These protrusions sticking out of the ground are the tree’s breathing organs. Pneumatophores. Normal trees breathe oxygen through the soil, but in very moist soil there is simply very little oxygen, and the trees reach upward with their roots. You might ask, why don’t they breathe with their above-ground parts as well? They do, but the pump in the tree’s capillaries works from bottom to top, and the roots need something to live on.
Photo by me, Orlando
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