The Most Evil Plants Poison Ivy Could Control

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  • One of Batman's most deadly foes is Poison Ivy and her ability to control plants, but could she get even more dangerous? Kyle plants the seeds on this week's Because Science!
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  • @Ignatius970
    @Ignatius970 5 ปีที่แล้ว +554

    Them: "Kill it with fire!"
    Me: "No you fool! The smoke is also poison!"

    • @randomknight2585
      @randomknight2585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ignatius970 THEN NUKE IT

    • @justarandomswede6835
      @justarandomswede6835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He said that a second later

    • @IamnotfromUSA
      @IamnotfromUSA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In my country we have 1 poisonos plant and it is a lot weaker version of 3rd plant BTW Mashrooms are not Plants

    • @reedplaysgames
      @reedplaysgames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It sounds like a dnd campaign where the dm is just the meanest person ever
      “The floor is poison!”
      “Okay then I run on the walls”
      “THE WALLS ARE POISON!”
      “Okay well I guess I fly?”
      “*THE VERY AIR YOU BREATHE IS POISON!!*”

    • @randomjav2718
      @randomjav2718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WRONG!! You said it WORNG! Their AH-Poison! >:3

  • @Princess_kitty14
    @Princess_kitty14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +931

    Plants: develops caffeine as a mean of protection
    Humans: LETS DRINK THAT!

    • @CorvusCorone68
      @CorvusCorone68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      same with hot peppers lol

    • @jessicar4536
      @jessicar4536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Nicotine and opiates too

    • @diablominero
      @diablominero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      One hypothesis for why we evolved to seek out mildly toxic plants is that plant poisons will kill any parasites you have in your intestines faster than they kill you.

    • @mattyboi7491
      @mattyboi7491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@diablominero we evolved to seek things that make us feel good, reproduction, good, eating, good, and humans are very good at tricking the brain to think we did something good like the cancer sticc the green420 boi or the sippy fun juice or ADHD juice, we didn't evolve to do this, we found out that we could have fun without earning it so we exploited it

    • @mattyboi7491
      @mattyboi7491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Noah Rivera no it's not and, what are you 12? Your spelling is some of the worst I've ever seen

  • @Nyxira
    @Nyxira 4 ปีที่แล้ว +447

    I actually always thought that Ivy was wasting her abilities, too. There are so many brutal plants out there.

    • @arnowisp6244
      @arnowisp6244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      She's seen mostly in Gotham so her abilities will be limited to the plants in Gotham. Which is a good thing for everyone.

    • @Brazilian-cara
      @Brazilian-cara 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@arnowisp6244 but she could buy the seeds of these plants tho

    • @electroflames
      @electroflames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      She doesn't like harming the plants that's why she uses mainly vines

    • @lincolngravemann682
      @lincolngravemann682 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      But some how she make mutant plant monsters out of no where and alot of plants get killed because she throws them at her enemy's it is weird I would think she would be more upset about her plant minions being killed and wouldn't it hurt the plants to mute them?

  • @baldwinlagamy4027
    @baldwinlagamy4027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    It sounds like the death apple tree only went for “defense” on the evolution skill tree

    • @wynnadorno6132
      @wynnadorno6132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      But specifically the position branch, who needs any other kind of protection, right?

    • @valtersplume3726
      @valtersplume3726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Doesn't sound right to me. In my opinion, the ability to emit toxic gas is an offensive move.

    • @aether3569
      @aether3569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Literally the skill tree lmao

    • @BaronOfHell1990
      @BaronOfHell1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      the best defense is a good offense

    • @smaragdwolf1
      @smaragdwolf1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      imagine the Animals, that forced this Tree to develop all this Poison...

  • @ColMcWillis
    @ColMcWillis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +722

    I love when people say it's safe because it's natural. My response is "Natural? You mean like Deadly Nighshade or Wolfsbane"

    • @hotwheels2621
      @hotwheels2621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I cite tobacco

    • @WhiteCollarCrimeDNB
      @WhiteCollarCrimeDNB 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The number of plants that produce cyanide is notable.

    • @ColMcWillis
      @ColMcWillis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Ron Lewenberg indeed, I think it gets the point across a little better calling it deadly nightshade than Belladonna (beautiful lady)

    • @MarkEdwardRom
      @MarkEdwardRom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      wonderful belladonna just dont accept a kiss.

    • @Thesaurus_Rex
      @Thesaurus_Rex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I mean, even some natural plants that are frequently consumed, like apples and avocados, have poisonous components. We've just learned not to eat those parts.

  • @NizzahonMagic
    @NizzahonMagic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1375

    Wonder how many DC writers will mine this for new ideas.

    • @Veveritele
      @Veveritele 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      can you support pewdiepie on your channel? It’s for the greater good PLS:))

    • @Dirtbag-Hyena
      @Dirtbag-Hyena 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Never happen,too violent & she could outright end many a superhero permanently. They couldnt sell to kids.

    • @emilandreasson9670
      @emilandreasson9670 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      0, at most 2.

    • @MrCaKe-if8vf
      @MrCaKe-if8vf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mind??

    • @_ninthRing_
      @_ninthRing_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Seriously, DC & Marvel haven't had an original idea in years. At least, none that made it to print - not with all of the editors/producers screwing with it.

  • @SkyGrymm
    @SkyGrymm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +963

    10:10 "This plant is from Australia because of course it is." 😂
    How anyone is alive down under is beyond me.

    • @petersalucci5444
      @petersalucci5444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      AP Games
      Hey ! 😂

    • @shaggyat5power112
      @shaggyat5power112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      They just jam out to men at work, and that's how they live.

    • @kjs8719
      @kjs8719 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      the real reason the British sent us here is because they couldn't figure out how to kill us

    • @annies2452
      @annies2452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Which is more terrifying? The bugs in Australia or the plants in Australia?😓

    • @annies2452
      @annies2452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Drew Bernstein Damn!😂😂

  • @AnymMusic
    @AnymMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +575

    angel: so how much poison did you say you wanted this tree to have?
    god: yes.

    • @Spiceodog
      @Spiceodog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      You can't possibly believe the machineel was of God's design, it came from the orchards of hell

    • @AnymMusic
      @AnymMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Spiceodog it was a joke....

    • @nicolasvillasecaali7662
      @nicolasvillasecaali7662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ​@@AnymMusic that was also a joke dude, his is the part where we laugh XD

    • @toob_noob4381
      @toob_noob4381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Spiceodog of course anything that was bad is "Satan" lol. Stupid zealot. What about peppers? We weren't supposed to eat them because they're spicy. Where's the logic there?

