Socratea exorrhiza[/] Palm that supposedly walks . endemic to the rainforests of South and Central America. It measures between 15 and 20 meters in height and 12 centimeters in diameter, but can reach 25 meters in height and 16 centimeters in diameter. A popular myth says that it walks because it generates aerial roots of up to 3 meters that generate thorny bodies with which, supposedly it can move up to 20 cms. a year in search of better soils. Experts have determined that only the roots die and are changed for new ones, but the tron always remains in the same place