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Planet Earth's biggest living organism is slowly being eaten

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'Pando' is a 106-acre stand of quaking aspen clones in Fresh Lake , Utah in America .

The whole thing weighs around 6,000 metric tonnes and by mass, it's the biggest single living organism on the planet.

It's protected by the US National Forest Service and is in no danger of being cut down.

Overgrazing by deer and elk the biggest worry about its future.

Other challenges it faces are diseases and climate change.

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51

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40

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34

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informal

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English

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44

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