    • @HovektheArtist
      @HovektheArtist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@toob_noob4381 "god made food but the devil made spices" is a famous saying thrown around kitchens for ages

  • @aidanrogers4438
    @aidanrogers4438 5 ปีที่แล้ว +550

    I will never complain again now if I’m lightly stung by some stinging nettles.
    Why does Australia have to be so weird and deadly?

    • @lyntonfleming
      @lyntonfleming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      I'm 99% sure that's where God put all his toys after his Emo Phase...

    • @the88thdarcstar
      @the88thdarcstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Because Australia hates us.
      Really though I think it has something to do with the same reason marsupials are only found in that region of the world. But I'm not a scientist, just a neophyte that is really curious.

    • @lyntonfleming
      @lyntonfleming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@eltoncdb And we sent all our convicts there for the giggles. Go Britain!

    • @shaoran1026
      @shaoran1026 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@eltoncdb there's a reason why only the coast of Australia is developed. It's so they can get away easier in case the local flora and faura goes wild. 😂

    • @databanks
      @databanks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@lyntonfleming Not every state in Australia was settled as a prison. I'm lucky enough to be in the ONE state that wasn't. (okay, technically it should be invaded since there were already people living here but that's a whole longer story). South Australia. Also has a lot of German heritage as well as English. Also, not everything wants to kill you. Some animals can't. They want to, they just can't

  • @ABadassDragon
    @ABadassDragon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1740

    Would phototoxins be bad for Superman, since he needs our Sun for his powers ?

    • @silverdurif6998
      @silverdurif6998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      Yeah if the plant is strong enough to get through his skin, which bullet can't so maybe get the plant into kryptonite idk

    • @silverdurif6998
      @silverdurif6998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@alexandergreene461 Blablabla try to mix science and fantansy if you got nothing to do but when i see a guy who can't be hurt by bullet and tanks i don't think a tiny plant can do much to him, stop arguing thanks.

    • @supersam5802
      @supersam5802 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      well, if his cells gain energy from the sun, and we make him more sensitive to the sun, sounds like your just making him gain the energy more efficiently.

    • @Emppu_T.
      @Emppu_T. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The sun is cryptonite now !

    • @edward.doctor1892
      @edward.doctor1892 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Wait a minute wouldn't this mean that Poison Ivy might be able to defeat superman

  • @duncankennedy4080
    @duncankennedy4080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    Giant Hog Weed used to grow all over my uncles huge back yard in southern Scotland, covered in the monstrous things it was. I used to beat the shite out of those big buggers every summer holiday from around age 8 until 14 ("helpin' me clear the ground" my uncle said, but truthfully it was more anger management. I had a selection of clubs, machetes, axes, etc.)... when Scotland had a couple of days of proper sun and I erupted in the most glorious, huge, shocking blisters on my face, neck, hands and all up one arm. Marvelous fun... stung a bit... to put it mildly. Lesson learned... next summer my uncle rented a flamethrower (not a military one, obvs, one of those weed burner things), and we finally cleared 'em all... my revenge, although served hot, was sweet.

    • @NodDisciple1
      @NodDisciple1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Were you not concerned about inhalation? Fun fact, you can legally get a flamethrower in Texas too if you have the proper "agricultural license" for burning plants.

    • @SurprisinglyDeep
      @SurprisinglyDeep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well youre a Scotsman so I heard you are socially obligated to be as nearly as tough as a Russian or an Australian, although I am not properly qualified to rank such things as I am Canadian myself
      Lol jk

    • @mightyone3737
      @mightyone3737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@NodDisciple1 being from the country, when I went to university, I joked I had a license to kill, because I had a pesticide license. Most people were amused.

    • @duckywucky4812
      @duckywucky4812 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Could you not just get like a can of flammable gas and just a torch and boom flamethrower

    • @aidenaune7008
      @aidenaune7008 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@duckywucky4812 it would blow itself up, you need a special device designed to prevent oxygen from going anywhere past the nozzle.

  • @anfi7447
    @anfi7447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    "NOO not down there!"
    Finally a use for the cut your dongle off plant.....

  • @rossgaynor8918
    @rossgaynor8918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    Another tree Poison Ivy could use would be the Sandbox tree. This tree is covered in spikes and when its fruit are ripe, they explode sending seeds out at 70 meters per second, traveling distances of over 40 meters. The seeds penetrate animals and smash windows.

    • @heeroyuyzero01
      @heeroyuyzero01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      These would be so bad, was going to mention it but you beat me.

    • @TopaztheSpaz
      @TopaztheSpaz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      She could actually genetically alter the sandalwood tree to also be as poisonous as the death apple tree.

    • @evanalden2117
      @evanalden2117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Trees that grow frag grenades....mother nature hates us.

    • @daverhoden445
      @daverhoden445 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@evanalden2117 This is why I laugh at people who suggest I go camping.

    • @miinyoo
      @miinyoo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The Ents of the forest are not particularly fond of small fleshy creatures. But they let you decide and laugh and laugh very very slowly.

  • @donniemorrow
    @donniemorrow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    Poison Ivy has the ability to control plants at the molecular level, so imagine the damage she could do if she started manipulating pollen. If she gets enough of it in one place, she can just fill your lungs with the stuff. Going even further with this idea, pollen has tons of surface area, with little pits and pockets to help it bind to different substances. She could easily use it as a vector for her various mind-control serums, love potions, and lethal toxins. And she could deliver them invisibly over as wide of an area as she wants, straight into the victims' lungs. Since she has the ability to connect to every plant on earth, at any time, she doesn't even have a limit on the effective range of this ability. Scarecrow, eat your heart out.

    • @Gomenred
      @Gomenred 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They did this in arkham knight but for good when she turned trees into filtration systems

    • @venom-fm5wu
      @venom-fm5wu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      She's done this so many times from mind control serums laced with kryptonite to deadly poison

    • @charminxtra226
      @charminxtra226 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There was an event a few years back where I live referred to as "the pollening" during which I somehow managed to inhale an absurdly large amount of pollen that had caked onto my car and erupted into a cloud when I opened the door, inducing a bronchospasm that prevented me from exhaling more than halfway and made it almost impossible to inhale again, at which point I rushed to the er, was immediately given albuterol (this was the same er I had to sit in the waiting room at for almost 9 hours when I broke my arm as a kid) which stopped it almost instantly, and was then asked if some of the emt students could come over and listen to my breathing with a stethoscope so they could learn what it sounds like since it caused this faint rumbling when I breathed that persisted for a while.

    • @iciclecold2991
      @iciclecold2991 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, she has used pollen to do exactly that on several occasions. She once got Superman with mind control pollen.

