The Madagascar Giant Palm, a modern Aesop's Fable

There is a palm tree in Madagascar so huge it can be seen in satellite photos.  Its 20m high and its leaves are 5m long. It  took years to flower expending  so much energy that it collapsed and died.  As Aesop would have said, "Men, be content with your length and girth. The last thing you need is a gigantic piston which drains the blood from your brain, then erupts like a volcano, only to hang like a limp wet rope on your leg for the rest of your years." Is this a be careful what you wish for fable? Or was Aesop hung like a gerbil?