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The baobab is one of the world's largest and longest-living trees and is found naturally in Africa's savanna region.
It resembles an upside-down plant, with its branches looking like tangled roots reaching towards the sky. But according to a new study, some of the thousands-year-old trees are dying at an alarming rate. The 2,500-year-old Panke tree in Zimbabwe, saw all its stems collapse between 2010 and 2011.
Meanwhile, the most famous baobab, the 1,400-year-old Chapman in Botswana, saw all its six stems topple at once in January 2016. Researchers said they suspect the demise "may be associated at least in part with significant modifications of climate conditions that affect southern Africa in particular."
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