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The Last Stand

On the snow-covered slopes of the Andes mountains, a living fossil has been rooted for over a thousand years… the monkey puzzle tree. Its most distinguished feature are the tree’s leaves; dark green, rigid scales with spiny tips that spiral around the tree’s branches. It’s these leaves that indirectly give the tree its name; there are no monkeys found in Chile, but it’s believed that a monkey would find it quite difficult to scale a tree with such hazardous leaves… hence, a puzzle for monkeys.

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  • Originally Aired November 23, 2022
  • Runtime 49 minutes
  • Network Smithsonian Channel
  • Notes Is the series finale
  • Created November 12, 2022 by
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  • Modified June 19, 2023 by
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