The Tree of Life (Disney)
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The Tree of Life is a
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of a
baobab tree ''Adansonia'' is a genus made up of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs ( or ). They are placed in the Malvaceae family, subfamily Bombacoideae. They are native to Madagascar, mainland Africa, and Australia.Tropi ...
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. It has over 8,000 branches of very different sizes and about 102,000 artificial leaves. It debuted when the attraction opened on April 22, 1998. Inspired by the mythological concept, the Tree of Life features 325 carvings of existing and extinct animal species on its trunk and surrounding roots; after
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's visit, her famous subject David Graybeard was carved into the tree. The sculpture took 18 months to create. Designed and fabricated at Greens Bayou Fabrication Yard in Houston and based on the natural forms of baobab trees, the Tree of Life is located on Discovery Island, roughly in the center of the park. The tree features over 100,000
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leaves. At the structure's interior base is a 428-seat theater that hosts '' It's Tough to Be a Bug!'', a 3-D film attraction based on the 1998
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/ Pixar film '' A Bug's Life''. There is also a secret path that park goers can walk up to take a close look at the sculpture.


''Tree of Life Awakenings''

The ''Tree of Life Awakenings'' is a series of
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shows that debuted on May 27, 2016, as part of the park's new nighttime operating hours. A media preview of the show was presented on April 19, 2016. Four presentations are featured throughout the evening, which have been given names on the ''
Rivers of Light ''Rivers of Light'' was a nighttime show at Disney's Animal Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort. Located in the park's Discovery River lagoon between Discovery Island and Expedition Everest, the show featured water fountains, mist screens ...
'' soundtrack release: * ''Journey'': A playful deer and a watchful hawk. * ''Rendezvous'': A hummingbird and flowers. * ''Gift Giver'': A red fox in a winter setting. * ''Disney Medley'': Animal imagery inspired by '' Pocahontas'', '' Bambi'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
Finding Nemo ''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was writ ...
'', ''
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'', ''
The Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, ...
'', '' Brother Bear'', and ''
The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance, it ...
''. Since then the park has added: * ''First Snow'' (Holidays only, started 2019) * ''Northern Lights'' (Holidays only, started 2019) * A new Lion King only projection (October 2021).


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* Disney's Animal Kingdom Discovery Island (Disney's Animal Kingdom) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts icons 1998 establishments in Florida Buildings and structures completed in 1998 Artificial trees {{Disney-stub fr:Tree of Life