    • @VoidHalo
      @VoidHalo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some types of pollen have large surface areas. I admit, I'm no botanist, but I've seen a few micrographs of various types of pollen, and I recall there being quite a wide variety of shapes and sizes. But the one I really remember (this was over 10 years ago mind you) was large, spherical and only had these little spikey things sticking out, maybe 20 in total. Not a huge surface area, but still more than a simple sphere. I also recall much more complex shapes which definitely look optimized for surface area. But it's not a very good vector since the size difference between a grain of pollen and a molecule is millions of times, give or take a few orders of magnitude. It seems like it would be like trying to use a balloon as a vector for transporting pollen. And sure, you could load up more molecules of your poison into the pollen grains, but then they won't be light and floaty anymore.
      Chemical weapons in real life are usually just aerosolized, so there is no need for a specific vector carrier like you described. The munition just disperses a cloud of microscopic particles of the agent across the target area, and everything within it is affected. That's part of what makes them so controversial and bad to use. They kill civilians and military, women and children, indiscriminantly. Now if you could get your pollen delivery to target a specific group of people, say just military, that could potentially be helpful in limiting collateral damage. If you're concerned about that.
      I like where you were going with this idea, though. It reminds me of the various nanotechnologies they're looking into that would use some large molecular structure, or eventually robot, to deliver drugs to a patient at a cellular level, rather than just injecting them into a vein and having them affect every part of the body, rather than just the part you want to fix. Like being able to target only cancer cells with chemotherapy drugs so you don't get sick from the chemo killing all of your healthy cells.

  • @doommuffinz5276
    @doommuffinz5276 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "WRONG! The smoke is POISON!"

  • @Jarsia
    @Jarsia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    9:55
    Missed opportunity. Should have said "this sting would be extremely painful, for you"

  • @thatrooper1567
    @thatrooper1567 5 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    I know of a place, where you never get harmed
    A magical place, with magical charms.
    Indoors!
    Indoors!
    IIIIIINDOOOOOOORRS! TAKE IT AWAY PENNY!

    • @stabajo
      @stabajo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      * crying * That penny has an angelical voice

    • @yodaflyz
      @yodaflyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      House catches fire.....
      I'm screwed!

    • @bigfckingbug10k45
      @bigfckingbug10k45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They have fight in doors

    • @mosquitoskeet2189
      @mosquitoskeet2189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Where did I hear this from?

    • @aidenaune7008
      @aidenaune7008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mosquitoskeet2189 spongebob

  • @almostirrelevant9181
    @almostirrelevant9181 5 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    In my D&D game, the players went to the jungle and I made the living tree enemies out of manchineel wood. The players set them on fire...
    They regretted that decision.

    • @wilholloway2924
      @wilholloway2924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      That's.. that's just chaotic evil..

    • @KarAtFeng
      @KarAtFeng 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Sadly you have to houserule every natural poison in D&D, cause the one they have suck dick, if I remember the Belladonna does 1d2 str per mintute for 6 min, with a DC14. maybe because they didn't want player to have access to powerfull poison for almost free. Sometime ballancing throw away the logic.

    • @almostirrelevant9181
      @almostirrelevant9181 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      KarAt Feng I just had the trees and smoke do acid damage

    • @khartog01
      @khartog01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      As a player, that's fucked up. As a DM, that's amazing.

    • @gabrielappleton4342
      @gabrielappleton4342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Why, thank you for this idea.

  • @skyrimmaster3051
    @skyrimmaster3051 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    But then that means druids in d&d should be way more powerful, wizards of the coast watch this video

    • @DanielPereira-ey9nt
      @DanielPereira-ey9nt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      For what i heard druids are frustratingly hard to kill

    • @settratheimperishable4093
      @settratheimperishable4093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@DanielPereira-ey9nt well since they can transform into a beast with a lot of hp quite early (bears, for example), and they just transform back when that beast gets to 0 HP, the amount of potential hp that a druid has is insane. At lvl20 they are basically immortal.

    • @aidenaune7008
      @aidenaune7008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      D&D does not have the same plants as earth exactly

  • @verdantis9960
    @verdantis9960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Great video. I've always wished they'd have Ivy take full advantage of what plants can do. She would be a pretty terrifying villain in a movie if done right.

  • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
    @user-vn7ce5ig1z 5 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    I wish you had included _Hura crepitans_ since it can literally *shoot* you, like a gun. Granted it's not as painful as toxins, but it's very amusing and could easily fit in a comic.

    • @AtaMarKat
      @AtaMarKat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      - Cross breed it with the Australian one and a Manchineel.

    • @requiem6465
      @requiem6465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@AtaMarKat yeah, *NO*

    • @AtaMarKat
      @AtaMarKat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Orchestra Of Ruin Coward.

    • @dorotrusty787
      @dorotrusty787 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Plants v zombies gone real life

    • @bling__brute6048
      @bling__brute6048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dip all that, in any of the poisons mentioned in this video .

  • @JonnyBravo0311
    @JonnyBravo0311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    The "cut your dongle off" plant. Definitely make sure to stay away from that one! Maybe it should be renamed to the Lorena Bobbitt...

    • @kyiore6878
      @kyiore6878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      NO. GOD NO. No more dongle talk. It still hurts to think about.

    • @NinjaBearFilms
      @NinjaBearFilms 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Did you know she was acquitted and went on to work in a women’s shelter?
      While John, after getting it sewn back on, went on to make porn.

    • @JonnyBravo0311
      @JonnyBravo0311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@NinjaBearFilms His films had some interesting titles... I'll leave it up to the reader to do the research :)

    • @davidneff7620
      @davidneff7620 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John Bobbitt moved our family into our house

    • @TheJanitorIsIn
      @TheJanitorIsIn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She's an absolute Mad Lad

  • @populistprime2581
    @populistprime2581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Well, this a pretty insightful and interesting video. I have just one question regarding the last plant you covered.
    *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*

  • @mangaanimefan3089
    @mangaanimefan3089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I didn't even know Florida had such a dangerous poison tree! I learned something new today! Glad I've never come across one though, if every part of it is poison.

  • @deathbybacon4859
    @deathbybacon4859 5 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    Manchineel: The definition of *KILL IT WITH FIRE*
    𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕

    • @cherrydragon3120
      @cherrydragon3120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Ha... no thanks. If we could burn it we would have already done it. Its that this tree is so unkillable and kills anything near it that we leave it be.

    • @LucasMagnoZimmer
      @LucasMagnoZimmer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      How to kill the unkillable?

    • @jacobhinton6178
      @jacobhinton6178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Cherry Dragon You CAN burn it, you just dont want to be there when you are. Just set up sone kind of triggerable contained fire bomb, and before you use it release major warnings about poison gas and staying inside. Or just use a hazmat or space suit with a chainsaw.

