Did you know this?

Maybe I didn't pay enough attention in science class, but I learned something Sunday about the roots of cypress trees. They apparently have to come up for "breath" so to speak on the ground around the base of the tree. This is a shot of some of the roots of one tree that Suzanne took. Weird, huh?

To me they look like old, gnarled fingers or phallic symbols. What do you think?