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Published on: 01-21-2021
It’s been reported that among some of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, villagers fell trees by yelling. Any tree that is simply too large to be cut down with an ax is felled by yelling. Imagine, if you will, a group of villagers quietly approaching a tree at dawn. They wait for the right moment and then scream at the top of their lungs. The tree will eventually die. I first read of this unique method of logging from a brief reflection by American writer Robert Fulghum. The notion of such logging practices sounded rather unrealistic, even a bit strange. Upon further research and consideration, however, I find there might be something to it. It is not the number of times that the tree must be yelled at that intrigues me. What intrigues me is that apparently the practice works.