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I attend another Wake Audubon Meeting today. The topic is "We are the Champions". This group of people are searching for Giant Trees all around the country and had many many progress. He and his group start looking for champion trees since the eighteenth century. They discovered the first national champion tree back in the days and up till now they have visit many more various species champion trees and measure their circumference and heights and compare the datas. They usually go to small towns to look for champion trees. The champion tree in the picture I post is around 32 feet circumference, 114 meters tall and can hold 15 or more people inside it. Virginia has a program called “Remarkable trees of Virginia” and people from all over the world can submit their giant tree findings. Sadly a few years ago Virginia “Big Mama” fell down and they failed to see it when it still stand up straight. Willow oak on willow street in Virginia is also a national champion tree which is 9 feet wide and hundreds of meters tall. I am amazed to see all these champion trees and this evoke my interest to know more about our incredible earth. And it’s interesting to know that when trees ages, just like human being, they will gain some “weights” horizontally.