!
This was brilliant. The poetry gave me goosebumps & the info was almost unbelievable. Also, I've never felt such emotion regarding a tree as when the 4,900 y.o was cut down 2 count it's age. Tragic
I'd hate to live with being the one that had cut down the worlds oldest tree.
INFIDEL Same.
My heart literally sank when I heard that...
@Chad Klaren : No it wouldn't. We can only, hope that there is still, one out there somewhere, even, older.
Please leave the trees alone
@Infidel same lol
Methuselah is a 4,849-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. For many years it was thought to be the world's oldest known living non-clonal organism, until it was superseded in 2012 by the discovery of another bristlecone pine in the same area with an age of 5,067 years (germination in 3050 BC)
Tremendous. Thank you.
The cedars of Lebanon are much older.
The cedars of Lebanon are about 10,000 years old
Scientists recently found a Cyprus in Chile that is over 5400 hundred years old, beating the California trees in age.
There are many older trees in many areas.
Unfortunately it is common practice to cut them down to either date them or to measure the height.
Amen thank you for not telling where it is and I hope and pray that you find some way of protecting it from any damage from the ignorance of men
Ahhh excuse me did he just say he killed the oldest discovered living thing on earth.. ? Humm, way to go human!
Go out there and their mountains we sure could use some firewood it gets really cold we could use a a cup of coffee but we need something to put them on the stove so we can get the get the fire going here that one looks like a good tree chop that one down
I'm glad that never happened
Yes what an idiot🥵
If I cut the oldest known tree down I couldn't be in a documentary like this talking about it.
They discovered that tree was older than Methuselah. I imagine there may be others that are. Even the dead trees that laid on the ground around Methusela were older when cored.
I don't understand the logic of cutting that tree down to find out how old it was. If the coring equipment wasn't long enough to reach the core that should have told him it was older than Methuselah.
@@garyball6986 ...it did happen...????...
I absolutely love the way this addresses plant consciousness. Well done!!
Well done indeed..........
Hippie dippie flippie
Yes Scotty. Your reaction was to laugh out loud at you mistakenly cutting down the oldest living thing. What a horror story of science that was!
I was disgusted too!
Totally agree... he should be arrested & served time for the years he took away!!!
Not the oldest.
Thought the same 💀
I couldn't believe the thoughtless "biology that took place.@@belami_irl8543
This is a powerful story that is about more than a "tree"...It made me cry to hear it speak, especially at the end..
Just watched this video without interruption from junk ad’s, This is truly a wonderful creation? How amazing is the One who created it! If we stop to look beauty is all around us even during a pandemic.
The nightmare of corruption that man perpetrates against the earth is pretty standard.
It wasn’t corruption here. It was an underfunded scientist with subpar tools and carelessness.
If you want to see corruption, look at the destruction of our west coast old growth forests. That’s destruction for profit only.
and sickening
I feel bad about the natives too, "the Paiute Indians who'd lived alongside you for over a thousand years were swept from the valleys within a half decade."
@Clark Gable Pigskin killer.
Clark Gable
It is actually the other way around. Thanks for the native American race, whites are still around.
Clark Gable the whites that came to the Americas destroyed eight million of the ten million indigenous people
Douglas Harris
No they’d didn’t. Disease did. Stop virtue signaling and engaging in anti-white propaganda. People had no concept of germ theory or immunity at that time.
We’re still here they just call us Black now🥲
This is the first time I've heard this story and I love it. They should teach this in schools around the world. Shared with my boyfriend who works at a sawmill in Boulder Colorado. I tried to explain to him that at times I could feel the logs crying.
But you still spread your legs open for such a loser???
Man, this doc is a trip. Truly amazing.
Wonderful. Whatever was done with the saplings? Hopefully a few were planted close to their parent.
Edited to add : Horrified at the smug scientist who killed the oldest 🌲.
Love this history lesson I hope and pray no one harms the Methusaleh Tree ever. AMAZING
BEAUTIFUL ❤️
Methuselah is a beautiful 🌲 tree...
