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Letter: Beware offending the mighty palm

Published 26 May 2021

From Gary Warburton, Dublin, Ireland

Amid talk of tree sentience, Steve Tunnicliff suggests apologising to an elder tree before cutting it down to avoid its vengeance (Letters, 15 May). I have heard of doing the same for a rowan tree. However, it seems to me that it is palm trees we should really worry about, as they are the ones with fronds in high places.

Issue no. 3336 published 29 May 2021

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