Wil Wheaton's "Dead Trees Give No Shelter": terrifying tale, beautifully told

That’s just not true:

In temperate forests, snags provide critical habitat for more than 100 species of bird and mammal, and snags are often called ‘wildlife trees’ by foresters. Dead, decaying wood supports a rich community of decomposers like bacteria and fungi, insects, and other invertebrates.

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