This Sequoia may live for thousands of years. But to do so, it must first die many times over. We can see that happening here – dead branches are hanging from its trunk like dead skin. They will eventually fall off and become food for worms. Ranked behind it are other Sequoias – their branches laden with green growth. Like all living things, the Sequoia begins to die as soon as it is born. Only for the Sequoia, the process of dying takes longer than most other species on earth.