Max dragged the boat onto the beach, placed a group of large stones around it, and tied its lead to the biggest tree he could find.

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Greens say that one of the latest victims last month was the world's biggest flowering hardwood tree in Tasmania's Florentine Valley.

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Wisdom Tree is one of the biggest exchange traded fund companies in the world.

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"The tree was one of the biggest and oldest oak trees on the planet, " said Mr McBride, who lives close to the Pontfadog Oak.

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