Tree of Ténéré - the most lonely tree in the world (3 photos)

Tree of Ténéré - acacia, considered at the time the most lonely tree on Earth. She grew up in the desert Ténéré (north-east of Niger, on the border of the Sahara); within a radius of 400 km from it did not meet any other tree.



Scientists found out that the age of acacia was about 300 years old. Build various hypotheses regarding the unique position of the tree Tenere, most believed that it - the rest of the forest disappeared as a result of rapid climate change and desertification.



Acacia has been hit by a truck, which was behind the wheel of a drunk driver, a Libyan, in 1973. 8 November of the same year the remains of the tree was moved to the National Museum in the capital of Niger State, the city of Niamey. In the place where it stood, erected a monument in the form of a metal tree