The Top 10 Deadliest Plants (They Can Kill You!)

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  • @elfarlaur
    @elfarlaur 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1945

    I've actually seen manchineel when I was visiting Mayan ruins in the Yucatan in Mexico. There's actually an orange coloured tree that grows near them that have flaky bark and if you rub it on the sap burn from the manchineel it reduces the pain. There was actually a Mayan legend about two twins, the evil one became the manchineel and the good one became the orange tree to help those who fell victim to his brother.

  • @dandi5723
    @dandi5723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +647

    Geeze, I remember playing with nightshade berries and some red berries when I was a kid (we knew nightshade was deadly, or as my grandmother told me, would make me sleep forever). My cousins and I would throw them at each other. It's another of those "How the hell did I survive my childhood" moments.

    • @Sara3346
      @Sara3346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I mean it sounds like if it was just one or two of them it probably wouldn't be enough to kill but it would still be a very bad idea.

    • @lisscat
      @lisscat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Sara3346 2 consumed berries is enough to kill a child

    • @hydrolito
      @hydrolito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Also make sure you don't climb up tree branches that break and coconut falling from tree can kill a person.

    • @grovermartin6874
      @grovermartin6874 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Candice H Hahaha! You got that right!

    • @zajinramirez2780
      @zajinramirez2780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Their are these red berries called English yew and they made a sticky substance and because it was infront of my elementary school and unless you did an instrument they made you stay outside I'm pretty sure once or twice in rain or snow but yeah so we would throw them and it would stain the whole front floor of the school concrete with red stains but yeah now that I'm in 7th grade i left that school and even moved a town away but my block had the same bush and i have a feature i just discovered on my phone called google oebs which makes it so if you get a picture of something it will tell you what it is and so i did it with the bush on September 19th this year and i finally got the name so the first thing i did was look up why are they sticky and a sixth grader i know asked to look up if they're toxic and so i was like"they probably are not but ok" and turns out 50 grams of the bark or leaves can kill and adult and 1 or 2 seeds can kill a child and i was throwing them at other kids in elementary school (don't worry it was a game we made so 3rd grade me would throw at them and they would throw back making a berry nerf war so we called them berry wars and im serious they were fun also we called them berries because we didn't know the name and i didn't until today)but the flesh or the part you eat is safe and good people say also the seed that is the most toxic part is said to be really tasty like other deadly mushoabd also the water hemlock so I'm 12 and confused how i survived,will still play with the sticky substance and study them though

  • @a.p907
    @a.p907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Fun fact about Nightshade: it is also known as belladonna which means beautiful woman in Italian. Since one of the symptoms of its poisoning causes the pupils to dilate, high-class woman would put a tiny amount to dilate their eyes to give themselves a doe-eyed look because it would make them more beautiful (and temporally blind themselves.)

    • @gorkskoal9315
      @gorkskoal9315 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      yes! and another (odd) but darkly amusing fact: People used to confuse the flowers from belladnna for tomatoes. I bet they were like: wtf why am I sick! also since forever people have had (hopefully) small amounts to get high, or as a sleep aid. Like: hey barkeep I'll take a nightcap with a side of barfing! can you orange for that please?

    • @darrellcook8253
      @darrellcook8253 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah they were forced to stay out of the sun because the blinking squinting and tears spoiled the effect. Blindness in older age was much in vogue back then too.
      Eyes can take only so much.

    • @statoilbensin2190
      @statoilbensin2190 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Atropine witch is a tropane alkaloid is the chemical that makes you get enlarged pupils. Eye doctor once gave me some atropine and my pupils got so big that it was wery hard to see. The atropine from all I know might have come from a Belladonna or maye a different plant in the nightshade family like Henbane, Mandrake or Datura.

    • @lisamoag6548
      @lisamoag6548 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well that explains “ Love is blind.”

    • @Michelle-mu2ux
      @Michelle-mu2ux ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had NO idea plants could be dangerous until last night. I am old too. I think I have this at my house. I moved here one year ago. We have maple trees with long white flowers that have a beautiful artistic design in the inside of the flower. They are everywhere. I have had an eye conditiin, keradachonis with astignatism since I was 13. My friend was here last night and noticed my "large pupils" and here I am. I am upset and concerned. I have four children. I live in the US. Anybody know what I can do? I had no clue plants could make people sick. Thanks

  • @emptyness7
    @emptyness7 7 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    "Oh you don't have to worry, it grows in south america"
    * watching from Peru *

    • @red2theelectricboogaloo961
      @red2theelectricboogaloo961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      good luck my man

    • @JJSquirtle
      @JJSquirtle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I feel like peruvians have bigger concerns than endangered trees tbh. Like I'm sure there's non-endangered poisonous trees there.