    • @GlacialScion
      @GlacialScion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@jacobhinton6178
      Yeah, great idea. Set a controlled fire in a forest that you can't be anywhere near and thus can't fight effectively. In other words, start a forest fire and hope nothing bad happens. Apart from the forest fire.

    • @christsdisciple3105
      @christsdisciple3105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bulldozers. Take 'em down with bulldozers. They'll eventually shrivel up and die.

  • @malix3268
    @malix3268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    "NO! Not down under!" ....as an Australian I'm ashamed to say this made me laugh out loud.

  • @odanemcdonald9874
    @odanemcdonald9874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    2:55
    "...in the majority of the planet's humans."
    *"IN THE MAJORITY OF THE PLANET'S HUMANS"*

    • @horwink
      @horwink 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I---- What's wrong with that statement?

    • @Ribbuns
      @Ribbuns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@horwink the planets, implying there is humans outside of the planet

  • @drowninbliss
    @drowninbliss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    10:40 I can feel the pain in my ass.
    But I hope I will never really feel it...

  • @JadedSapphire
    @JadedSapphire 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    But can any of these plants get through Batman's armor and his one superpower - short-range teleportation during conversation, more commonly know as perpetual rudeness?

    • @chrishubbard64
      @chrishubbard64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      His mouth is exposed. God help robin though. He needs leggings bad. Also there is the whole "breathing in hypodermic needles" thing. If she picks a fight and isnt using any gas based plant attacks and just slips a few of those plants into the mix of attackers, oh man.

    • @JadedSapphire
      @JadedSapphire 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@chrishubbard64 We do know that Batman can wear a respirator to protect his mouth and depending on his suit, his eyes have protection as well. I wonder if there is any way that Poison Ivy could alter the hairs/needles to make it so that respirators wouldn't work either. How microscopic can the hairs be while still being effective? Also, Kyle never mentioned if the hairs/the plant can simply be burned?
      Oh yeah but Robin? Totally Screwed!

    • @TheEyez187
      @TheEyez187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes, those micro-filament stingers can potentially get everywhere!

    • @gingercore69
      @gingercore69 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      As long as no one talks to him, he cant teleport ;)

  • @chrysalizubeth88
    @chrysalizubeth88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    My family has severe allergies to poison ivy, so I’m still scared of normal level villainy from Poison Ivy.

  • @SodakExotics
    @SodakExotics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Could you do a video on what Scarecrow's fear toxin is made of?

  • @alexgochenour8740
    @alexgochenour8740 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This is a lovely episode. Not often we see botany on Because Science xD

  • @wjhull
    @wjhull 5 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    While it's technically not a plant, it's canon that Poison Ivy can spawn and control fungus as well (for example, she uses glowing fungi to light an escape tunnel in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell). Given that fungi fall under the umbrella of her 'plant control', then there's a whole mess of new 'evils' at her beck and call. And it, of course, gives her control over the most villainous life form on Earth: The Cordyceps. I'm positive that you would have mentioned this wonderful mushroom at some point, because how could you not, but in case you haven't, the cordyceps is the stuff of nightmares:
    The life cycle of the cordyceps begins as a spore (like many fungi), which lands on a host--usually an insect. Once infected, the mycelia invades the hosts' body, slowly replacing its tissue, and literally hijacking the nervous system. The host begins to behave unusually--so much so that social insects such as ants will kill it and drag its body as far away as possible.
    Which is for the best. Because when infected, an organism gets a sudden, overwhelming urge to climb. And once it's as high as possible, it clamps down onto whatever surface it's found, and it erupts. Stalks burst out of its body (or "pericethia" if ya nasty), which then shed more highly infective spores.
    Now, cordyceps usually only target one very specific species of insect, so it won't completely wipe out an entire ecosystem--but if Ivy is in control of it, and could have it target humans, the results would essentially be an airborne pathogen that grans Ivy control of its host as their innards are slowly converted into more mind-melting mushrooms which, even if she lost control of them and were left to their own devices, would wipe out a significant swaths of the planet's human population just by its nature.
    For a final hint about how deadly and horrifying a controllable cordyceps would be, the survival horror game The Last of Us used cordyceps as its 'big bad', but actually had to nerf it to 'zombie physics of contamination' because its natural method of propagation is *way* too deadly.
    Edit: Also, "Hi, Kyle". Lliam is technically William, so it would be rude not to say hello.

    • @ithalathegayguy
      @ithalathegayguy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The cordyceps is such a cool and terrifying fungus..... I've never forgotten it since the first time a science teacher showed our class a video of "Zombie Ants" and it's probably one of the big influences of my weird obsession with mushrooms as a topic of interest (even though I hate how they taste)

    • @mr.funkbot7048
      @mr.funkbot7048 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Could the Cordiceps even infect humans? Because I think the human body-temperature would be too high for that.

    • @ithalathegayguy
      @ithalathegayguy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@mr.funkbot7048 as it currently is, no, it could not.... it really doesn't reach too far past ants..... but fungus evolves just like everything else and there is nothing stopping it from getting stronger and able to infect more things.... also, in the situation if Poison Ivy, she has been shown many times genetically manipulating the plants she controls so they're unlike any existing plant.. there is no reason she couldn't do the same with a fungus as terrifying as Cordyceps....

    • @nephdrummond3168
      @nephdrummond3168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Warlok Yeah, but it already is canon, it’s a fact that she can, so at this point we can’t argue with it, we can only expand upon it.

    • @nephdrummond3168
      @nephdrummond3168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I like this, instead of just “what is the most toxic fungus she could control?” You went in a much more...sinister...direction. This thing would literally create mushroom zombie humans with spore stalks and people climbing trees, skyscrapers, and poles everywhere before exploding with...presumably an amount of flesh and blood, but also a giant cloud of zombie spores. When you watch the recent Because Science episode on Thanos dusting humanity, he gives some figures on how much ash we’d produce, and if you just swap ash for zombie dust, you can imagine why this would be the most horrifying way to annihilate humanity

  • @d-skullgaming696
    @d-skullgaming696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Jesus Christ... Screw horror movies, THIS is true horror

    • @Veveritele
      @Veveritele 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      D-Skull Gaming Support pewdiepie for the greater good PLS

  • @KindredBrujah
    @KindredBrujah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Lmao! Of course the nastiest one is in Australia! Who could ever have had any doubt?