LOVE how you did this documentary 😍
i first watched this back in fourth grade, i came back to it because it was such a moving story
Methuselah, you are amazing! May you live long after we are all gone.
Considering the nature of Humans, I doubt that. I think it's a lot more plausible that Methuselah dies by our hand, unfortunately..
I want to add to this: Methuselah, you have taught me quite a bit in our small bit of time which I learned more about you than in any of the vids I had seen, previously. Regardless of some of the tiny mistakes which can be easily repaired, I assume, the concept and content of it was refreshing and informative. Again, thanks, keep hanging in there for another eon or two, or three, or....
qwikdraw it’s gone already
Wow!! Did any of you pay attention? Apparently not. Methuselah is dead. It's amazing that mankind is supposed to be the smartest animal that lives on this earth & that we are the stupidest & most destructive creatures that ever lived. But no worries, we will find a way to kill all of us sooner or later!
jasara
AI will either be the worst thing or the best thing to ever happen to humanity.
That man showed no remorse nor took any responsibility for cutting down that tree! I’m sure he profited off selling it to the casino. Humans suck!
As though Casino patrons are interested in that stuff? They are not. So it is ignored. Why it isn't in a museum of natural history is the question?
Poopy doopy do.
Paleontologists do
He actually quit his discipline in self-disgust. The slab is now in the visitor center at Great Basin Natl Park, E of Ely, NV. It was cut there-
This was a really well put together, informative documentary!! I never realized that a tree could be so interesting!! I really enjoyed this!!
Heart breaking 💔 to cut down something so old. thank you to the guy for keeping her secret you know how disappointing humans can be🌲🌴🌳
This documentary is one of the best things I've ever watched! I loved the poetry and the story told by the tree. Well done! Thank you
Angela Avery-Carey .....I agree , whole heartedly!
Gosh,I love the idea of these old trees and the ones from years ago were so big AND beautiful ! The documentary's narration was also excellent as was how the story was written.
Update: Its nearly January 1, 2022, the oldest tree on earth has passed, gone to its eternal rest in the earth. We will miss you, RIP.
The story, Philosophy, music, all combined very well. loved it.
Event though he doesn't know it.....this tree is a great poet .....because his roots are Longfellows!
Lovely, Jesse!
...big feet?...size 50 centuries...henry wadsworth?,,,my father said..."he's a poet and doesn't know it, i can tell because his feet are such longfellows"...that simple jibe drove me to pursuit poetry and song writing for life...just turned 64 and still learn what the trees have to tell me...
I think that you need to be more empathetic towards all of nature. We have it in Our soul's to do so. Respect nature for it is apart of our own selves.
"amazing grace how sweet the sound..... Once was lost but now I'm found by a TREE. Ahmen. I love this story. (and incredible narration).
This was awesome, I love driving by the Bristlecones. I know Giant Sequoias quite well, and live a few miles from Big Trees State Park, but these little pines are more ancient still.
That old tree is a pretty damn good poet though, just saying! 😁
ive sanded more articulate pieces of tree corpses. leafy plagiarism is not a joke its a very serious accusation
depends whos working , HOLD UP did you actually think a potty joke was going to be funny?
Why? did the tree start spouting William wordsworth? lol I get it though .I really do.
Harrison 😆
When there is a heart on the tree that says Fred & Wilma...that is an old tree.
Amazing to think that something could live that long. There is also an oak tree somewhere in the south that's close to 2000 years old, and its an amazing sight. The canopy is massive, like a giant bush.
I live very close to "The Angel Oak" and can see it when ever I want. Believe me no one will get the chance to harm it. Nowadays it's well protected, but I can remember when it wasn't.
Visited here '91 on an 8000 mile cycle. Overwhelmed by these trees 💚. Took a cone back home to Scotland 😊
Howard Lenox, I cycled down hill from the ranger station ,27 miles on that switch back road to the valley floor. What a rush!
Cool!!!!
my dad found and obsidian arrowhead on a riverbed in missouri, my daughter has it here now in the uk
Missouri is full of arrowheads and old trees. My grandfather had a farm at Leslie. The native peoples mined red ochre there.