    • @sunitafisher4758
      @sunitafisher4758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🌸 it’s also found in Trinidad, I’ve seen it up close in person
      No one is obviously allowed to even pick a leaf, it’s so toxic

    • @rebelleerogers1
      @rebelleerogers1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And in texas

    • @thegamergirl6164
      @thegamergirl6164 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

  • @nekhram2235
    @nekhram2235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I live in a rural valley area and Foxglove grows EVERYWHERE, farmers have to go around cutting it out of their paddocks. I still really like Foxglove, very aesthetically pleasing.

  • @ChandraArthur
    @ChandraArthur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    The Manchineel tree is actually quite common in Barbados, they grow along much of the shoreline, my brother and I played with them as kids when we were there visiting family. One of the Bajans noticed what we were doing and told us to stop and wash our hands in the ocean. We were both alright, but it was pretty scary. He kept asking us if we ate any of it and it was obvious that he was concerned. Fortunately, we didn't eat them, but they do look like small apples or quince that aren't ripe.

    • @hansjansen317
      @hansjansen317 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This tree grows also in Curaçao, at Piscadera Baai. I climbed in it, and the next day I was covered in blisters.

    • @masterlee9822
      @masterlee9822 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you dryads?

  • @drunkenrampage1588
    @drunkenrampage1588 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2915

    I'm going to try to guess 1 plant before I watch this video.
    A nuclear plant.

    • @Kai-vo5zq
      @Kai-vo5zq 8 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Get out :l

    • @Hello-de9jd
      @Hello-de9jd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      ಠ_ಠ

    • @shoegamelex8480
      @shoegamelex8480 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      W

    • @pancake4164
      @pancake4164 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +DrunkenRampage read nuclear 2.0 by mark lunas - see what you think

    • @Windrake101
      @Windrake101 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +DrunkenRampage Bu-dum dis

  • @BeardFaceSuper
    @BeardFaceSuper 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1454

    Moral of the story... Just don't eat random plants.

    • @joshuahunt3032
      @joshuahunt3032 8 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      David Butt And if you have to eat a wild plant, know exactly what you're eating. Know the difference between blueberries (good for muffins) and deadly nightshade (terrible to eat, especially in muffins)

    • @ramosveronica32
      @ramosveronica32 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My thoughts exactly.

    • @nfrandom007
      @nfrandom007 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      David Butt are muffins good for muffins

    • @rkkwc
      @rkkwc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Good choice. Moral #2- Don't ever eat blueberries BCUZ THEY CULD BE NITESHADE AND DAS NAHT GUD

    • @tyrvassilon957
      @tyrvassilon957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is it 'cause it tastes bad? @@joshuahunt3032

  • @jennilocke
    @jennilocke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    I have a bunch of hemlock growing in my backyard. I've also had deadly nightshade and pokeweed pop up. The woods behind my house have snakeroot, stinging nettles, more hemlock, poison ivy, and probably some other stuff that i haven't ID'ed yet like mushrooms
    Basically, dont go messing with a plant unless you're 110% sure it's not gonna mess with you back

    • @timmyturner8579
      @timmyturner8579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      what state?

    • @makssachs8914
      @makssachs8914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Can I have some hemlock? I have someone I need to take revenge on.

    • @jamessargent9981
      @jamessargent9981 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@makssachs8914 your roommate ?

    • @jamessargent9981
      @jamessargent9981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your backyard is absolutely awesome ! Can I send my roommate over there to camp out for a while ?

    • @Aiden-V2.0
      @Aiden-V2.0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Stinging nettles and pokeweed are actually both edible and very nutritious when cooked properly. It's the cooked "properly" part that most people really seem to have a problem with.

  • @checkmate2489
    @checkmate2489 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Oh I remember the story! I was at Home Depot and my mother was looking at Foxglove. I put my face really close to it and said "what a pretty flower!" And the Home Depot guy said, "Oh, yes! It's poisonous! Eating it could kill you."
    I was very little and absolutely horrified. I've been terrified of Foxglove since, even though it's a very irrational fear.

  • @M_Farias
    @M_Farias 8 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    "you dont need to worry. they only are found in south america"
    and i live in south america.

    • @Laezar1
      @Laezar1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      +Matheus Farias Well good luck with the... you know, dying thing.