    • @keydrag4309
      @keydrag4309 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I guess we’re just lucky here down under

    • @supershenron9162
      @supershenron9162 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Not me it's the land down under cause of how much crap can put you 6 feet under :P and the land down under is just decomposing or decomposed bodies of all sorts cause everything on that damn island IS FREAKING LEATHAL. Really in pirates of the Caribbean when they went to the Isla de Muerta they where just sailing to Australia xD

    • @Ginger_bit
      @Ginger_bit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's also called the "gimpy gimpy" if that makes you feel any better

    • @MrStubbs8157
      @MrStubbs8157 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There is a reason why they used this whole continent for prisoners exile...noone wanted all that crap...especially europeans, where literally nothing really is that dangerous. I have yet to experience more than just a bee sting, Looking out into other countries from here is crazy...all that nasty stuff. ;)

    • @tyberostheredwake8098
      @tyberostheredwake8098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know manchineel sounds like the worst one here.

  • @brodygates7535
    @brodygates7535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the terrifying look on his face while he talks about the Manchineel. If you pay attention he isn’t scared.... he’s exited!

  • @iandrewtv
    @iandrewtv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    The number of names on the FBI's watchist for suspicious web search activity is about to skyrocket. 😎😏

    • @JorganShow
      @JorganShow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      crushing apple seeds

  • @hypedog4598
    @hypedog4598 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Huh, I was expecting the Sandbox Tree a.k.a the Dynamite Tree. Not only is it covered in poisonous spikes but it grows fruit which are essentially biological versions of Green Goblins Pumpkin bombs.

    • @JDReC100
      @JDReC100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wait Wut!?

    • @hypedog4598
      @hypedog4598 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yup there's an actual exploding poisonous plant out there and if I remember correctly it's found in Australia. Then again it pales in comparison to the gympie gympie which has leaves with what are essentially microscopic shards of razor sharp glass that when interacted with won't kill a person but it will cause an unbearable level of pain that can last for years due to the shards on the leaf getting stuck in the body. Some have even committed suicide due to how bad the pain is.

    • @stormtrooper2425
      @stormtrooper2425 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh.... I want

    • @gingermcgingin1733
      @gingermcgingin1733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@hypedog4598 Actually, if memory serves, the dynamite tree is native to South America

    • @hypedog4598
      @hypedog4598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@gingermcgingin1733 Huh neat, just looked this up and your right. Still Australia does actually have trees that explode under the right conditions, they're called Eucalyptus Trees.

  • @skyhime
    @skyhime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This deadly plant comes from...
    The answer is always Australia!

    • @vksasdgaming9472
      @vksasdgaming9472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everything lethal comes from Australia. Or gets killed by something outside of Australia. Whole ecosystem of Australia either kills or gets killed - there are no niches to fill.

  • @pjgarcia3492
    @pjgarcia3492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "Tell lady freeze I said hello" Kyle never change, ur doing great sweetie

  • @TGHibiki
    @TGHibiki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Poison Ivy also made hybrid plants so what sort of hybrids would you create to make the ultimate anti hero plant? Nightshade with any of these plants abilities would be nearly unstoppable to me because it would impede the person from reacting to the secondary effects but that is just me.

    • @kylestanley7843
      @kylestanley7843 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Dynamite trees mixed with Giant hogweed >.>

    • @Maggie-dd2ph
      @Maggie-dd2ph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aconite with the last plant. That monstrosity would probably potent enough to kill a whole elephant

  • @martijncrawford4435
    @martijncrawford4435 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    hey look, a new set of toxins for ivy's lipstick!

    • @cherrydragon3120
      @cherrydragon3120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Oh god...

    • @ADAJ342
      @ADAJ342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jesus, what would these do to her lips

    • @TheEyez187
      @TheEyez187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Licks her own lips, subsequently bites her own tongue off!! >XD

    • @martijncrawford4435
      @martijncrawford4435 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ADAJ342 considering Ivy seems to be immune to the effects of most plants...nothing

    • @TopaztheSpaz
      @TopaztheSpaz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ADAJ342 Yeah Ivy is immune to every known DC toxin. So these would do nothing to her.

  • @TheElectreKid
    @TheElectreKid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Earth: Has dangerous plants.
    Humans: *creates nukes*
    Earth: I'm in danger.

    • @starleigh6680
      @starleigh6680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      plats after radiation: hold my beer

  • @rom65536
    @rom65536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    0:42 "To be clear it would be incorrect to say that a plant was evil...."
    He's never wrecked a motorcycle into a cholla cactus.

  • @sreckocuvalo8110
    @sreckocuvalo8110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +841

    Earth. A result of 3.5 billions years of an arms race.

    • @pauldank3453
      @pauldank3453 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      why does every plant hate us

    • @cageybee7221
      @cageybee7221 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@pauldank3453 not every plant, aloe vera is very helpful, so are things like wheat and potatoes, and apples rely on being eaten to spread. 90% of plants are harmless or beneficial, but that other 10% doesn't fuck around. basically stay out of the tropical areas and you should be fine. don't wipe your ass with weird leaves.

    • @KHMakerD
      @KHMakerD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Srećko Čuvalo Humans have an edge. Today made me think not enough of an edge.

    • @steveno3141
      @steveno3141 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@pauldank3453 vegans

    • @zeekjones1
      @zeekjones1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@cageybee7221 Aloe, potatoes, and apple's seeds ARE toxic, and wheat can potentially make you insane.

  • @barrybend7189
    @barrybend7189 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    What about mixing plants together and make a very dangerous super plant?

    • @GundamFranxx
      @GundamFranxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or a giant venus fly trap?

    • @kyiore6878
      @kyiore6878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well she sorta does, actually.

    • @justinriddell7648
      @justinriddell7648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She's against GMOs😂

    • @perfect_harmony4348
      @perfect_harmony4348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Excuse my poor imagination but arent the plants discribed in this vid already superplants?

    • @UmbraVolpes
      @UmbraVolpes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well it could be possible without genetic modification but i don't know how practical. An example would be this art project in New York time.com/3086552/tree-of-40-fruit-sam-van-aken/

  • @artistwithouttalent
    @artistwithouttalent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    10:17 I had heard of this plant before, but I wasn't sure if this was the same one. I Googled "Australian murder plant" and this was the first thing that came up.

  • @SurprisinglyDeep
    @SurprisinglyDeep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:55
    The guy's just droning on
    1:58 Video ratchets into high gear

  • @tylersmith5124
    @tylersmith5124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Let’s talk other options that are maybe more dramatic and visual for comics. Dr Pamela Isley was a botanist and even before having super powers had the knowledge and skills to mutate super plants. So let’s say she wants to make giant carnivorous plants. One option for a nice horrific trap for hostages could be a giant pitcher plant. These under appreciated carnivorous plants trap insects, frogs, and sometimes rats in a slick sided pot shaped plant filled with digestive fluid which would trap and slowly dissolve the victim into a giant pitcher of person soup. Alternatively the more famous option is a giant Venus fly trap. Death by fly trap is way more horrifying than you may believe because the inside of a fly trap doesn’t crush its victims but instead the leaves become concave and form a watertight seal then fill with acid which frowns and then slowly dissolved the target. Either of these seem to me like excellent under used time sensitive plot elements for future Poison Ivy stories

    • @chrishubbard64
      @chrishubbard64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She has used venus flytraps before in the animated series at least,. Batman just kinda chops them down with batarangs. Or cuts his way out with the same tools.

