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“Walking Tree” resembling an Ent from LOTR crowned New Zealand’s tree of the year
In a scene reminiscent of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, a solitary northern rātā tree with a striking resemblance to a walking Ent has been crowned New Zealand’s 2024 Tree of the Year. That’s ...
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Ancient lone elm the Last Ent is 'guardian' to new trees
The elm - dubbed the Last Ent of Glen Affric - was Scotland's Tree of the Year in 2019. Ents are mythological tree creatures from fantasy writer JRR Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, and serve as ...
Lessons learned in the tree
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien features an old race of tree-like creatures called ents. Images of these creatures always stuck with me, maybe because of the idea that if you ...
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100-foot 'walking tree' in New Zealand looks like an Ent from Lord of the Rings — and is the lone survivor of a lost forest
A bizarre, giant tree with a pair of leg-like trunks looks like an Ent from "The Lord of the Rings" — and it has just been ...