# 20 Million Year Old Lesbian Tree Found **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128 "2021-03-02T19:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/1 "2021-03-02T19:01:00Z")
> [@](#): > > **Petrified tree up to 20 million years old found intact in Lesbos** > > Experts have made an “extraordinary” discovery of a tree which is still intact after being petrified by a volcanic eruption 20 million years ago in Lesbos, Greece. > > Lesbos’ Petrified Forest was formed 20 million years ago when a volcano exploded in the island’s north, covering the entire area with ash and lava. The area, which spans 15,000 hectares, is renowned for its vivid and colorful fossilized tree trunks. > > Nickolas Zouros, a professor of geology at the University of the Aegean, had been excavating the fossilized forest ecosystem but told CNN he had never uncovered such a find. > > “We have a lot of findings over these years but the latest ones are the most important – really extraordinary,” he told CNN on Thursday. > > Experts uncovered the huge tree, which measured 19.6 meters (21.4 yards) – complete with branches and a root system – during in an excavation along the Kalloni-Sigri highway. [https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/europe/tree-petrified-lesbos-intl-scli-scn/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/europe/tree-petrified-lesbos-intl-scli-scn/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/2 "2021-03-02T19:03:22Z")
There is no shortage of jokes that could be made here, but I will not… ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/3 "2021-03-02T19:05:23Z")
That’s a hell of a clickbait title! 😂 I was like “how…?” But pretty cool finding in its own right. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/4 "2021-03-02T23:18:57Z")
I fell for the clickbait and am glad I did. I love a good play on words and Dopers often have good ones. Petrified trees are cool. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/5 "2021-03-02T23:21:15Z")
I was petrified to discover what a Lesbian tree was. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/6 "2021-03-02T23:23:10Z")
I think the usual adjective in modern use is “Lesbosian”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/7 "2021-03-03T01:46:34Z")
Yeah, but nobody would have clicked on that. Maybe I won’t tell you about Sodomite archaeology > **[Did Archaeologists Discover The Biblical City Of Sodom?](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/did-archaeologists-discover-the-biblical-city-of-sodom_n_561d3810e4b028dd7ea544c5)** > > Here's one potential site. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/8 "2021-03-03T02:48:20Z")
I too fell for the titilating title. Cal, shame on you!😉 Your post made me think “Gah, more o’ th’ bad puns comin’ down the pike” Do you see what you made me do?!?😜 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/9 "2021-03-03T03:32:37Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > a volcano exploded in the island’s north, covering the entire area with ash and lava So I expect there’s some igneous intrusion going on beneath the surface. I mean batholiths and sills, of course. You wouldn’t expect any other kind of intrusion given the geology here. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/10 "2021-03-03T12:18:45Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I fell for the clickbait and am glad I did. I love a good play on words and Dopers often have good ones. Petrified trees are cool. Ever heard of the Lesbian rule? > **[Lesbian rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_rule)** > > A Lesbian rule was historically a flexible mason's rule made of lead that could be bent to the curves of a molding, and used to measure or reproduce irregular curves. Lesbian rules were originally constructed of a pliable kind of lead found on the island of Lesbos. > The rule is alluded to by Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics (book V, chapter 10) as a metaphor for the importance of flexibility in equitable justice: > For what is itself indefinite can only be measured by an indefinite standard, l... ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/11 "2021-03-03T12:47:26Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Ever heard of the Lesbian rule? I never have. I’ve used such devices, but never heard that name for them. “Lesbian Rule” , though, sounds like a variety of femdom porn. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/12 "2021-03-03T18:06:22Z")
I also fell for it. And I have spoken to the (male) owner of a Greek restaurant in Montreal who is a Lesbian. BTW, I think he called the island Lesvos. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/13 "2021-03-03T21:29:26Z")
Yes, the letter beta is pronounced as /v/ in modern Greek. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/14 "2021-03-03T23:36:27Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Ever heard of the Lesbian rule? That’s a cool tool. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/15 "2021-03-03T23:37:36Z")
How do we know it wasn’t the tree equivalent of “lesbian in college?” She could just have been experimenting when the volcano covered her in ash. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/16 "2021-03-03T23:48:25Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > She could just have been experimenting when the volcano covered her in ash. How does a tree experiment with the island it’s located on? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/17 "2021-03-04T00:55:50Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > That’s a hell of a clickbait title! 😂 I was like “how…?” I know, I opened this up fully expecting to see a conifer in a flannel shirt that owned a Subaru Outback… with a Golden Retriever in the back (all clichés direct from my favorite coffee spot near the ferry docks in Seattle). ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128/18 "2021-03-04T06:37:22Z")
Coquettishly.