    • @TopaztheSpaz
      @TopaztheSpaz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think she has actually used both of these before in the comics over the years.

    • @jaimie00
      @jaimie00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I had the same kind of idea, only using genetically engineered "super sundews" with huge tentacles. The perfect way to hold a hostage, like whomever Batman is crushing on. You know, so he will show up to save the day, knowing it's a trap, but not caring, blah blah blah. The super sundews would also make great interrogation facilitators. You either tell her everything she wants to know, or be slowly (or not-so-slowly) digested by the plant. Aside from messing with the size of the plants, she could also make the digestive juices more potent so that they work faster. With the huge tentacles wrapped around your whole body, being eaten alive, I think most people would tell her anything she wanted. Then she'd probably leave them there to be eaten anyway...Because Villains.

    • @nulllex0099
      @nulllex0099 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      May I suggest abusing the Dynamite Tree's seed dispersal method? That'd give her biological shrapnel granades, at least! Combine them with other plants, like a squirting cucumber at least, and it'd be some traditionally deadly addition to her arsenal ^-^

    • @digitaldeathsquid3448
      @digitaldeathsquid3448 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Personally I'd be more interested in mutant sundews or butterworts that have the ability to ensnare humans with natural glue and then crush them

  • @Novyar
    @Novyar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Wait, does poison Ivy eat food or absorb sunlight like superman?😅

    • @aaronbourque5494
      @aaronbourque5494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      She eats food. For years, she was depicted as a vegetarian, despite her declared philosophies, but that's been reversing, lately, and she sometimes gets shown to exclusively eat meat.

    • @Takao0815
      @Takao0815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Freedom Anderson
      not only for his heat vision

    • @giorgikatamadze3048
      @giorgikatamadze3048 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Freedom Anderson no. Superman doesn’t have to eat. He mentioned once that he eats because it’s a habit but he can survive without it.

    • @packman2321
      @packman2321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As far as I understand it Superman needs food for sustenance (or at least he eats it anyway) while sunlight just charges his superpowers. Hence why flying through the sun makes him more powerful but doesn't make him less hungry. That said the rules for his powers are pretty inconsistent so I wouldn't be surprised to find out there's a comic where he eats light or something.

    • @SilverVolo
      @SilverVolo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She kisses men to get their life energy

  • @battlefieldcustoms873
    @battlefieldcustoms873 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    What would happen if poison ivy controlled Weed lol. it would turn batman back into adam west

    • @breadiscool1872
      @breadiscool1872 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine posion ivy uses her entire power and uses taht neddle plant to cover the entire world... suicide will go brrr

    • @battlefieldcustoms873
      @battlefieldcustoms873 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@breadiscool1872 She could end the world by plummeting the opium prices all over the world. Skyscraper Opium plants in the middle of manhattan.

    • @breadiscool1872
      @breadiscool1872 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@battlefieldcustoms873 oh god. She could literally wait for it to rain then bam. Everyone deas

    • @futurepig
      @futurepig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It would be the perfect weapon. Her enemies just relax, lose interest in fighting and go for a snack.

  • @doommuffinz5276
    @doommuffinz5276 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "Aaaah my dermis" 🤣

    • @rudysmith1445
      @rudysmith1445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "It's got *sap* on iiiit"

  • @orionthegsp
    @orionthegsp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for your help this morning Kyle! I told my kids (7 & 9) they could watch this before school if they were ready in time. It worked a treat.

  • @arbknight12
    @arbknight12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    But there’s one thing that can counter and succeed over any of Poison Ivy’s plants:
    Harley Quinn’s puppy-dog face and tears

    • @Irish381
      @Irish381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ah yes,, the nuclear option. 😭

    • @DemonicEngineer
      @DemonicEngineer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fucking loved that movie. And i hated Harley before i saw it!

  • @mightyjohn8136
    @mightyjohn8136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "It can take paint off cars !" yeah, seems kinda bad

  • @demongaming75
    @demongaming75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love how enthusiastic he is with his videos and how informative they can be. Cant wait for the next upload!

  • @wayneigoe6722
    @wayneigoe6722 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    "If she wanted to get nasty"...
    She'd probably call harley... (If you know what I mean)

  • @firebladeentertainment5739
    @firebladeentertainment5739 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    heh, just realised that my favorite W40K meme is the best weapon against poison ivy:
    Brother...
    Get the Flamethrower...
    The HEAVY Flamethrower...

    • @TankHunter678
      @TankHunter678 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its Flamer not Flamethrower.

  • @scotthurr5925
    @scotthurr5925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'd love to hear your take on Swamp Thing... He's got quite the history and plethora of 'powers."

  • @ThunderSkull214
    @ThunderSkull214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    7:05 takes fruit of the poisonous tree to a whole new level

  • @seanwalls1036
    @seanwalls1036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I would fund poison ivy to terraform other planets...we know the JLA has starships.

  • @ishratshaikh51
    @ishratshaikh51 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Cut your dongle off plant"
    "Dongle cutter plant"
    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dunzerkug
    @dunzerkug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fun fact about the urushiol in poison ivy, it's also in the skin of mangos so if you cut up a mango be sure to wash your hands with soap and warm water right after, also don't touch your face, your eyes can swell shut from the allergic reaction.

  • @krazylevin
    @krazylevin ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Everything said here about the Manchineel tree is rue except the part about touching the tree. I live in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and we have these on some of our beaches. We've sat under them and touched them, hung our bags on the limbs etc. But we all know not to stand underneath it during rain, touch the sap or cut the bark.
    I love this channel by the way. Awesome content as usual.

  • @KyriosMirage
    @KyriosMirage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Superman: I draw power from the Sun!
    Poison Ivy: Oh, really...

  • @TheAnimaAnimal
    @TheAnimaAnimal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    When I was little I knew some berries nearby were poisonous and could kill you. Watching Justice League animated I always wondered why she didn't just use her vines to shove poisonous berries into people's mouths. My explanations were always lazy writing, non important or unpopular character just there to be eye candy etc. It would have been so cool to see Batman fight those plants in the video.

    • @jagossone
      @jagossone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are you sure those berries can kill you?
      I also believed as a kid some stories about some berries, turned out theyre just disgusting and harmless

    • @TheAnimaAnimal
      @TheAnimaAnimal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jagossone oh no, these are the real deal. They are not a sure kill but they cause your stomach to pretty much collapse or something like that.

