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Scientists have confirmed that a 26ft tall, tree-trunk-shaped organism, first discovered in Scotland in 1843, isn't a fungus or plant, but an entirely distinct evolutionary branch of life (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

They discovered Ents.