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    I was in Newsham Park when i saw this rather strange tree.
    it seems to have died off at the top, so is growing from the middle





    I move closer to take another angle and saw this Cheeky bugger.


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    Hiya Drone pilot

    My house backs onto woods,there are a lot of squirrels there,they are getting cheeky now---i put nuts out on the patio and they come right over and take them while i sit on the step !!
    I could watch them for hours==cheeky little bug***rs

    Great picture

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    Drone = Hope you do not mind me tagging on these from Newsham Park. >>

    A few weeks ago I mentioned 'Donky's Hill' in Newsham Park and people had not heard of it so to put people in the picture (pun) here it is >>>>>
    Pic 1 = looking down to Orphan Drive
    Pic 2 = looking up to Lister Drive.
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    The tree in my post is half way down the steps on the right next to the railway line.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drone_pilot View Post
    The tree in my post is half way down the steps on the right next to the railway line.

    Did not spot the tree nor the squirrel
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    If tomorrow starts without me, remember I was here.

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    Sorry but, someone knows the name of these trees?



    I token this picture in Rennes, Breizh

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    Marie, it looks like what we call the Monkey Puzzle Tree, a quick Google image search found this written about the tree

    The monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) is native to the foothills of the Andes mountains in Chile and Argentina. This living fossil is considered to be the nearest relative to the trees of the Carboniferous period (300 million years ago). The tree definitely has a prehistoric look, with its heavy coating of overlapped, spiny leaves.

    Those very sharp leaves are what give the monkey puzzle tree its name. Observing the tree's spiny armor, a 19th-century Englishman purportedly commented that climbing the tree would be quite a puzzle for a monkey. (Never mind that there are no monkeys in the monkey puzzle tree's indigenous region.)

    The monkey puzzle tree was brought to England in the late 18th century by Archibald Menzies. While visiting Chile, Menzies was served some of the tree's edible seeds. Having never seen them before, he pocketed some of them, several of which sprouted on his voyage back to Europe. This unusual tree quickly found its way into the rare-plant gardens of Europe and later North America. Araucaria araucana is a relatively common sight as an ornamental tree in Pacific Northwest.

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