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"I am the part of the tree you never see. I can be larger than the tree above ground. I speak to other trees through underground networks. What am I?"
Answer
Tree Roots
Explanation
Tree root systems can extend further than the tree is tall, in some cases covering an area larger than the canopy above. Research has shown that trees exchange nutrients and chemical signals through fungal networks in the soil — dubbed the 'Wood Wide Web'.
This is a medium riddle in the Science category — Riddles about physics, space, biology and the laws of the universe.
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