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Apple QuickTime Audio  |  1996-05-27  |  2.4 MB  |  1 channel  |  44,100 sample rate  |  1 minute, 45 seconds
Transcription: Treasure 12, Giant Sequoia. The tree this nine-ton slice came from sprouted in 550 AD, just after the birth of Mohammed in what is now Kings Canyon National Park in Northern California. It was already over 1,000 years old when Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. When lumberjacks felled the tree in 1891, It was 331 feet tall, 90 feet around at the base, and 1,341 years old. Though among the largest and longest lived life forms on Earth, no one knows exactly how long sequoias can live. Many in California's Sequoia National Park are over 3,000 years old and still growing and reproducing vigo ...