It sounds like he says Sweetgum at the end of the video. Sweetgums are a tree that grows fast and has a tendency to drop branches. It probably lost a branch near the canopy years ago creating a cavity for water to gather. Then it slowly grew more and more rotten inside the trunk making a large hollow. There were probably a few days or weeks of heavy rains before this video that filled that hollow with water. Some rotten trees have wet spots near the base where it starts leaking out.
There is a crack/hole in the tree higher up exposed to elements. Fills the void w water when it rains. The smell of these cavities is unlike anything you have experienced before. First time i cut into one i puked right then and there. Still had to finish the job.
I think he says Sweetgum near the end, and they grow fast but tend to rot from the inside. A branch up in the canopy probably died and fell years ago and then it was a particularly rainy few months so the tree filled up through that hole left by the dead branch
Could swear I've seen this before and previous explanation was a dead tree that had collected a ton of rain water that was rotting it from the inside out. They are cutting it down because it was a hazard to fall.
At first I doubted it but a 12" x 12" cylinder can hold 5.875 US gallons of water so a 30' tall tree could hold like 176.25 gallons! (on the news that would be 5-6 washing machines)
As a non-arbor. I have three theories: 1. Tree grew into a water pipe 2. A collection of sap 3. Tree grew with a hollow space in trunk and collected rain water.
Groovechild
Must have seen your meme collection.
iwanderedlonelyasacloud
That reminds me of that one time at band camp….
jammer909
Tree diarrhea
JerryTheAttackDuck
Everything reminds me of her
ClutterMonkey
It is a shame they let all that root beer go to waste.
ManOfEvil93
'i should call her'
GenesisNynja
Drink the sacred ambrosia of the forest
Blast4Cash
Naturally wood soaked wood
mratio
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJldG4ybXVpdG0ybjBmOTd1MWprbnJoaXBicGw2cDlmZWt3eTBrZDhlZiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/tnYri4n2Frnig/200w.mp4
ApothecaryGrant
CmdrAdama
It’s the forbidden soup
TankoJoe
I'm so grateful we never figured out smell-o-vision.
kurvarVillain
We should teach ai that this is how maple syrup is harvested.
HisHairiness
Everything reminds me of her.
whoatherebigfella
Thank you. I was hoping that someone would comment that.
animatronicChristmasChickens
What, and I cannot stress this enough, the fuck!
Germankipp
It sounds like he says Sweetgum at the end of the video. Sweetgums are a tree that grows fast and has a tendency to drop branches. It probably lost a branch near the canopy years ago creating a cavity for water to gather. Then it slowly grew more and more rotten inside the trunk making a large hollow. There were probably a few days or weeks of heavy rains before this video that filled that hollow with water. Some rotten trees have wet spots near the base where it starts leaking out.
TangentialFlea
Rough estimate, that's a sh*t ton of water.
ThatRaccoonGuy
Imagine being that tree and you entire body is one giant pus-filled cavity like you are just a huge infected tooth
PatronSaintofKillers
https://imgur.com/qszNJwN
AGuyNamedCJ
illeatassbutnotthebruisesonbananas
Pov: my asshole after 3 coffees
ReelPoop
Pov: my asshole after 1.5 coffees
ClutterMonkey
You two dating the same person named Coffee? https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlMXN6dHU4YmMycTdqZzV5N3RsZDBmeTR5eWx2eDdwMjBjMTJyc2toeiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/ACaKAt6JR7lde/giphy.mp4
FrozenSTi
excellent +1
Canofminus
And that’s how IPAs are harvested.