I found lots of arrowheads and pottery as a kid. Time of my life. I'm from south Alabama.
Disrespectful to take it
@@taylorered6874 why?
@@marydoherty9188 disrespectful to the venerated spirits, their land was taken and pillaged, not even given proper burials in most cases. Stripped of all artifacts to be sent to museums, the remains of their history should be left unless given express permission from a local native
If I was the guy that cut the oldest tree in the world down to count its rings ,I be damned if I would show my face on camera, I would be so ashamed of being so stupid,.....and he is a educated man? WOW And the way he laughed at it only took 5 mins. to find.so in a matter of mins. he killed something 5000 yrs.old,our world is so sad at times. Still very good program ty for uploading.
lighten up my friend. Only by making mistakes do we humans learn. This tragedy led to the discovery of another even far older tree and a deeper understanding of the majesty of ancient living things.
Thomas Jefferson once commented that cutting down old trees, to him, was something akin to watching a murder - I can't help but agree.
Old Tjikko in Sweden is the oldest tree. This is creationist propaganda. Old tjikko ruins their timeliness that's why they don't acknowledge it
I'm pretty sure he was laughing in disbelief rather than amusement. You can tell he feels remorseful.
I watched start to finnish and had no issue with the audio or music. Great doc.
So did I. The music was also fitting for the Doc.
is the end not in English?
best i9ve watched in awhile.
@@gregakinson2800 Me too
Amazing narration. So relaxing to hear.......Ima sleep good tonight
6000 year old trees. "Let's cut them down and count the rings."
FFRIGNNN IIIIIIIDIoootsss
How do You know it’s 6k if you you don’t count
How sad that the real Lord of the Rings could be destroyed by humans! So glad that the tree is now protected!
Now I'm gonna go out and hug my tree in my yard.
you mean hang right please
Me too
That's paganism. Thank The Almighty God, instead.
Tree huggin hippie 😂
@@gatsbylight4766 Lol
The way he says he`s name in the beginning poem, gave me chills. But over all.. never the less it was beautiful.
This is an incredible story. Thank you so much for teaching us about its amazing history.
Now there's a tree I'd like to hug!
In reading the comments I notice that apparently a lot of people had a problem with the audio mix...I'm a 70 year old dinosaur and have had a hearing impairment ever since my hitch in Vietnam 50 years ago. I watched it on a 15" laptop plugged into a decent set of headphones and had absolutely no problem...I think a lot of people were watching it on their phones...
Yes sir ,exactly right....i'm ancient as well and on my p.c..Sound was fine here, God bless you and t.y. for your service as well.
Thank you Shang Hunter...
I too use a laptop with a 24" monitor and headphones out of living in an urban apartment and had no problem. It would sound tinny and annoying on a cell phone or tablet without headphones.
Scott Bixler I'm watching on a phone, it's fine to me.
Yes, I'll bet you are right!
I've watched the video twice and I did not find any problem with the audio. I don't have a fancy set-up, just my Bose Soundlink Mini plugged into my 4-year old laptop.
"I've got to have done something wrong" Yeah dude, you cut down the oldest known tree in the world.
I grew up with my mother saying that different things, including different quotes as being "...as old as Methuselah"...so cool to know it's a tree ..that it's THIS tree♥️
She was probably talking about the Biblical Methuselah for whom the tree is named.
Methusela was the oldest guy in the Christian bible.
I like it. I have never heard a documentary from the perspective of a tree.
Clay Warner no it's just a perspective of a humans imagination not a tree.
Trees don't have a perspective. They exist. They grow, they thrive, they wither, they die. So do people, but people DO have perspectives.
yeah
thanks
You should listen to "A Day in the Life of a Tree" by the Beach Boys. It's a song from the perspective of a tree.
Entire civilizations have rose and fallen during this tree's lifetime. It is so old, it's location has to remain a secret by law. Like the narrator stated, "If you could speak, imagine the stories you would tell."
Matthew Mason *risen
as long as it doesn't have to listen to the rotten sound called music
Matthew Mason It's on google maps
its just a tree.
