Josh Clark

It is.

That's exactly right.

It's porky pig in it.

Yeah, we'll come back with number three right after this.

So, Chuck, which mangrove is your favorite kind?

I think the only reason you want to qualify it with kind of is because our mind rails against accepting that that's what's going on.

But that is what's going on for all intents and purposes that some mangroves are viviparous, meaning that it means live-bearing.

to where they have seeds on their plants that they develop.

They're about acorn-sized.

But then rather than the seed falling off and dispersing and then eventually growing into a seedling, something much more mind-blowing happens with mangroves.

They do.

They plant themselves in that sandy bottom and then they sprout roots really fast.

I saw that they can start growing roots within hours.

Which means that also if they don't fall straight down, if they fall and they land on their side, they can actually stand themselves up by growing roots on the ground facing side and then grow roots on the other side as well, which is pretty amazing.

What's even more amazing is that if they fall, they happen to fall at like high tide and it's pretty deep and they never touch the bottom in any way.

They'll float along.

They'll go out to sea.

And as they're out to sea, they're a little tree growing, like growing leaves, getting water from the ocean and doing photosynthesis in the sunlight.

And they can float around for up to a year before they make land and stand themselves up and grow roots wherever they land.

Yeah, because think about this, Chuck.