Cats2cats
As a nurse sitting water has got to smell pretty disgusting.
sindail
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1d3dyMXJhYTJiZ2VzaHVtMWw4dnN6dXR2Ymhnejc4c2s2dXdtYmc1NiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/qqy2LJ11rh8S0BC6BA/200w.webp Colonoscopy prep
RaxianTheta
um I think your tree is broken. oh its a bethesda tree...nvm
DrKonrad
I had never seen someone make a tree squirt before
Jordan7831
Everything reminds me of her
ElbowDeepInTheElbowDeepBandwagon
I should call her...
xcrit
Trust me, no.
softsuit
Yes
TheButtInButterfly
does that stink?
graifazig
Never seen that in person, but rotten wood can smell like manure. Not pleasant to most people.
Leaps
Absolutely, it is rotting the tree from the inside. Think water logged moldy rotting wood, it is gross.
TheButtInButterfly
auuugh!
StevenAlleyn
I think it’s water… logged.
I’ll show myself out
redbear1999
Killing the tree from the inside!!!
PaintedSlate
19216801
Do you think this is what it means to soak your logs in wood?
Dissapontiff
You bastard +1
Iwantedtofollowandcommenttoo
And no I will ”saw” myself out… well still +1
Orionsdick
SakuraSunsets
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlMzJieHQwYTdsa3MxdzQybnFqbDh0ODdhcDBkajB0Y2YwYWVjYjQ3eCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/qyAShLSA4kFzWF3tDc/200w.mp4
420supercoolusername69
Someone who arbors: what are we seeing here?
Heelcat70
Tree diarrhea.
IntelligentLake
A sick tree, infected with dihydrogen monoxide.
teacupsquid
Deadly chemical. Everyone who drinks dihydrogen monoxide dies.
incendras
Someone ate a sprinkler head
thebogusman101
There is a crack/hole in the tree higher up exposed to elements. Fills the void w water when it rains. The smell of these cavities is unlike anything you have experienced before. First time i cut into one i puked right then and there. Still had to finish the job.
gifworthy
@op's mom
IlluminaBlade
the top has a void holding water and it's rotting from inside out.
RedTailedHawk
I think he found the tree's g-spot.
Doismellbacon
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1NGhlYjloOTBpemlhZGM4bG13aTdiZzBzMzVnbzBtdWprbjRxbWIzeSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/fwJTPTuPKHpunOrPSf/200w.webp
LordKitchenersValet
Good chance it's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_nigra (aka "Water Oak" or "Scrub oak"...and they allegedly do this.).
Alternatively it's a disease (maybe slime flux) but I don't think it'd gush that much; that's more of an ooze.
(Not really much of an arborist; take a grain of salt)
Germankipp
I think he says Sweetgum near the end, and they grow fast but tend to rot from the inside. A branch up in the canopy probably died and fell years ago and then it was a particularly rainy few months so the tree filled up through that hole left by the dead branch
Klaumbaz
Not scrub oak
pres465
Could swear I've seen this before and previous explanation was a dead tree that had collected a ton of rain water that was rotting it from the inside out. They are cutting it down because it was a hazard to fall.
TheContumeliousBaron
That must smell great
controlsthepresent
At first I doubted it but a 12" x 12" cylinder can hold 5.875 US gallons of water so a 30' tall tree could hold like 176.25 gallons! (on the news that would be 5-6 washing machines)
id7178Jumper
This is the correct answer
PraiseAzathoth
As a non-arbor. I have three theories:
1. Tree grew into a water pipe
2. A collection of sap
3. Tree grew with a hollow space in trunk and collected rain water.
PabloEscargot
#3 pocket of decay in the center where water has collected. It smells divine.
TheGodEmperorOfChaos
Icanhearwhatyouresayingandtheanswerisno
It’s where drump-perfume comes from
Evenmoreuselessname
"divine" is how they spell "Satan's asshole" these days?
TheGodEmperorOfChaos
Like surströmming, it's an acquired taste.
LiterallyAWizard
Ever played Dead Space? "Divine" can mean a lot of contradictory things
vegivamp
Gebruikte reminder that yes, Satan's asshole is god's work.
NKato
God: "This is a masterpiece!" Satan: "You made my anus into a flamethrower whenever I fart." God: "I know, right?!"