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Because the turpentine balls are pretty thick, and when you fall on the ground, you get all that sand, and then you wrap it around, and it sets, and then it dries, and because the sea comes up and the land goes down, the sand around the turpentine balls washes away, so it doesn't rot.
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Rosin contains rosin and turpentine. The key is that rosin has a certain toxicity (Chinese medicine can also be used as medicine), which is originally the interstitial fluid component of pine and cypress repellent sterilization. These substances are not broken down by bacteria and fungi. These substances, by the way, also ensure that in case insects or leaves fall into the turpentine, they are also protected from the outside world, so that the trapped things will not rot.
1. Turpentine balls rot very slowly.
2. This is because turpentine generally contains about 20% terpene hydrocarbons and about 75% resinous acids.
3. Fatty substances are generally not easy to decompose and have strong corrosion resistance.
But the turpentine balls also break down, and if they happen to get crushed into the earth's crust and turn into amber, they don't rot
Roots rot. Why don't turpentine balls rot?
Because the root is, the trunk of the tree has not been, the remaining roots in the soil, so that the end is buried, rain soil wet, easy to make the wood rot, and turpentine autumn make the end of the dry land, so not rotten