“Image of the 6000 year old baobab tree in Tanzania ; it is oldest tree on earth”
What FACTLY found
In general, bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) of California’s White Mountains are considered as the oldest living trees on earth not Baobabs. Methuselah, a specimen of bristlecone and is dated in 1957 as being 4852 years old as of 2020, is considered as the oldest living tree. According to science journals, baobabs are longest and largest flowering trees but not the oldest, they can live up to 2000-3000 years. As far as the viral image is concerned, thought the exact location of the tree is ...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 May 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 May 2022, 11 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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