[It was a line of thought he had gone down while making the trek- even when he read the post about them-]

A part of me hopes that it is, because that in and of itself is simply fascinating and delves into some sort of cause for it to need to have such a property to survive.

[-his own pen moving carefully over the page, even as he spoke, adding more detail to the trees in the front.]

It would, but I would hope that it would also mean finding ways to conserve them first and foremost. They exist for a reason after all, and simply because they are found useful does not mean they should be harvested thoughtlessly.