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The teeming life of dead trees: Rotting logs turn out to be vital to forest biodiversity and recycling organic matter. (knowablemagazine.org)
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[โ€“] ErsatzCoalButter@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

wonderful essay by Zimmer

nice find OP

[โ€“] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

The magic school bus did an episode on the importance of rotting logs: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ_xpES8a3A