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Old 07-08-2008, 12:54 PM   #1
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The fact that they are not mentioned again does not necessarily mean that they were destroyed. Who knows if these big trees survived somewhere in the Far East or South...? (Ooh, maybe they transformed into giant elephants and became known as mūmakil in the later ages... )

As to Hookbill's Ent theory, it is cute, but it has its problems. As far as I know, Ents were of the size of normal trees, not giant trees and it seems unlikely that they would have become smaller in the process of developing a conscious mind and learning to speak and move.

Maybe they were originally, or became so when time passed, as hard as stone and very much like, indeed, maybe this explains the mystery of Orthanc. Maybe it was the last giganto-tree, transformed into a magnificient tower by the Gondorians. Maybe that's why the Ents took it so positively to guard Isengard.
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Old 07-08-2008, 01:00 PM   #2
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As to Hookbill's Ent theory, it is cute, but it has its problems. As far as I know, Ents were of the size of normal trees, not giant trees and it seems unlikely that they would have become smaller in the process of developing a conscious mind and learning to speak and move.
Well, Trolls were made out of the 'stuff of the mountains' and weren't the size of mountains. One Giganto-tree = four or five ents... maybe.

Again, this is probably a crack-pot theory. I just saw a bit of a connection there...
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Old 07-08-2008, 04:26 PM   #3
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Perhaps there are remnants of these great trees still in the far west of the world, where things are strange and the inhabitants are rather alien to us normal folk...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_Redwood
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Old 07-08-2008, 06:27 PM   #4
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The giant sequoias (as seen through a mythical lens, of course) is what I've always thought of. Especially since the largest one is named Hyperion, which sounds suspiciously similar to Telperion.
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