    • @0nurag
      @0nurag 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Then you need to worry bro hahah

    • @eggboi4517
      @eggboi4517 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Anurag Sharma
      *why are you laughing he may die*

    • @audrey4506
      @audrey4506 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don’t worry I live in central america

    • @belbras
      @belbras 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you misunderstood it; they are mostly found in the southern North America and northern South America (not the whole continent). Probably the population from those countries in that region is already aware about this tree and its implications. If you never heard on it probably you live more in middle to southern part of South America :)

  • @kunaldeo9679
    @kunaldeo9679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    Plant: These Humans eat us
    Other plants: They have this thing called a heart
    Plant: I'm listening

    • @CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3
      @CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      for those curious this is what the manchineel tree does to you; th-cam.com/video/NISWwty2oW8/w-d-xo.html
      its literally glue-like sap gets on your skin and its acid forms ulcers in your skin.

    • @cptray-steam
      @cptray-steam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Human: Eats plants foliage.
      Plant: So, you have chosen death?

  • @TheeTurtleQueen
    @TheeTurtleQueen 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1367

    the trick is to stay indoors 100% of your life so you will never encounter these plants

    • @leodoescrap879
      @leodoescrap879 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I go out side all the time.Plus,I live in the amarican Northwest.

    • @HateTaxesWASt
      @HateTaxesWASt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ehhhh another American Northwestener.

    • @3uujh656
      @3uujh656 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Demoturtle but what if you want to die because of crippling depression 🤔😎

    • @PokeMaster22222
      @PokeMaster22222 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +05x32
      I actually spend most of my time indoors - I'm an introvert who loves video games, and is sensitive to light.
      Why would I ever go outside, save for going out to cafes (just for the food, not for 'social stuff') or university?

    • @joeycubes68
      @joeycubes68 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Demoturtle yep be homeschooled work from home order all your items and groceries and always have people do you other tasks

  • @inksplatter1
    @inksplatter1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Man, plants are just the most interesting thing. I would love more episodes on plant chemistry and biology, and how humans use/have used plants throughout history.

  • @runandarnell8514
    @runandarnell8514 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The old medicine woman, "Aunt Shawnee" was the last of her people in the area. She had stayed after a forced relocation of her tribe by the government and was likely in a lot of danger by being there. But she still chose to heal. Legends, both of them!

  • @courtneymcfarland8333
    @courtneymcfarland8333 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    You should do a list of edible plants that happen to also be poisonous or dangerous- like fig tree sap which can cause horrible rashes & welts if you're not careful when trimming the trees, potato fruits which can be mistaken for tomatoes but are poisonous, skin burns & rash from when handling carrot foliage and UV exposure are combined, extreme drying & peeling of the hands when cutting & handling butternut squash that has not been cured/aged, etc. Good stuff to know, especially with the current trend of people starting to grow their own food again.

    • @eswaribalan164
      @eswaribalan164 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really? I grew one and cooked the only fruit on the vine??

    • @blakebullock9656
      @blakebullock9656 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And rhubarb leaves are poisonous even though we eat the stalks

    • @JoseMolina-ij3xx
      @JoseMolina-ij3xx ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Celery kinda also does the UV issue on human skin when picked.

    • @darrellcook8253
      @darrellcook8253 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah food plants can be very toxic or irritating. Dig down into that black french zucchini and get its stickers shred not only your arms but the fruit you're harvesting. Radishes, mustards, carrots, squash, figs, artichokes and strawberry leaves. All can rash you out. And I don't recommend that.

    • @MichaelClark-uw7ex
      @MichaelClark-uw7ex ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also there are edible plants that have parts that contain urushiol (the irritant in poison ivy)
      Like mango peel and cashew nut hulls.

  • @jadyn23200
    @jadyn23200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    “Deadly poison? OR delectable tea ?!?”

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only if you substitute bleach for water.
      It gives the tea more body...or bodies, if you serve more than one person.
      Gives a whole new meaning to the expression "I'm dying for a cuppa!"

    • @tailsfan23new
      @tailsfan23new 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      "You didn't..."

    • @eleventhprimarch5303
      @eleventhprimarch5303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Iroh, No!

  • @goodun2974
    @goodun2974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    There's an interesting book titled The Poisoner's Handbook which is about the history of forensic medicine being developed and used to scientifically determine how and why people died from something they ingested, whether it was an accidental or intentional poisoning. A fascinating read ,especially if you like exploring grim or macabre subjects. Forensic science got a particular boost in funding and research when prohibition led to huge numbers of people being poison from adulterated or badly made bootleg alcohol.

    • @darrellcook8253
      @darrellcook8253 ปีที่แล้ว

      The government went on it's own poisoning spree by adding wood alcohol to booze to punish the sinners. Killed an unknown number of people but we know that it was a lot. Numbering in the tens of thousands.
      Ah fanaticism. And it's alive and well today.

  • @sean8190
    @sean8190 8 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    R.ibosome
    I.nactivating
    P.rotein

  • @LivingTar
    @LivingTar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    Plants that could kill me? No. I want plants that _will_ kill me. Plants that will come after me with a knife and a vendetta.