Been standing in the same spot in the middle of nowhere all this time, the stories it has to tell may not be all that interesting... a lot of just, you know, standing around.
Everything we know will be long forgotten in a few years. Just a few moments for a tree , a blink for the universe .
A blink? What makes you think the universe is billions of years old? Our current incorruptible secular scientists? Because, there is ample scientific evidence to the contrary they never, ever inform you about. Such as: In 1989 the Voyager probe calculated Jupiter's magnetic field strength to be much stronger than scientists had predicted. Only one scientist's prediction, of all the scientists in the world, was correct in his prediction of the strength of Jupiter's magnetic field . His calculations were based upon the universe being formed only 6,000 years ago. Nope, not a fluke. You see, his calculations were confirmed again recently with the latest fly by of Mercury in which a measurable decline had taken place in only twenty....or thirty years. I forget exactly now but, you get the point I'm sure.
Did you know, we see comets yet they can exist no more than 100,000 years due to mass loss from each orbit around the sun? They shouldn't be there if the planet is 4.5 billion years old as they tell us.
Did you know, the arms of spiral galaxies in deep space dated to 10 billion years old are not twisted beyond all recognition in less than 1 billion years as they should be, according to scientists calculations?
Did you know, the Moon (assigned to be 4.5 billion years old) is moving away from the earth at 1.5 inches a year. Calculations confirm at 1.5 billion years ago the Earth and Moon would have collided.
Did you know, the earth's magnetic field is declining in intensity exponentially? You cannot go back in time more than 10 thousand years as the intensity increases. The magnetic field intensity would be the equivalent of a magnetic star and no biological activity that we know of could withstand it. Molecules would be literally ripped apart at 20,000 years according to scientists calculations.
So then, it begs the question, what happened? The answer is in Genesis. The science actually confirms Genesis, as much as the scientific community tries their best to ignore it and indoctrinate the public into their pseudo science. It is a sad thing when one finally realizes just how compromised with false science our beloved scientific community actually is. Their unfounded scientific beliefs have turned into a religion, literally. One must have faith to believe what they teach us because the evidence, the data, does not bear it out. Therefore, it is a religion. Trust your Bible. take care
what a great documentary! Thank You Timeline!
that tree sure can tell a story .
the man said 96 seeds sprouted and grew fine . i wonder if they planted them in the wild . though , with the seriously slow growing rate it may be decades before they can be transplanted .
that being said , planting one where the oldest was cut down would be a great idea .
I was wondering the same thing. They never mentioned anything about what happened to the seedlings
I hate how he just sat there grinning. Like he wasn't even ashamed. Like he had done something great.
Made me wanna punch him in the face
This is how dull my life is: I'm watching a DOCUMENTARY about a TREE, and I'm completely enthralled! 😂
There is nothing dull about experiencing the beautiful wonders of life through any means available to you. I think you live an amazing life which has allowed you to grow in any way you choose to
Its shows how broad your mind is, it's not a bad thing.
Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding vid/program.Bliss
I want to thank you for publishing this wonderful report. Forget all the "horrible mistakes" included in it, like the music wasn't mixed very well and drowned out the narrator, and the editing could have been a bit tighter and other errors, which can be remedied without too much bother. Anyway, the concept of the "Methuselah Tree", to me was a delight. I knew of it's existence and had seen other vids on it, but nothing so in depth. It allowed me to learn something that I find very interesting, so, again, thanks.
One of the strangest and coolest documentaries I’ve ever seen
This is probably one of my favorite documentaries. I hear the narrator reading the poetry from the trees perspective often.
Absolutely magnificent production, congratulations and thank you so very, very much!!!
It may help the nit-pickers who are complaining
of the louder background noise interfering with the narration,
is to turn your ‘closed captions’ on.
Outside of this problem for some, it’s a very good production! Thx!
I had known of this tree for many decades but showing its life on a timeline of the other things going on at the same time, or rather coming and going, was fascinating. Kudos to the producers of this excellent show!
