I had an apple tree when I was a kid. There was a heavy winter
storm. The old tree froze. It cracked in half, broke. We left it
there. That Spring, it produced more apples than it ever did
before We left it there. The following year, it produced even
MORE apples. It didn't come back the next Spring and we dug it
up. So yes, even other life forms are desperate when they see
their ends coming.