    • @latchkeyTK
      @latchkeyTK 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      just hire a fucking hitman

    • @thestollsister9815
      @thestollsister9815 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Living Tar Or just move to arizona where there are jumping cactuses.

    • @ZimVader-0017
      @ZimVader-0017 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Cylindropuntia fulgida, it's a cactus with parts that easily pop off and latches on to whatever got near it. It does it so that I can spread it's seeds.

    • @ashleyk8406
      @ashleyk8406 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Zim Vader0017 How does it know when something is in its vicinity?

    • @ZimVader-0017
      @ZimVader-0017 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It doesn't. The bulbs are easily detachable. Say a wolf happened to walk by it and accidentally brushes it's tail against the cactus. It's going to have a bunch of spiky bulbs full of seeds attached to its tail.

  • @thebigbois4016
    @thebigbois4016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    milk sickness unheard of
    lactose intolerance: im a joke to you?

    • @potatobomb13
      @potatobomb13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not the same thing

  • @wiamoaw
    @wiamoaw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    You forgot Ricinus, no prizes for guessing what that contains. Atropine is also used as an antidote for a organophosphate poisoning and vice versa, they cancel each other out which is pretty cool.

  • @KnowingEyes
    @KnowingEyes 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    _"Nightshade causes every symptom possible..."_
    __
    Hell, I get a list of symptoms longer than that when I go out and party. :P

  • @richardwheeler7845
    @richardwheeler7845 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Nightshade is actually quite common. I've even seen some of its greens in bunches of supermarket vegetables, like spinach and chard. Always make sure you check your greens, before cooking. Most outside plants are grasses, but nightshade can easily get in to a commercially harvested bunch.

    • @studioyokai
      @studioyokai ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah it's actually invasive in a lot of the USA.
      The reason it's such a problem? Many birds can safely eat Nightshade berries, and they do exactly what Nightshade wants them to do: spread it all over the place by pooping out the undigested seeds. This can mean a singular plant getting its seeds strewn about for like hundreds of miles. Oops.

    • @sydneygorelick7484
      @sydneygorelick7484 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Normal nightshades that aren't deadly are ok to eat though, yeah? Like, tomatoes and peppers are nightshades, and you can eat their leaves.

    • @fukkitful
      @fukkitful ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sydneygorelick7484 In small amount the leaves won't poison you. Not worth the risk though.

    • @statoilbensin2190
      @statoilbensin2190 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sydneygorelick7484 Normal nightshades? So it has to be non toxic in order to be qualified as a normal nightshade. I dont understand your logic. Mandrake, Henbane and Belladonna for instance was used in the civilized world way before we discovered non toxic nightshades. Henbane, Belladonna and Mandrake was even used in ale or wine brewing in order for the ale/mead to give a stronger buzz then the alcohol.

    • @wyliem
      @wyliem 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sydneygorelick7484deadly no gut shade isn’t grown with commercial produce or sold in grocery stores.

  • @feedexfeldex6911
    @feedexfeldex6911 8 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    I've heard that someone once committed suicide because they accidentally use a Manchineel tree's leaf for toilet paper while camping

    • @mmmchikenwangz8005
      @mmmchikenwangz8005 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      ;-;

    • @asrieldreemurr6099
      @asrieldreemurr6099 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Feedex Feldex its gympie gympie

    • @cottonsoxx1677
      @cottonsoxx1677 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      If it was accidental then it wasn't suicide, was it?

    • @feedexfeldex6911
      @feedexfeldex6911 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      no he'd lived if he didn't commit suicide, all the leaf did was cause pain

    • @feedexfeldex6911
      @feedexfeldex6911 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      it was suicide, because he wanted to die, all the leaf did was make pain, it's like torture, only this time the victim had to choice to live or die, he didn't know the leaf was poisonous

  • @MrCole62195
    @MrCole62195 8 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    brb making a toxic garden

    • @kencarter9721
      @kencarter9721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@adamfoda5559 probably dead.

    • @darkfox2162
      @darkfox2162 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I want to do that too 😂

    • @headlesschicken175
      @headlesschicken175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      just start growing them around your local parks and whatever for shits and gigs

    • @JaxMerrick
      @JaxMerrick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He's going to make that garden, and after so much stress and health deterioration, he's takes a trip to Alnwick in the UK. And there he'll find that there was already a toxic garden, just next to Alnwick Castle.

    • @sventer198
      @sventer198 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

  • @stevecannon4780
    @stevecannon4780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Some years ago, a group of boys scouts cut some sticks to roast hotdogs on. The sticks were oleander, which it seems killed some of the scouts. A giraffe was killed by oleander here at the zoo in Tucson. People brought things they had trimmed from their yards. Someone brought both oleander and Carolina jasmine, both common in yards here. The zoo no longer accepts yard trimmings except from a few trusted people.