Brilliant Documentary. Very good story telling. Lovely writing :)
With an estimated age of over 80,000 years, Pando is the oldest tree in the world as well as one of the oldest living organisms. While most of the other trees on this list are individuals, Pando is a clonal colony that shares one underground root systems. Above ground, Pando may look like a grove of individual trees, but they are all genetically identical clones.
Did you know?
Pando has survived for so long because it has been able to continuously clone itself. However, researchers have recently said that Pando may be dying. Studies of Pando show that the tree has been declining for decades in size and has slowed down with producing replacement trees. Human development in the area as well as overgrazing of young trees by local animals have contributed to Pando’s possible death.
For a long time now, I've said that the biggest and most fatal infestation of the earth is HUMAN. That human development is threatening anything isn't surprising. Be it PANDOS (flora) or PANDAS (fauna)...humans are threatening both.
These trees are a national treasure. I wonder if they would grown any place else on the planet?
Each tree species which survived for so long had a special place like nowhere else on earth, the cedars of Lebanon cannot be found in any place else, that’s why they’re called the cedars of Lebanon.
I want to hug that tree and give it love energy. I want to tell it how much I love it.
Me too Inayah,
Love and light to you. 💖
what a great, random find this fine autumnal evening here in Mesopotamia in the year of 2020...
I would surely love to have s seedling of this tree. Will plant it in a safe place record its planting date and let the future generation see how old it can grow.
They mentioned growing lots of saplings (96 if I remember right) from it in a nursery with 100% germination success rate, but never mentioned what happened to those saplings. . Makes me wonder if they still exist. Maybe they thought the same as you and did so. I sure hope they did
These trees have very specific conditions and soil that they must have to live. Do your homework to see if you want to proceed. Best of luck to you😁
Sorry man, but are we not human. We both know they would cut it down with or without reason.
My favorite tree species! It reminds me of the Sierras and how much I miss those beautiful mountains. If Methuselah could talk he/she would tell us to respect life.
Mr. Curry, I hope you understand the horrible crime of what you did; if you found that tree with only five minutes of looking it was not chance. It was a cosmic communication, but you were too stupid to listen. This is why we are doomed as a species; our leaders ultimately are our most corrupt often as a result of that power.
I think If Methuselah tree is a human, it’s a man. Because in many legend of high monks, they’re old mans. He (If Methuselah tree is a human) is the same as an very old Lama in Tibet or a 500 or 1000 years old true monk
Greetings from Latvia!🇱🇻
The tree found that's even older is called 'ENOCH'
No, it's called Colin Powell, not ENOCH
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I visited this forest and will never forget the love the trees emit .. go see them
Powerful, I've never watch so good a documentary before, how it's been elaborated, the poem, the history, the science, all came together in a single tree.
I saw this 20+ years ago on PBS Nova's series. It stuck in my memory thanks to the memorable narration. So glad to see it again. What a story.
Can't believe he cut that tree down!!... and right at the bottom so it don't have a chance to regrow ... shame 😡 😭
It would have taken some simple metal crafting to make a bigger increment borrer, but no, gotta be impatient.
Would you allow the tree to live?
Some trees actually can regrow as long as there are roots. Not sure about this one tho.
M J I’ve actually seen a few stumps come back and spring forth new branches hopefully this one does too
It’ll still be the oldest but it’s age will stay concealed and hidden closer to the earth 🌏
In the optimum environment maybe but I doubt it in that harsh terrain.
great video. After adjusting my audio it was great. I love how you tell the story from the perspective of the tree.
keep your mind free at all times an god bless u sister
The great grandfather tree in Chile is the new oldest tree, measured to be 5,484 years old with an 80% certainty that it is above 5000.
this tree should be made into the most historically accurate poetry book ever
idk...I mean... I was just sitting here folding laundry, kinda high, and the beginning completely wigged me out. 8/10 would watch again.
T. Baggins same
I thought I was the only one getting high n watching these videos lol guess not!
Shays my Name... nope. Not at all!! Lmao!!
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Sissy
Remember, never anger an ancient being unless you want some seriously bad luck.