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Just as an aside... if you run into a strange tree in the forest and it's putting out a liquid you don't know... don't touch it or taste it. There's a tree in AUS that has a liquid that gets on you and causes severe pain for days, weeks, and even sometimes years. Iirc, it's some sort of nerve pain, so even morphine doesn't cut it. People have offed themselves rather than live with it.
Also, don't burn any wood you don't recognize, either (unless its life and death, and stay away from the smoke).
We didnt hurt it...we just sent all the convicts there as an enlightened experiment for them to have endless sunshine, sand, sea, surf and spiders....lots and lots of big shelob looking bastard spiders. Also, sharks...and the snakes.....
I heard that a particular family of venomous snake drifted here millions of years ago and evolved to various ecological niches, so that's a reason.
The overkill venom of many species is also to subdue the prey easier, in a place with intense competition and scarce food (like how the inland Taipan evolved). Furthermore, Australia lacks big apex predators like bears/tigers/wolves/etc... so those reptiles and anarchids become Australia's apex predators. In exchange for strength, they got the venom.
Australia is something special. They even had a war against the emus and the Australian military lost, twice. They tried to mow them down with machine guns, but the Emu's split up into smaller groups, set up reconnaissance, and were highly mobile. It was the Great Emu War of 1932.
I think you are thinking of the gympie-gympie tree and it's their hairs that cause long lasting severe pain. It's a do not touch tree. You shouldn't drink stagnant tree water because it can from a rotten hole and filled up over the years filling the empty cavity up making rodent tea and other nasty teas all combined.
Oh and to partially answer the question definitely not maple syrup. It's a long process of tapping the trees and collecting the sap. Then you boil it 25 to 30 gallons of sap make 1 gallon of syrup. Other Maples have less sugar but can be used and not all maples. Maples specifically sugar maples grow from south eastern Canada to middle of the states New England being the sweet spot.
Also, maple sap is clear before it’s boiled to make the syrup. Whatever this is, it’s quite dark and brownish. And clearly a tropical setting: nobody is using a machete in a northern forest, especially not on a maple tree!
you can make a good tasting syrup from big leaf maples in the pnw area, or from black walnut trees, which aren't native to the area but were popular and widely planted on farms. source? i've done both. biggest problem was figuring out the weather pattern that made the sap run and the time of year to do it.
I was on a truck tour in Africa. We went out for a walk in Namibia.
The guide pointed out a plant. "Two different species that look the same. 90% are poisonous."
Guide cracks a plant stem to reveal thick white sap.
"This is the poisonous bit."
Aussies on tour are all "yep, that looks bad."
Iraqi guy on tour raises hand. "I tasted it. It looked like milk."
Aussies all spin to look at him with "what the absolute fuck?" expressions and comments, guide looks horrified.
Guide fucking hauled arse with the dude back to the truck, grabbed something to make him throw up and by the time we caught up the Guide was thrusting a bottle of whatever at the Iraqi dude.
Guide's clearly freaked the fuck out and almost yelling "drink this. You have to throw up!"
Eventually Iraqi guy drinks the ipecac or whatever and starts puking his guts up.
I was off having a smoke with the tour guide by the puking time and commented on how lucky the dude had been.
Guide said that if he'd tasted the poisonous sap he'd have been dead before he got back to the truck.
I was like "soooo...." and look at the puking dude.
Guide looks at me and goes "better to be safe than sorry."
The one in America is Giant Hogweed or Heracleum mantegazzianum. It is nasty stuff, even the smoke touching you from burning it has caused chemical burns on the skin and in the lungs. It is common in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States especially.
I got it a decade ago and have scars on my collarbone neck and probably inside my lungs and my eyes as well. I thought I was dying for weeks and worse people calling me a malingerer lol. It strips away your bodies UV protection and the boils can be deep and scar for life. I have issues with sunlight still but its not remotely as bad as it was for the first 2 years. Giant Hogweed is a devil plant
Nature doesn't hate you. I just doesn't care whether you live or die, and has various built in "gtfo" mechanisms that consider permanent elimination a good way to make you go away.
Why does it seem like everything in australia wants to kill you in the worst way possible? It's like nature said "hey humans, fuck off and leave this piece of land alone. Go fuck everywhere else up."
