From: Sandy Petersen (sandyp@idgecko.idsoftware.com)
Date: Sat 16 Dec 1995 - 20:24:51 EET
>Eucalypts are, in general, not that big, and very common in
>Australia.
All I know is that the Eucalyptus trees imported to
California are colossal, and my paleontology instructor told me that
they originally became huge for the same reason as sequoias -- to
lessen damage from browsing sauropods. That's not to say that they
_stay_ huge nowadays for the same reason.
Sandy P.
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