  • @systemhalodark
    @systemhalodark 6 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    For oleander, one should also avoid using it as firewood, especially to cook stuff over.

    • @mommyharris1111
      @mommyharris1111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      As hundreds of gulf wind butterflies eat it and make their chrysalis all over the trees outside my parents house every year. How is this?? Lol

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@mommyharris1111 it is poisonous to you not them.

    • @captainmacruff1893
      @captainmacruff1893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For me it affects my allergies

    • @morgasm26
      @morgasm26 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I heard it can poison honey if planted within range of a hive..

    • @gorkskoal9315
      @gorkskoal9315 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah and funny enough my parrents when I was a yute had a raised flower bed that had some oleander in it. Pretty af. weirldly enough they also grew strawberries and blackberries in the same flowerbed. I have no idea how my dad didn't get violently ill from picking fruit in the morning before work.

  • @PikaPetey
    @PikaPetey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +482

    nausea vomiting diarrhea....
    YAY PEPTO-BISMOL!

    • @dannyboy7ization
      @dannyboy7ization 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      the best 'fun' I had in years

    • @abigaildowell6886
      @abigaildowell6886 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pikapetey Animations Yay DEATH and ALLERGIES!

    • @foxarocka
      @foxarocka 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pikapetey Animations xD

    • @tmaxim2651
      @tmaxim2651 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pikapetey Animations why do you pop up everywhere? X’D

    • @pikachufan06
      @pikachufan06 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not sure if that's anything to say yay about.

  • @mnemosynevermont5524
    @mnemosynevermont5524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Should have included Giant Hogweed, very dangerous and much more common than Manchineel

    • @flickcentergaming680
      @flickcentergaming680 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Giant Hogweed lives in my nightmares. A plant that's 2 to 4x my height that basically makes you allergic to the sun? No thanks.

  • @rkkwc
    @rkkwc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    "But why would anyone ever eat a houseplant like dumcane"
    three words
    Drunk College Students

    • @tracywestcott215
      @tracywestcott215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The #dumbcane challenge 🤣

    • @rosebearcat
      @rosebearcat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Or little toddlers

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The gene pool has a mind of it's own and does self-cleans on a regular basis.
      Or one word... *demetia.*

    • @tinajsews2835
      @tinajsews2835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Repent , the kingdom of God is at hand , read your bible for yourself, and pray , there is nothing our there in the world ,ask God to guideguide and protect you ,if you have any question please ask me. ,

    • @juliaf_
      @juliaf_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tinajsews2835 which god? Yaweh or the Flying Spaghetti Monster? Or Allah?

  • @BBBuilds12
    @BBBuilds12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Nightshade is why I never would eat wild berries.

    • @rufflesthegreat2264
      @rufflesthegreat2264 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      pussy

    • @jasonbauman1475
      @jasonbauman1475 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      My parents had this as a huge vine climbing the outside of our greenhouse when i was a kid. Very pretty flowers, but tasted horrible. jk!

    • @dustinnoyfba7227
      @dustinnoyfba7227 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Ruffles the great at least he isnt pikachu

    • @Dawnbandit1
      @Dawnbandit1 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +BenCubed I have wild Black Raspberries growing near me, I tried them and didn't die! They are yummy and grow wild and wild blackberries have to toxic look-a-likes.

    • @googleeatsdicks
      @googleeatsdicks 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +BenCubed
      Well, only eat what you know. And deadly nightshade looks soo different than other berries. Also it takes some berries to harm you (if you are an adult). They aren't even tasty. Some kind of verry dull sweetness.

  • @bullseye6969
    @bullseye6969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I've encountered many of these plants in my life from childhood.
    We were smart enough not to eat it.

  • @binky2819
    @binky2819 7 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    It's easy to see why a plant would evolve poisonous leaves, but why would it need poisonous fruit? Wouldn't that mean there would be no animal to eat the fruit and spread the seeds? And why did the manchineel evolve to be pretty much entirely poisonous??

    • @gambino789
      @gambino789 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      That is interesting. Maybe it was being terrorized by some fruit eater and evolved the toxins to survive. Maybe like a wood pecker or something. Not sure

    • @snowbird9217
      @snowbird9217 7 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      I imagine a giant herbivorous dino, like a sauropod, eating it, getting the roaring shits, and the seeds would be in their dung and it would get widely dispersed. And if the animal didn't die, it would probably be smart enough to not eat it again. A sauropod herd could wipe out an entire forest in one day so being a poisonous tree would be very handy.