    • @stuchly1
      @stuchly1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TheAnimaAnimal more importantly, even small doses of some berries are more dangerous to children than to adults. That's why parents warn children not to eat them.

    • @lafleurstudios
      @lafleurstudios 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The real reason she doesnt shove things in peoples mouths is because it is to close to porn..

  • @malusso
    @malusso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lol, a tree so toxic that i even seeks revenge after being burned

  • @tenhirankei
    @tenhirankei 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @3:30 Hogweed creates vampires!

  • @squatchymcsquatchsquatch3015
    @squatchymcsquatchsquatch3015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Dude, this is the scariest episode you've made IMO. Real life, and real life misery!

  • @infiniteaseem6523
    @infiniteaseem6523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Ohk Kyle. Love the show. Now, I believe you missed the one way Poison Ivy could legit kill a whole lot of everything in this world. She can do this by acting on a microscopic level and she could literally hold the entire world hostage. Here's how:
    Phytoplankton. Yea, these hyper important microscopic plants (most phytoplankton are unicellular plants) produce 70% of the planet's oxygen. If Poison Ivy were to get entire populations of phytoplankton to stop reproducing ( i.e., leave the population in limbo or maybe just reduce the numbers of the phytoplankton very much; not telling them to commit suicide, just asking them not to reproduce; that way she doesn't hurt or harm any plant) it would reduce the planet's oxygen level drastically. ( *She wouldn't even have to actually go through with this (since she probably wouldn't want to do so either) but if she could just act like she's totally unhinged and crazy maybe the bluff could fool everyone who knows. But then again all that wouldn't matter coz **_HE'S BATMAN!!!_* )If she got all of the phytoplankton to stop reproducing until just about 5-6 isolated populations remained, the percentage of oxygen in the planet's atmosphere would drop to (30/100 x 21/100=) 6.3%!!!. It would destroy entire food chains in oceans. It would cause absolute chaos in the world because so many people will be choking to death. It could literally destroy the world as we know it and all that power in the hands of Ivy... She could theoretically just rule the planet this way if she wanted to : give me what I want or the plankton stop reproducing!!! Creepy isn't it?

    • @madgeologist495
      @madgeologist495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely true, but...maybe I am wrong but wasn't her biggest concern to keep plants alive? I mean, sure; she could rule the world but wouldn't this particular move go against her core conviction?

    • @infiniteaseem6523
      @infiniteaseem6523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      madgeologist she's keeping them alive, just asking them to not reproduce. That way they die natural deaths, but no second generation. I considered that myself when I thought up this scheme😁 edit : I did say in the latest edit that all she'd have to do is make the threat and act crazy, then hope to the plant gods that they all buy it

    • @ahightechlowlife
      @ahightechlowlife 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If she wasn't bluffing, though, I would think all of the animals producing the carbon dioxide that these plants need would die thus killing the plants, no?

    • @infiniteaseem6523
      @infiniteaseem6523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Travis No😂 plants respire too. They produce carbon dioxide themselves. In effect they could drive their own life forever, no animals required. Of course on very small levels there would eventually be n imbalance in the oxygen/CO2 balance but that would take a while. We're talking just literally a few days or weeks at most and that's gonna be enough to make tumult and chaos reign supreme

    • @kommentorpostker3911
      @kommentorpostker3911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bees need oxygen. Flowers need bees. Ivy wouldn't kill the bees.

  • @ianyounie5440
    @ianyounie5440 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The best part of the suicide bush wasn't even told. A snipping of the plant was taken over 100 years ago. The snipping of that plant is dead but the toxin in the plant is alive and well.

  • @Yasuk3
    @Yasuk3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The gimpy gimpy plant from Australia ( the last one mentioned) is so painful that some patients are strapped down to hospitals beds to prevent them from tearing their skins off. And some prolly have compared the pain to being set on fire and having acid poured on the affected area

  • @velquar
    @velquar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The Hogweed (Heracleum Sosnowskyi) comes from the Caucasus and was imported to Central and Eastern Europe in '50 - '70 because it grew like crazy, and the amount of green mass and high acidity were perfectly suited for the production of cattle silage. It could not be eradicated. Even cut to the ground, it was able to grow. After the first euphoria, however, came a reflection. Acidity has begun to be a problem, as it has corroded agricultural equipment at an alarming rate. The cows did not want to eat it, and even if they ate it for unexplained reasons, the milk tasted of anise ... It was tried many times to eradicate it, but to no avail. He spread everywhere and at some time he took practically all of Europe. Now wherever someone sees it, it is removed immediately, but it's hard to kill it. The amount of herbicide needed to get rid of this hogweed was so great that all other plants in the area died, and the zone was no longer suitable for cultivation, and the hogweed had the chance to survive anyway.
    Kyle - I love the show. Seen ALL of the episodes (even back when it was on Nerdist). Keep it up!

    • @DocWolph
      @DocWolph 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Man humanity, you stupid!

    • @luckiller019
      @luckiller019 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You left out the best part. In Central and Eastern Europe is for this qulities commonly nickname bolshevik.

  • @1993Shahid
    @1993Shahid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When I was a kid, hogweed used to grow just outside of town in a field where I liked to play. I knew that these plants were dangerous, so I stayed away from them. One day I wasn't careful enough apparently, so when I woke up the next morning, my left hand was covered in these ugly blisters. Strange thing though - I don't remember any pain.

  • @trioofdominance1043
    @trioofdominance1043 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think there's even a tree in jungles that uses fruits with extremely tight and strong fibers that build up energy, and when the pressure builds up enough, it explodes like a grenade to send it's seeds a football field away from the initial tree.

    • @softpaw6234
      @softpaw6234 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know certain types of peat do something similar, Matpat did a video theorizing that's what Minecraft creepers are made of

    • @simplyaregularguy131
      @simplyaregularguy131 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The sandbox tree/dynamite tree

  • @revampedharpy09
    @revampedharpy09 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    8:05 is it just me, or does this tree just seem like a giant "fuck all you guys" from nature?

  • @cobalt1227
    @cobalt1227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Hey Kyle. How would Batman deal with those plants? I know he’s the worlds best problem solver, so what would he have to do to protect himself and Robin from Poison Ivey? Honestly I don’t think it would be that hard. Every thing you described in the video has to do with touching the plants or possibly inhaling them. A full body suit would keep you from touching anything, and a helmet would stop any potential air hazards for the Dark Knight. It’s not the coolest of solutions but, it’s seems to be a simple one. After the battle or apprehension, Alfred turns on the bat-decontamination shower and everything would wash off. I guess if you wanted to get cooler with it, Batman could use some kind of gas bomb that renders the plants useless...