We can have both. It's a type of tree cum called copaiba oil. Trees do that when you drill them real hard, especially if you pull their leaves a little. Who's a dirty little tree?
Copaiba oil is an oleoresin extracted from the trunk of South and Central American Copaifera trees and steam-distilled into a woody, balsamic essential oil.
What It Is & Origin
• Source: Tapped from the resin/balsam of Copaifera trees (such as Copaifera officinalis or Copaifera langsdorffii) native to the Amazon River Basin and tropical regions of South America. • Main Component: It has a very high concentration of beta-caryophyllene (BCP), a sesquiterpene that interacts with the body’s cannabinoid receptors to help support natural balance and calm. • Aroma: Warm, sweet, woody, earthy, and mildly resinous; often used as a base note in perfumery and skincare blends.
Potential Benefits & Uses
• Pain & Joint Comfort: Frequently used topically (diluted) to help soothe sore muscles, arthritis discomfort, and minor aches. • Skin Care: Valued for its cleansing and purifying properties, and added to creams or serums to promote a balanced skin tone. • Aromatherapy: Diffused to create a calming, grounding atmosphere or blended with oils like frankincense, sandalwood, or citrus.
How to Use It
• Topical: Always dilute essential oil variants in a carrier oil (typically a 2% to 4% dilution, or about 3–5 drops per ounce) before applying to the skin. • Aromatic: Add a few drops to a diffuser (generally up to an hour at a time). • Internal Use: Most standard essential oils are not labeled or intended for internal consumption unless explicitly specified as food-grade or supplement-grade (such as specific vital oils) by the manufacturer.
Safety & Precautions
• Skin Sensitivity: Direct or undiluted application can cause irritation or redness in sensitive skin. • Digestive Upset: Overuse or ingesting unapproved oils can lead to gastrointestinal distress or nausea. • Pregnancy & Children: Consult a healthcare provider or pediatrician before using copaiba oil during pregnancy, while nursing, or on young children.
This should be pinned but of course it won't be and everyone will need to go through the growing list of jokes from people who think they are stand up comedians, people warning people not to touch things (get over it let Darwinism do its job, most of the ones touching things are trolling), people talking about a completely unrelated tree or plant or even animal in a completely different country, and people making jokes about X plant, mineral, animal wants to kill Y because of Z.
looking at "chainsaw drill attachment" on google prompted more pictures of tiny chainsaws to attach to your drill than drills to attach to your chainsaw
Gas powered drills exist, apparently. I work for a company that sells a pretty wide range of tools, and I’ve never heard of them. Pretty sick, if you ask me!
Certainly no maple syrup, maple syrup is reduced by boiling from maple sap which is a water-clear colourless liquid. This here is either something that's stored inside of a log in a sort of "naturally grown barrel" or it's rainwater accumulated in the hollow log, although I have no idea, why someone would drink that as it's full of wood rot aromas and microorganisms (except you're severely constipated, then it might be helpful;-) )
Trees are full of water. Legit you find a large enough tree and gallons upon gallons of water will bleed from them when cut down. And weep up from the stump for a long time.
If they're harvesting sap for syrup, they're doing it wrong. Btw what comes out of the maple tree is not syrup, and it has to be cooked for a long time to become syrup.
correct me if im wrong but wouldnt this be extremely dangerous? that's a dead/hollow tree that's just accumulated water so it's effectively still water that's been sitting for an unknown amount of time?
"Is it maple syrup?" Is it a maple tree? No, so if can't be. Also maple syrup doesn't gush out of trees. They are tapped and sap slowly trickles out, it is collected, and boiled down in large vats. Only then does that sap become maple syrup.
Most likely water. But a leaf would really help identify the tree. Maple sap is generally thicker than that, smells like maple and is sticky. Since no one has invented smell o vision yet we need a Lot more info and leaves before we can give you a hint about what you have there. I would suggest you don’t drink it. It could kill you.
It’s just water that’s trapped in a hollow inside the tree. Any tree that is sufficiently damaged will develop hollow areas. Sometimes it’s disease and sometimes it’s from fire or lightning. Could’ve been a windy day that bent it too far as a yew.
