Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Amazing Self-Growing Bridges in India

for people who do not have tools to do that properly. Nature amazed us once again with those ‘living bridges’ which are growing in India’s rainforests.
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Here you can see the photos of ‘living bridges’ that were grown in Cherraphunji, Meghalaya, India. Ficus elastica is the plant that produces secondary roots and those bridges are formed by them naturaly. Some local tribes use them like real bridges during the rainy season when floods are often.
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