    • @rndeto
      @rndeto 7 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      Some plants are poisonous to humans but not other animals. Poison ivy berries would cause swelling in the throat of a person who ate them but birds are immune and its an important fat source for them during migration. Other plants might use different ways to disperse, such as wind or water, so their toxicity is incidental.

    • @spadorade
      @spadorade 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Maybe the seed inside the animal would use the decomposing body as a fertilizer.

    • @eljanrimsa5843
      @eljanrimsa5843 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      If the fruit is poisonous to humans, it means it is targeted for another type of animal.

  • @ZefVolk
    @ZefVolk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This video is like a shopping list for the deadliest salad ever. Remember kids, don't do salad!

    • @GarrigKitten
      @GarrigKitten 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +ZefVolk If I am in prison and get a last meal, I want it composed of all of these things. Then I died on my terms, not theirs.

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GarrigKitten
      Feed some of the plants to someone you don't like.
      That way you'll have the pleasure of an enemy dead, and you get your favoured last meal.
      Double bonus!
      Solutions are easy.
      Lol.

  • @laxmanpoudel7223
    @laxmanpoudel7223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a 9 years old child I ate 3 or 4 rosery peas. It was found in the bushes in front of my house and elder boys from the village used ti pick those to play with them. I thought they picked them to eat. I had upset stomach, I vomited and probably had loose motion too. But here I am learning, after 25 years now, that those seeds could have taken my life then.

  • @cloverhighfive
    @cloverhighfive 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    As much as I love Michael presenting the information, I would have loved to see the plants more than a blurry millisecond when he named them. I mean, isn't the point of this list to avoid those plants? ;)

    • @pumba3368
      @pumba3368 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You realise that you can pause the video?

    • @sabinadonofrio8863
      @sabinadonofrio8863 ปีที่แล้ว

      Llol. You need to avoid mikael. He's the belladonna of hot men.

    • @cloverhighfive
      @cloverhighfive ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sabinadonofrio8863 I'm asexual. But thanks for the warning lol

    • @sabinadonofrio8863
      @sabinadonofrio8863 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cloverhighfive lllol!!!what does that mean? Being flirtatious doesn't mean sexual.

    • @cloverhighfive
      @cloverhighfive ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sabinadonofrio8863 oh that was flirtatious? I didn't know. I'm the asexual who doesn't get flirting - cause I don't experience attraction to other people. I don't understand why and how ppl flirt. I don't know the endgame. I get none of it.
      I also don't find people "hot". It had to be explained to me what it even meant.
      We're built different, friend, and it's alright. Your joke was still funny :)

  • @bonzoleinstachelschwein5023
    @bonzoleinstachelschwein5023 8 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    You show the plants only half a second before overwriting them with their names.
    Better pictures and longer appearence would help a lot to recognise these plants.
    Maybe share half of the screen with the plants, the other half would still be enough for Micheal to show up.

    • @mimsydreams
      @mimsydreams 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +Bonzolein Stachelschwein They probably want people to open a new tab and google to find more information. These videos tend to be short and give you the just basic information on any given topic.

    • @NeonV01D
      @NeonV01D 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also, ever heard of pausing the video?

    • @taitjones6310
      @taitjones6310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@NeonV01D ever heard of content being more important than some douche bag with "frosted" hair reading a cue card?

    • @violetwaceke1243
      @violetwaceke1243 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      My thought too, Thank you

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luckily, being a keen gardener, I'm already familiar with these and other plants/weapons in Mother Nature's arsenal.
      She isn't as sweet as many believe and that gene pool needs constant cleaning. Lol.

  • @DoubleplusUngoodthinkful
    @DoubleplusUngoodthinkful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The problem I have with the Van Gough assessment is that if he was seeing things with a yellow tinge, it's unlikely that he would have chosen actual yellow. He would be more likely to choose yellow if he really had trouble seeing yellow in the first place, as he would be unaware of how yellow his paintings were getting.

  • @Zuzezno
    @Zuzezno 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I was near that manchineel tree when I went to galapagos. The local turtles were able to eat the fruits, which could've been very misleading to the first unfortunate colonists.

  • @joelhc9703
    @joelhc9703 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    The Manchineel Tree's motto: "To go down fighting"

  • @sunitafisher4758
    @sunitafisher4758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    🌸 I grew up in a country with the Manchineel tree, it’s normally remote & lots of warning signs. Sadly few locals have been harmed by just standing under it to try to shelter the rain. That was sadly before signs were placed to warn people of the dangers

  • @PikaPetey
    @PikaPetey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    plants man.... plants....

    • @shenlongyang4278
      @shenlongyang4278 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      OMG, pikapetey! on a scishow vid???

