Leafless during the dry season, mature boabs look more like a strange creature with tentacles reaching for the sky than they do a tree.
Sausajā sezonā, kad tie nomet lapas, vecie baobabi ar saviem kailajiem zariem drīzāk atgādina nevis kokus, bet fantastiskus briesmoņus, kas snaiksta pret debesīm ķeburainus taustekļus.