Trees have feelings too

The other day in one of my environment subject practicals we examined trees. This particular practical consisted of measuring the circumference of trees within 120 metres of the bush land. Each group member had a job - it was either measuring, writing or picking the trees to measure.

One of the guys in the group decided he wouldn't count one of the trees so he pushed it over. About 15 minutes later I said, "We should count that tree, even though it is not that big, it is still a tree". He said, "Ok", and somehow managed to flick the tree into the standing position it was originally in and hit himself in the face in the process. When I saw it happen it was all in slow motion - watching the tree flick whilst the leaves hit across his face was priceless. I don't think he could even try to do that again.