    • @plazmatter
      @plazmatter 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pikapetey Animations something is wrong with you. Your channel is very odd

  • @ImaZaphod
    @ImaZaphod 8 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Instead of focusing on the narrator as much, you should have kept a picture up beside him - that way it will keep our attention and the appearance of these deadly plants would sink in.

    • @omarabdelkadereldarir7458
      @omarabdelkadereldarir7458 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No I actually think that'd be annoying

    • @lunabe11e
      @lunabe11e 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly!!!

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The whole purpose is to have you shying away, whilst screaming in a hysterical fashion, from *any* green plants, including vegetables and fruits, thereby causing you to get scurvy and rickets.
      Your focus is the last thing they want.
      It's a ploy dreamt up by big Pharma to sell you masses of suppliments at outrageously inflated prices.
      Don't fall for their dastardly plan.
      Get out there and start scoffing these delicious and highly beneficial plants!
      Watch the video numerous time, memorising them and their names, then seek them out.

  • @allanpersinger5274
    @allanpersinger5274 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The giant hogweed is pretty gruesome too. The sap genetically alters your skin removing its UV resistance and can cause third degree sunburns wherever it had touched. I forget how long the effect lasts. It might be seven or ten years. England waged a very expensive and ineffective war against it. Also in Wisconsin, if a person sees it, they are supposed to call the DNR who will come and try to destroy it. It likes cold wet places like river banks and originally came from Russia.

  • @rubenzuidgeest5373
    @rubenzuidgeest5373 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    5:32 'Ribosome-inactivating Protein' if you read the first letters it literally says RIP XD. No wonder it is deadly...

  • @Jayohennn
    @Jayohennn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Re: Hemlock
    "Generally if a modern patient can get on a ventilator, they'll be okay."
    Just so you guys know, if can tell you from personal experience the whole ventilator bit is a lot worse than it sounds, I was on one for only nine hours and I wanted to die it was so uncomfortable. Not to mention whatever the hemlock would do to your body once you recovered.
    Don't eat hemlock guys.

  • @robertgrey6101
    @robertgrey6101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Other plants you may want to research are: castor plant where that white powder comes from. (I forget the name of the powder).
    Angels trumpet: A large shrub with long white trumpet shaped flower.
    Night shade plants including tomato and potatoe.
    Green potatoes can make you sick if not kill you.
    Strychnine tree which I believe grows in the Northern Territory of Australia.
    I have been told it produces berries.

  • @squigoo
    @squigoo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    the books do mention that aconite is used in the draught of living death

  • @bekkaanneee
    @bekkaanneee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    foxglove and oleander are two of my favorite flowers, tho wolfsbane is also super beautiful

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Belladonna is quite a pretty shrub.
      Giant Hogweed, at up to fifteen feet high, gives good backround height.

    • @Davineff1
      @Davineff1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow, so edgy

  • @JayWkingdomskrumble
    @JayWkingdomskrumble 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "This plant is sooo deadly the symptoms are just too numerous to even say!"
    Lists 9 symptoms.

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nine is numerous.
      Ten is *too* numerous!
      Lmao.

    • @09Dragonite
      @09Dragonite 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean, I'm sure if you tried it you'd likely quickly figure out just how many symptoms are too many for you

  • @Quinnknights
    @Quinnknights 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Foxglove grows naturally wild about our land back home. Beautiful plant, we were of course told very young & often not to play with or taste it :P I've spent a good while painting & sketching them :)
    I think aconite grew near by too. [basically we just didn't eat flowers unless we knew for sure one was good to eat, but Dad was in charge of the Food & Forestry Dept' so knew his stuff in that respect...]

  • @alexandrag337
    @alexandrag337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Manchineel trees grow throughout the Southern Caribbean along the beaches, but usually they are labeled.
    Dumb Cane is called that because the stalk resembles cane if you take off the leaves. My grandmother told me that in the old days if you were working (farm worker) the land and someone kept stealing your food and you wanted to know who it was you would purposely contaminate your lunch and the person who ended up w a swollen tongue and a bunch of blisters and couldn’t talk was the culprit hence the name Dumbcane.

  • @NicholasJeffery
    @NicholasJeffery 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hank Green: "Murder is bad."
    Me: *Proceeds to watch this video.*

  • @argella1300
    @argella1300 8 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Can the next episode be like this one, but with plants that are bad for your pets?

    • @seredahawke3207
      @seredahawke3207 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Garlic, onions, grapes(I think), chocolate, and wheat are bad for cats and/or dogs.

    • @teagan_p_999
      @teagan_p_999 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Xylitol (a sweetener found in some gum), and Ibuprofen. And yes, grapes and raisins

    • @argella1300
      @argella1300 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Sereda Hawke that's food. I'm talking about common house plants that are bad for your pets

    • @seredahawke3207
      @seredahawke3207 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh, well then mostly it's just plants that are mildly toxic but common. Also, don't put Ricinus seed pods in ziploc bags within reach of your precocious kittens unless you want to be really really worried for about 36 hours.