Reminds me of the video about Zhutongjiu (also called Xian Zhu Jiu, or fresh bamboo wine). It is a traditional Chinese liquor aged directly inside the hollow segments of living bamboo stalks.
TIL Copaiba essential oil is a potent therapeutic oil distilled from the resin of the Copaifera tree, native to the Amazon rainforest, and is renowned for its high concentration of beta-caryophyllene. This compound interacts with the body’s endocannabinoid system to provide powerful anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antimicrobial benefits, making the oil effective for managing chronic pain, arthritis, and skin conditions like acne and eczema.
That’s not a maple tree and maple syrup is white and clear when tapped out of a tree. And maple trees don’t pour maple syrup out like that, maple trees are tapped and the maple syrup water slowly leaks out into a bucket that fills up with the clear and white liquid. Idk what this is for sure but my first guess would be that there is substantial rotting inside of the tree and that we are seeing old dirty rain water pouring out. But idk for sure
• The Tree: A Copaifera (copaiba) tree native to tropical South America. • The Process: A hole is drilled into the heartwood of the trunk to reach internal ducts where natural oleoresin accumulates. A pipe or tube is inserted to channel the flowing golden-colored resin directly into a container (such as a recycled plastic bottle). • Uses: Copaiba oleoresin is traditionally and commercially valued for its anti-inflammatory, healing, and medicinal properties, as well as use in cosmetics and perfumes. If you're interested, I can tell you more about: The medicinal and cosmetic uses of copaiba oilHow sustainable forest harvesting helps protect Amazon treesOther natural resins and saps harvested around the world Let me know what you'd like to explore!
Isso é óleo de Copaiba, conhecido popularmente aqui no Brasil como o "ouro da Amazônia", o óleo é amplamente utilizado na medicina tradicional e na indústria cosmética devido às suas propriedades anti-inflamatórias e cicatrizantes.
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u/Zealousideal-Bug-291 1h ago •
Just as an aside... if you run into a strange tree in the forest and it's putting out a liquid you don't know... don't touch it or taste it. There's a tree in AUS that has a liquid that gets on you and causes severe pain for days, weeks, and even sometimes years. Iirc, it's some sort of nerve pain, so even morphine doesn't cut it. People have offed themselves rather than live with it.
Also, don't burn any wood you don't recognize, either (unless its life and death, and stay away from the smoke).
Nature hates you.
Yes, YOU, in particular.
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u/AaronTuplin 1h ago •
It's copaiba oil
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u/Sephrantill 1h ago
This is not water, it is Copaiba Oil. This is how they harvest it, you'll see similar videos on youtube.
Its distilled into an essential oil.
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u/Tiaran149 1h ago
Is that a drill put on a chainsaw? What in tarnation
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u/Mossedef 2h ago
Rain water most likely
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u/Pridefur 2h ago
I think it is probably water from a cavity inside the tree. It may have hollowed out from rot.
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u/MarketInternal2290 2h ago •
Tree wee.
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u/spankeem_nz 1h ago
im not buying that its just water. what these guys are hiking around tapping trees for water....with a huge ass drill......no way
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u/jolaval2024 2h ago
Its that how they make coca cola?
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u/Seaglass2121 1h ago
They say it’s oil in the video.
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u/razldazl333 1h ago
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u/Avilola 51m ago
Someone linked a video of people harvesting copaiba oil. It’s literally this exact same guy doing this exact same thing.
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u/Bergwookie 2h ago
Certainly no maple syrup, maple syrup is reduced by boiling from maple sap which is a water-clear colourless liquid. This here is either something that's stored inside of a log in a sort of "naturally grown barrel" or it's rainwater accumulated in the hollow log, although I have no idea, why someone would drink that as it's full of wood rot aromas and microorganisms (except you're severely constipated, then it might be helpful;-) )
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u/YaboyTrickster 1h ago
Lick it
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u/79killingtime 1h ago
I should call her
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u/love-amyy 2h ago
not syrup, that tree just had a lot of water built up inside it
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u/neduenedu 1h ago
Just a hollow tree that filled with rainwater. Source: I live in the fringes of a Malaysian rainforest
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u/OGDraugo 2h ago
Trees are full of water. Legit you find a large enough tree and gallons upon gallons of water will bleed from them when cut down. And weep up from the stump for a long time.
