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Monarch butterflies will fly 3,200 kilometres (2,000 miles) from Canada to Mexico for the winter.


Giant sequoia is world's biggest tree


Giant sequoia is world's biggest tree
Dating back to around 200 B.C., and over 83 metres tall, the largest tree in the world can be found in Californian's Sequoia National Park. It is called the "General Sherman Tree" and is a giant sequoia. Giant sequoias do not grow as tall as redwoods do, but their trunks are much larger. Some of their trunks measure 30 metres around at the base! The name "sequoia" comes from the name of a Cherokee Indian who invented a written alphabet for his native language.
17 JULY 1999
The Vancouver Sun
17 JULY 1999

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