Pite the Osage Orange….armed to the teeth with no one to fight. This Texas tree has thorns that would rip the hide off an elephant. In addition it has an extremely thick skin on the fruit with a very strong leathery outer layer. This tree is like the Pentagon in that it has triple overkill.

Now the thing about the Osage Orange is that absolutely nothing eats it. No creature dines on its fruit or leaves. Probably some bugs like it but thorns are hardly a defense against them. So what ever it was that the Osage was battling, is obviously not around anymore…..but it is such a silly plant that it obviously had to evolve these defenses for some reason.

So if evolution wasn’t the trick, can someone give me some plausible reason for this tree. Telling me that it was just created by God….well I would sure feel sad if God created us with all sorts of features that we have to lug around with us….for no reason.