    • @fiend652
      @fiend652 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fire just fucking fire

    • @gdsfgsdgsdfg
      @gdsfgsdgsdfg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fiend652 Machineel smoke is toxic to the point of making you blind for life...

    • @MegaEricPham
      @MegaEricPham 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fernando Guerrero not if you’re already blind 😎👉 sorry that was terrible

    • @patrickvondersaar4836
      @patrickvondersaar4836 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Easy herbicide some herbicide can take effect within a few hours

    • @trellnebula
      @trellnebula 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Call Swamp Thing

  • @ChloePricesNumberOneSimp
    @ChloePricesNumberOneSimp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    0:49 check mate vegans.
    What're you gonna eat now?

  • @pancakeperson8905
    @pancakeperson8905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    12:01 Rest in peace.

  • @benjaminroberson1967
    @benjaminroberson1967 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When Myth-busters tried to test 'cures' for Poison ivy (one was highly allergic and could not participate) but all the rest didn't have a reaction. They had to go to the film crew before they found someone who was allergic to do the test (for reference about 1 in 10 people will not have a reaction)

  • @Seamus.Harper
    @Seamus.Harper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "Cut-Your-Dongle-off plant" is the actual scientific term. 🤓

  • @roguepotato5389
    @roguepotato5389 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Kyle with you being in the void, would a phototoxic touch really be that bad for you?

    • @becausescience
      @becausescience  5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm illuminated, so I'm weary -- kH

    • @AgeTemplar
      @AgeTemplar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Illuminati confirmed

  • @tenhirankei
    @tenhirankei 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @6:50 There are people that will interpret the "red X" as either "X marks the spot" or as a "dare" to touch it there. They're commonly known as idiots.

  • @flaurel
    @flaurel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There needs to be a lot more content regarding plants on TH-cam or the internet in general! As an aspiring botanist and hobby content creator myself, I really appreciate it whenever I find someone else finally giving plants some attention!

  • @rythan5444
    @rythan5444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    In batman Arkham city game ,poison ivy literally made some criminal and police officer to Zombie like creatures my making a pod like plant.

  • @01oo011
    @01oo011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Would be hilarious if a plant just got up and walked away.

  • @vladimirstefan8760
    @vladimirstefan8760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Also Hashirama Senju or the druids from World of warcraft would get a hundred times scarier if they used plants like these :[

  • @seanm4095
    @seanm4095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I live in florida I know the Machneil tree it's like the whole tree is made of poison! Ugh it gives me shivers just thinking about them!

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 5 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    PLEASE make why Earth's firearms are WAY more deadly than Star Wars blasters during any battle or war Because Science?!

    • @Gibbypastrami
      @Gibbypastrami 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      thats intentional, blasters were meant to be more humane weapons and the fact that they have way more 'ammo' in one cartridge than a standard firearms magazine, makes them far more sustainabke weapons, blasters usually cause surface wounds, bullets go right through ya

    • @jimbutcher5712
      @jimbutcher5712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The projectile speed alone makes blasters sub par weapons at any range. Doesn’t matter how many rounds are in the clip if you can’t hit the target with any of them because they’re so slow.
      And ask Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru about how deadly blasters aren’t.

    • @akizeta
      @akizeta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I don't think that's comparing like with like. You shouldn't be comparing Star Wars weapons with real-world weapons, you should be comparing them with _movie_ depictions of real-world weapons. And at that, with weapons in similar genres. In some thrillers, forex, nearly all weapons work better for the protagonists than for their opposition.

    • @vroomzoom4206
      @vroomzoom4206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao, but they aren't.

    • @ruyman90
      @ruyman90 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Is not because there are more effective but blasters in the SW universe are more obtainable and affordable. They have learn to harvest energy so effectively that is easier to get energy to heat up normal hydrogen gas and blast it than to mine to find minerals, create powder, have an assembly line and create bullets.By the way normal bullets exist in SW but most people and ships would not use them because they add a lot of weight and simply carrying a blaster that makes mostly the same effect is more comfortable and they can recharge it almost everywhere instead that look for an specific caliber of bullet to work with your gun. Aside blasters make more damage to things such as energy shields (well at least that's the in universe explanation)

  • @GTKermit
    @GTKermit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    At 5:55 who looked up pictures of bloodroot injuries? I know I did and I know I regret it.

    • @raaston9761
      @raaston9761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i did and did not regret it i have seen worse injuries

    • @michaelDcrawfordjr
      @michaelDcrawfordjr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🙋🏻‍♂️ I was surprised to find that people are using it as a home remedy for skin cancer, leukemia, breast cancer and prostate tumors.

    • @izabella6891
      @izabella6891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Michael Crawford PROSTATE TUMORS?!?! No! Not down there!

    • @michaelDcrawfordjr
      @michaelDcrawfordjr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Izabella Terry Yup. There are websites and everything. No thanks. I’ll take my chances with properly tested studies and medicine, thank you.

  • @Ginger_bit
    @Ginger_bit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just knew the gimpy gimpy would be on this list

  • @Chris-ug4zz
    @Chris-ug4zz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:45
    Light does not curve!
    Get it right Kyle!

  • @rakshith7002
    @rakshith7002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Poison ivy used vine whip
    Batman is dark type
    It's not very effective

  • @sidders_3275
    @sidders_3275 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Gotta love me a new because science vid!

  • @Emppu_T.
    @Emppu_T. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This would be so interesting to see all different uses of these plants, and explain their effects etc real dread for batman

  • @Poyni
    @Poyni 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    God creates plants
    Hey let’s just put these in Australia

  • @alecsmith3448
    @alecsmith3448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How exactly do Poison Ivy's plants move so fast. They are plants they don't have muscles.

    • @WAMTAT
      @WAMTAT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Plants can move. Some of them quite fast.

    • @alecsmith3448
      @alecsmith3448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WAMTAT yes but not the ones she normally uses

    • @ladykoiwolfe
      @ladykoiwolfe 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always kinda figured it was due to her ability to excelerate their growth, but that never seemed a good answer for how they contracted or withdrew.

    • @Imajicka1
      @Imajicka1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Plants move bio-chemically. One could say that she can accelerate and enhance those chemical reactions.

  • @Phoenixesper1
    @Phoenixesper1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "plants are earths dominate life form"
    And right off the bat the plane has crashed before it took off. The correct answer is Bacteria. but thank you for playing. :P

  • @afinchinthedark
    @afinchinthedark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now to make a hybrid of all of them....

    • @JDReC100
      @JDReC100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ohno

  • @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human
    @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the terrifying biology lesson. Pure nightmare fuel.
    Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go curl up under a blanket and try to forget this litany of horror and agony.