Why Are There No Holes Around Trees?
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Trees are among the most fascinating life forms on Earth, but what makes them truly fascinating is hiding underground! They are able to break solid rocks with hydraulic roots, all while working together with the underground fungal networks that can stretch for kilometers. Above and below, trees are running biological empires we’re only beginning to understand.
How does something so massive survive with roots growing so shallow? What are trees really made of and how are they able to grow so big?
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March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
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March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
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@whyisthat-aroundworld
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
You absolutely deserve it Kurz. Congratulations 🫡
@n1ce_3322
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Js imagine if we could eat air 😮
@Tomato_studios
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
8:31 that was NOT necessary to animate.
@normjohnson4629
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Here in the north mountains, in the winter, falling into a tree well can be deadly.
@Dellik00
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
tbf, didnt yall just do a video explaining how trees are in fact, mostly dead, so that isnt 2k tons of living weight. im guessing more like 100 tons of living weight
@DrawingCat44
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Good advice but I'm not green. So I guess I'll stay short
@PotterNotFound404
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Title: Why are there no holes around trees?
Video: How do trees work?
@Bloop_bloop_plays
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
This would have been nice to know 4 months ago for the bio test😭
@intravena
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
0:46 Kurzgesagt: "Carbon is the most valuable material for living things."
Greta: HOW DARE YOU
@disembodiedglances
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Absolutely incredible video, as always
@scienceencodedx-t
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
“Kurzgesagt never disappoints. I learned something new again!
@gcmastrl8349
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
6:28 It makes me wonder how scientists always managed to know about this stuff. it's mind-blowing. how did they know which cells do what and work with who?
@JCdied4Uall
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Wouldn't it just be easier to believe that an intelligent being created these instead of chance?
@Necronomicon-thebookofthedead
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
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@TeRex35
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
0:50 BERNT DAS BROT 🔥(The Germans know)
@zandhowell
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
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@GroundMemory
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
1:14 – the very hungry caterpillar, meet my very hungry children.
@aliasifchowdhury3419
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
This is a blockbuster movie of what plants are doing all the time, just several times faster with high resolution animated graphics. Everybody who thinks plants are boring and do nothing, they should definitely try to watch this video.
@shewi_mano
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
do more videos about plants, pls
@shewi_mano
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
THE NAME OF THE MOVIE 4:06
@ethanmead2151
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Did I miss the part on why trees don’t sink into the ground?
@Kieru88
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
so now, when we cut one random tree, how does it influance whole system?
@copperenjoyer
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
There are holes around trees. I mean, they're usually due to soil erosion, but they exist!
@getgoodgamers5526
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Trees are awesome
@SpecterrYT
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
8:10 and humans ate the fungi (mushroom) 😂
@hannahaaron3240
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Day 1 of asking Kurzgesagt to make video about what is boredem
@andrewrowling9529
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Fantastic video as usual. Just one gripe as a chemistry teacher: CO2 is a linear molecule. It's not bent like a water molecule, and the atoms are very similar in size. What is shown at 0:49 is more like a water molecule.
@plantsfishandbirds4923
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
How did trees ancestors invented chlorophyll and learned to harvest solar energy to convert it to chemical stored energy. Please don’t tell me by coincidence because chlorophyll is extremely complex and it’s precise chemical build can’t not be formed on its own by coincidence no matter how many billions of years you give it.
@leolinguini260
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Scraping the barrel for topics?
@DexterDuggan-k5k
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
We need more ants
@falkgaard
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
I'm looking forward to a video about lichen. Lichen is super cool, they're like three different kinds of organisms collaborating with agriculture and shit.
@Joe-h1g5o
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
I ate a tree c:
@Jo-JoPil
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
5:42 ❤
@OTTOxTV
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
New fear unlocked
@litecode1024
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
This is exactly what I wanted!😮
@yuichitwong9629
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
The question in the title is not answered though.
@DrawMaster115
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
This channel gives me hope in humanity
@DrawMaster115
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
Its kinda like without a central nervous system each part of the tree is its own independent structure.
@UnstoppableRatte
March 27, 2026 at 12:44 am
4:49 is this correct? like shouldn't it be the other way?
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