This one came with a Bluesky link (https://bsky.app/profile/amnh.org/post/3m7ygnf5ams2s), and I’ve quote reposted/reskeeted/rewhatevered it. And the answer is: nowhere near that big. Shit, I’d have to make a hard pivot to hoop skirts. Even parachute pants wouldn’t hold a pair of those fuckers.
This giant pinecone belongs to the coulter pine! It can be found in California & Mexico. Nicknamed “the widowmaker,” it produces some of the world's largest pinecones—which can weigh ~11 lbs (5 kg) & plummet to the ground with deadly force! Photo: damontighe, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist