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Comic books are often consider as fantastical stories of the imagination , but sometimes , as with DC’sSwamp Thing , they can actually predict future scientific discoveries .
Although Swamp Thing ’s true line of descent have shifted over the age as DC ’s universe has always been boot , the sum of who he is as a character has remained just about the same . Swamp Thing is the incarnation of the Green , which is a domain that encompasses all flora lifetime on Earth . Other domains exist as well . The Red governs animal life history , the Gray deals with fungi , and the Rot handles expiry and decay . In the character of the Green , it ’s ruled by an enigmatic group called the Parliament of Trees , which is jolly much exactly as it sound . It ’s an Illuminati - like organization of talking trees that makes decisions on behalf of the Green , such as who the next Swamp affair will be .
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While the Parliament of Trees is a fantastic and antic conception , a late article titled " The Wood - blanket Web " in the May 2022 issue of National Geographic talk about a more grounded and real reading of the Parliament that exists in nature . It has long been recollect that tree in a forest operate as single organism competing for resource such as body of water , soil , and sunlight . But scientist Suzanna Simard let on that forests can in reality be connected through vast fungous tooth root systems . Through this pipeline the trees apportion nutrients , and water system , even funneling more to trees that are have trouble assume it on their own . In fact , woods may even have what Simard call " mother trees , " similar to the Parliament , that protect their offspring , going so far as to send out warning signal for distresses like drought and disease .
From a technological standpoint , this would n’t be the first time that comic Word of God proceeded actual science . Engineers have often toyed with utilizing magnetism in high - speed rails the same way Magneto ’s might were . Also , engineers have sought to make highly flimsy yet lasting thread standardised to Spider - Man ’s own webbing . That ’s not to mentionSpider - Man fans making their own fully - functional webshooters . But this Swamp matter mind is completely different . Rather than scientist going out and manufacture something based on a comic idea , it ’s scientist stumble upon something in nature that already exist .
Of course , there are many divergence between DC ’s Parliaments of Trees and the agency tree diagram really do work in a forest . Unlike the Parliament , real trees are n’t sentient nor do they represent tree everywhere . And that ’s probably a undecomposed matter . Although they are primarily a benefactor and ally to Swamp Thing , the Parliament can be viewed as an foe as well , primarily to humanity . Humans for ages have threatened forests and the tree earthly concern . Still , it ’s hard not to catch them as more larger-than-life considering theParliament of Trees ' twisted reverse , the Parliament of Gears . Luckily in real sprightliness , forest and trees are only interested in their own survival . But if they did have a mean stripe like the Parliament , they would be sure to guard themselves against the cruelty humankind has levied against them , probably usingSwamp Thingin the process .
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