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Old 12-07-2009, 09:27 AM   #267 (permalink)
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It's the trunk of a Ceiba tree - C. pentandra to be exact. Those are perfectly normal thorns, which the tree gradually sheds as it ages. That tree is about 50 years old; by age 100 or so it will be smooth, and by age 300 or so it will be in excess of 300 feet tall.
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