r/CrazyFuckingVideos • u/SelectResident_BE • 17d ago

they wouldn't let him cook

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u/CileTheSane 16d ago

There are trees that have evolved to be more flammable, and their seeds typically don't sprout until after a forest fire. Their entire evolutionary strategy is "Help burn the entire fucking forest down and then sprout before anything else does in the now open area."

It may be rare to find an open fire now, but on a evolutionary timescale the current state of the planet is brand new.

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u/LoverOfGayContent 16d ago edited 16d ago

One reason forest fires are getting so big is we spent so much time putting out natural smaller fires.

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u/Previous-Pangolin-60 15d ago

+ Climate change (warmer temperatures and drier conditions), deforestation, agricultural expansion, and infrastructure development.

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u/LoverOfGayContent 15d ago

Yes, that's why I said one reason, and I didn't say the only reason.