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BAMBOO :|: Beautiful & good for our
environment, too! |
Made from the fastest growing woody plant
known to man .... bamboo. This beautiful and renewable material creates a
unique line of pet furniture. These products are manufactured using only
solid bamboo. Below you will some interesting facts about this
green-material:
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- Bamboo is recognized as the world’s
fastest growing plant which grows one third faster than the fastest
growing tree. Some species can grow up to 1 meter per day. One can almost
“watch it grow”. This growth pattern makes it easily accessible in a
minimal amount of time. A 60 foot tree cut for market takes 60 years to
replace while the same size bamboo cut takes 59 days to replace.
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- Bamboo is a viable replacement for wood.
Bamboo is one of the strongest building materials. It’s tensile strength
is 28,000 per square inch versus 23,000 for steel. In the tropics it is
possible to plant and grow your own bamboo home.
- Bamboo is versatile with a short growth
cycle. There are over 1000 species of bamboo on the earth. It tolerates
extremes of precipitation, from 30 - 250 inches of annual rainfall.
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