Why do trees live so much longer than, say, animals? Why do they live so long in general, sometimes thousands of years?
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They retain way more stem cells than we do which helps them renew their biology. They also heal better than we do. They have strong molecular defense as well against all sorts of disease or animals that would try to eat their vital parts.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12362893
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568163702000259
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