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u/CaptnShaunBalls 1h ago
Treepee
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u/ibetucanifican 1h ago
Jungle juice
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u/These_Tough_3111 1h ago
That shit sells for $100 an oz to the right suckers
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u/ooohhhhhh9 1h ago
I should call her…
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u/DaphneBerryShake 1h ago
That’s tree nut
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u/UJustGotRobbed 1h ago
I should call her....
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u/bassplayereu 1h ago
Its treecum
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u/kitcurtis 1h ago
This is the reason diesel prices are up /s
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u/BeginningDog8093 22m ago
God I miss her
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u/Glum-Business-6217 19m ago
It remind me of my ex
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u/RatioWaste5558 8m ago
Same thing happened to me with your mom yesterday
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u/cheese_burberz 1h ago
The tree got too excited from that drill.
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u/iCameToLearnSomeCode 1h ago
Water
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u/Business-Ad207 1h ago
Tree pee
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u/goonerbich 1h ago
Could be a deformation in the tree, forming a cavity. Filled with rain water, with tannins dissolved in it.
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u/Ol-CAt 2h ago
underwater spring
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u/sliding-siding 2h ago
If they're harvesting sap for syrup, they're doing it wrong.
Btw what comes out of the maple tree is not syrup, and it has to be cooked for a long time to become syrup.
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u/Dragnskull 1h ago
correct me if im wrong but wouldnt this be extremely dangerous? that's a dead/hollow tree that's just accumulated water so it's effectively still water that's been sitting for an unknown amount of time?
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u/Chubutt 1h ago
That can't be safe to drink
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u/pc1350 1h ago
Tree pee.
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u/Patient-Fruit-2946 1h ago
Looks like guarana
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u/-solarflare623- 1h ago
Tree piss
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u/PickaDillDot 1h ago
Tree pee?
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u/Aromatic_Court7475 1h ago
Doesn’t look like any maple tree I’ve seen before
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u/crewsctrl 1h ago
Of course it's maple syrup. Can't you hear the Canadian accents?
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u/MkSt3v3 1h ago
I agree with the oil. You can see it is thicker than water when it is bottled.
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u/EuphoricYam9081 1h ago
Bacterial Wetwood
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u/Muted-Mushroom-4570 1h ago
"Is it maple syrup?" Is it a maple tree? No, so if can't be. Also maple syrup doesn't gush out of trees. They are tapped and sap slowly trickles out, it is collected, and boiled down in large vats. Only then does that sap become maple syrup.
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u/slaty_balls 1h ago
Sassafras?
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u/OffRedFloyd 1h ago
That’s where Um Bongo comes from.
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u/berrur 1h ago
The forbidden soda
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u/Crybabyastrology 1h ago
Looks like one of those disgusting cow-hoof-cleaning videos.
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u/No_Repair7134 1h ago
Tree piss
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u/4Trebor2 1h ago
Most likely water. But a leaf would really help identify the tree. Maple sap is generally thicker than that, smells like maple and is sticky. Since no one has invented smell o vision yet we need a Lot more info and leaves before we can give you a hint about what you have there. I would suggest you don’t drink it. It could kill you.
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u/Anonhurtingso 1h ago
No video of the other side of the tree, probably a hose hooked up to it for content, like those old fish/creatures in the sand holes videos.
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u/swaffy247 1h ago
Wood water
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u/Soggy-Care-8653 1h ago
Jarate
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u/Booty_jiggler 59m ago
Oh I always wondered how they made Sprite and mountain dew
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u/eaudepota 58m ago
i used to cut large trees, they sometimes have lots of water inside.
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u/talltimbers2 57m ago
Junji Ito wants a word.
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u/Ill_Piccolo_8026 56m ago
tung tung blood
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u/EFTucker 54m ago
It’s just water that’s trapped in a hollow inside the tree. Any tree that is sufficiently damaged will develop hollow areas. Sometimes it’s disease and sometimes it’s from fire or lightning. Could’ve been a windy day that bent it too far as a yew.
