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When the first settlers arrived on this new planet, they wondered quite quickly why trees would grow so spare in certain regions, even though it was a perfect location for trees growing.

Soon they discovered the "Giant Tree Devourer", a creature as big as a mountain.

When at first all lived in fear of such a big creature, it was soon noticed that this creature actually only feeds on plants - trees to be more specific. So the tree mystery was solved.
Scientists examined the humongous creature and the following quite interest facts were discovered:
The creature needed to eat trees to survive, making it move constantly to find new feeding places - the huge head actually worked as a sail and so the creatures wandered where ever the wind would take them. At the time of a storm, this huge sail could be folded together, giving less attack points for the furious wind.
Only eating trees wouldn't give enough energy for such a huge body, especially since the next forest can be a long way off. It was found that the creature had a symbiosis with the various plants growing on it and also inherited some of those features - the huge wind shield was a huge leaf, absorbing the energy of the sun.

Edit: Added the tree in the foreground to make it even more clear that the creature is freaking huge.

Description
When the first settlers arrived on this new planet, they wondered quite quickly why trees would grow so spare in certain regions, even though it was a perfect location for trees growing.

Soon they discovered the "Giant Tree Devourer", a creature as big as a mountain.

When at first all lived in fear of such a big creature, it was soon noticed that this creature actually only feeds on plants - trees to be more specific. So the tree mystery was solved.
Scientists examined the humongous creature and the following quite interest facts were discovered:
The creature needed to eat trees to survive, making it move constantly to find new feeding places - the huge head actually worked as a sail and so the creatures wandered where ever the wind would take them. At the time of a storm, this huge sail could be folded together, giving less attack points for the furious wind.
Only eating trees wouldn't give enough energy for such a huge body, especially since the next forest can be a long way off. It was found that the creature had a symbiosis with the various plants growing on it and also inherited some of those features - the huge wind shield was a huge leaf, absorbing the energy of the sun.

Edit: Added the tree in the foreground to make it even more clear that the creature is freaking huge.