Conifers sune shuke-shuke mafi dadewa a duniya, amma akwai samfurin guda ɗaya wanda da alama yana son ƙalubalantar ko da yanayinta. An suna Tsohon tjikko kuma tsirrai ne da zamu iya samu a Filin shakatawa na Fulufjället, a Lardin Dalama, a Sweden.
Shekarunka? An san cewa yana da, aƙalla, 9550 shekaru, fiye da Methuselah, a Tsarin fure wannan yana girma a California kuma shekarunsa kusan shekaru 4847 ne.
Tsire-tsire yayin da suke tsufa dole ne su samar da sabbin dabaru don zama, ta wata hanya, a raye idan basa son mutuwa. Daya daga cikinsu shine ta hanyar yin rubanya halitta, ma'ana, ta hanyar yankan da suka fado kasa kuma suka samu saiwa, ko kuma ta hanyar yankan tushen wanda wani sabon kara zai fito. Kuma wannan shine ainihin abin da Old Tjikko yayi.
Tsawon shekaru dubunnan itacen bai wuce daji ba saboda yanayin ya yi sanyi da zai iya girma; Koyaya, yayin da duniya ke dumama tana iya samun ci gaba na al'ada, da yawa sosai cewa a yanzu yana da tsayin mita 5.
A cikin kimanin shekaru 600 sashin da ke bayyane na Old Tjikko zai mutu, amma ba ƙarshen shuka ba ne. Kamar yadda tushen asalinku ya kasance yana nan yadda yake, ya fi yiwuwa wata sabuwa ta sake fitowa. Abin sha'awa, dama? Amma har yanzu akwai sauran abubuwa da yakamata ku sani: sunan wanda ya gano shi, Leif Kullman, farfesan ilimin kimiyyar lissafi a Jami'ar Umea (Sweden) don girmama karensa.
Saboda haka shine mafi tsufa mafi tsufa a duniya. Jauhari wanda yakamata a kiyaye shi kuma a kula dashi domin lallai ya iya cigaba da rayuwa tsawon dubunnan shekaru.
Shin kun ji labarin wannan shuka? Me kuke tunani?
Don ƙarin bayani, danna nan.