• Ledivin@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The (significantly higher) weight makes the tree start leaning and breaking with a lot more warning, so they get out of the way much earlier. Since this one was cut so short, it didn’t start leaning until it was basically completely severed, so there was little to no resistance to the fall.