All Taiwan heard of the incident where conservationists rallied together to save the towering coconut trees from a road-widening scheme along the Pingtung-to-Kenting Highway.
屏東到墾丁的屏鵝公路在拓寬前，兩側土生土長、體格魁梧的大王椰子，就因保育人士群起力保，聞名全省。