Humans have a pretty hard time surviving simply from their day to day lives. There are organisms on this planet which routinely put us to shame. They have weathered storm after storm, fire after fire, and earthquake after earthquake.

Looking at them, you would often have no idea that these ancient organisms have stood the test of time so resolutely and without a significant amount of difficulty.

Among these resilient organisms, trees stand head and shoulders above the rest, and not just in height. Trees are some of the longest-living organisms on the planet, and some of them are so old that they have seen the rise and fall of empires, and were mighty and towering long before the Egyptian pyramids were ever thought of in the minds of the pharaohs.

Check out some of the most amazing specimens on the next page and learn how important they are to our survival today.

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