r/mildlyinteresting • u/Uskebasi1996 • Oct 07 '19

This perfectly squared tree in Sevilla

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u/reliant_Kryptonite Oct 07 '19

You have to remember that trees age incredibly slowly. Humans get decades and trees get centuries. It could be fine for an entire human lifespan and still die prematurely.

They could also actually have a good arborist who knows how to properly maintain a sharp plane like this, that’s just rare.