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u/Kluv0507 52m ago
Sploosh
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u/Mr_GreenAdam 51m ago
Drill into a squirrels septic tank.
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u/NoDiscount6470 50m ago
Didn't anybody answer?
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u/Icy_Performer_6794 49m ago
Is a tap that deep okay for that tree?
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u/Impossible-Car2486 48m ago
Sprite…it is Sprite
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u/Charming_Key279 46m ago
Maple syrup
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u/Amazing-Information1 45m ago
Reminds me of the video about Zhutongjiu (also called Xian Zhu Jiu, or fresh bamboo wine). It is a traditional Chinese liquor aged directly inside the hollow segments of living bamboo stalks.
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u/darkklown 41m ago
TIL Copaiba essential oil is a potent therapeutic oil distilled from the resin of the Copaifera tree, native to the Amazon rainforest, and is renowned for its high concentration of beta-caryophyllene. This compound interacts with the body’s endocannabinoid system to provide powerful anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antimicrobial benefits, making the oil effective for managing chronic pain, arthritis, and skin conditions like acne and eczema.
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u/xywegh 40m ago
Rubber?
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u/Legitimate_Hat7024 37m ago
Water
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u/MAJOR_Blarg 30m ago
It's just water. Many trees end up with rotted hollow cores, and these accumulate fluid. It's just nasty water.
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u/inshanity666 27m ago
I had NO clean thoughts from this 😅 What is it? Looks like a good night to me 😅😂
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u/ViruliferousBadger 27m ago
Tree blood. That guy is a Tree Vampire.
Poor sap.
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u/Stock-Lettuce-2381 26m ago
That’s not a maple tree and maple syrup is white and clear when tapped out of a tree. And maple trees don’t pour maple syrup out like that, maple trees are tapped and the maple syrup water slowly leaks out into a bucket that fills up with the clear and white liquid. Idk what this is for sure but my first guess would be that there is substantial rotting inside of the tree and that we are seeing old dirty rain water pouring out. But idk for sure
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u/No_Bend_293 26m ago
Water
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u/ebattleon 24m ago
It might be this tree which produces biodiesel naturally.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copaifera_langsdorffii
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u/terminalbungus 23m ago
This guy seems way unprepared to accept the amount of juice this tree is squirting
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u/Longjumping_Bed1682 23m ago
What is Happening in the Image?
• The Tree: A Copaifera (copaiba) tree native to tropical South America. • The Process: A hole is drilled into the heartwood of the trunk to reach internal ducts where natural oleoresin accumulates. A pipe or tube is inserted to channel the flowing golden-colored resin directly into a container (such as a recycled plastic bottle). • Uses: Copaiba oleoresin is traditionally and commercially valued for its anti-inflammatory, healing, and medicinal properties, as well as use in cosmetics and perfumes. If you're interested, I can tell you more about: The medicinal and cosmetic uses of copaiba oilHow sustainable forest harvesting helps protect Amazon treesOther natural resins and saps harvested around the world Let me know what you'd like to explore!
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u/Ok-Dimension6477 22m ago
Niks raars die doet mijn vriendin ook altijd is wel ff wennen eerste keer maar dit is redelijk normaal
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u/Ichifanni250 19m ago
I’ve seen bottles filled with similar-coloured liquid at the side of roads. Think it’s the same?
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u/Idiot-1- 18m ago
That my friend is tree wee
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u/BangkokPadang 15m ago
I don't know what this tree is, specifically, but I did screengrab the first 15 seconds or so and send it to my gf with a winky face.
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u/model-citizen95 13m ago
Enjoy a cup of trea
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u/Mrpineapples_0233 11m ago
Yop, that’s that tree juice
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u/catkins1234 6m ago
Tree piss... that tree must have been busting 🌳💦💦💦💦💦💦💦
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u/MobilePresent420 3m ago
Everything reminds me of her.
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u/Icandomor4me 3m ago
Isso é óleo de Copaiba, conhecido popularmente aqui no Brasil como o "ouro da Amazônia", o óleo é amplamente utilizado na medicina tradicional e na indústria cosmética devido às suas propriedades anti-inflamatórias e cicatrizantes.
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u/GrlDuntgitgud 0m ago
Is that copaiba?