TRUNKENSTEIN’S MONSTER (RAINBOW WOOD)

Written By Alex Crowson
 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This week's tree is another elder that grew up in a different time, the rainbow wood (Araucarioxylon arizonicum). A fossil of a tree, we dig into what petrification actually is, and then we build ourselves a Trunkenstein's monster. Very spooky.

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by James St. John

Additional Reading:

The rainbow wood (Araucarioxylon arizonicum)
Fantastic Nat Geo Kids Video on petrification
Petrifaction Facts
The Different Kinds of Fossilization
Information on Woodworthia arizonica and Schilderia adamanica)
Petrified Forest Nation Park

 
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