    • @2000spacecat
      @2000spacecat 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Basically all of thesessssss.......Christmas trees, all other seasonal plants.....(like pointsettas and ferns...) still....wild onions...

  • @edwinhobson7616
    @edwinhobson7616 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Another one that ought to be listed is Poison Ivy/Oak. Very common and usually causes little more than the familiar rash that lasts for about a week. But burning a fairly large quantity of it after clearing a wooded lot can be very dangerous, requiring hospital care.

  • @Messymy
    @Messymy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Aconite has some lovely flowers. I got some plants at a greenhouse and they grew well, but always had skin irritation after weeding that flower bed. So sorry to lose that pretty, but decided it would have to go. A couple years later I was curious when mentioned in HP series so looked it up. Yikes, how could a nursery sell those plants?

    • @annep.1905
      @annep.1905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because they're also useful. Monkshood, when properly prepared, can help treat some medical problems. However, you need training to learn how to prepare it so that it won't poison you or anyone else. I believe it's also an antidote to some other poison, oddly enough.

    • @alepvl8951
      @alepvl8951 ปีที่แล้ว

      I once found aconite flowers in the forest, while hiking. I took a few photos because it was unlike any other wildflower. When I used Google Lens to identify it, I was very surprised to find out it's poisonous. Luckily, I no longer pick wildflowers, just take photos

  • @benbarker8154
    @benbarker8154 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Number # 7 Deadly Nightshade. When Michael stated that people can build up a tolerance, did anyone else immediately think of iocaine powder?
    Buttercup: "And to think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned!"
    Man in black : "They were both poisoned. I've spent the last few years of my life building up an immunity to iocaine powder."

    • @bplup6419
      @bplup6419 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      *"AHAH HAHHAHA HAAA HA-"*

    • @keyo3316
      @keyo3316 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad I wasn't the only one who immediately thought of that.

  • @abyssaljam441
    @abyssaljam441 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    if the oleander killed you not the snake would it be a cure?

    • @z-beeblebrox
      @z-beeblebrox 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      +Abyssaljam
      "Did he die of the snake bite?"
      "No, he definitely died of oleander poisoning."
      "....so it worked!"

    • @abyssaljam441
      @abyssaljam441 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      hazzar

    • @abyssaljam441
      @abyssaljam441 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      in deed it would

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kill or cure either way.

  • @faithyao5843
    @faithyao5843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's disturbing to know that I grew up with oleander and there are hundreds of them in my neighborhood and along the route that I run. I'm surprised that I haven't been poisoned yet. I used to play with the flowers when I was younger, every little kid in my neighborhood played with them. They were pretty and I didn't think much about it. :P glad I didn't try and munch on them

    • @bearsbeetsbattlestargalactica8
      @bearsbeetsbattlestargalactica8 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why are you surprised you havent been poisoned yet if you say youve never eaten them? The only way 2 be poisoned by them is by eating the plant or using it as kindling 4 a fire and breathing in a decent amt of smoke (or eating a fair amt of food that was cooked over that fire) You have to eat a LOT of oleander to end up dead, thats why its NOT a popular murder poison. Simply touching or smelling it isn't gonna hurt you according to another video. That's why it's still a popular flower in gardens despite being potentially toxic.

    • @faithyao5843
      @faithyao5843 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bearsbeetsbattlestargalactica8 I’m surprised because as a kid I probably wasn’t very hygienic and probably mix it with my food. I was young the chances of me eating a few is pretty likely lmfao. Also my neighbors didn’t know and they liked to paint their nails with the flowers and bake them or just put it in tea. I run daily and I always see them picking the flowers. The amount of times I’ve eaten those cookies is also probably pretty high. I didn’t know until years later. I’m alright but not so sure about my neighbors.

  • @hurricanefalcon1287
    @hurricanefalcon1287 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    #2 is why my mom told ke not to go eat suspicous-looking small berries.

    • @hurricanefalcon1287
      @hurricanefalcon1287 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      *me

    • @AvailableUsernameTed
      @AvailableUsernameTed 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +Hurricanefalcon128 Funny. My mom told me to go eat suspicious looking small berries.

    • @DynamiteIceCube
      @DynamiteIceCube 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Brad Evans At least you had a mum...

    • @sanos999
      @sanos999 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Andrew Bykar At least you had a Dad ...

    • @fahadAKAme
      @fahadAKAme 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +sanos999 at least you were produced by cel division.

  • @JuraIbis
    @JuraIbis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    - "Digitoxin as you know by its name is toxic to"
    - "Fingers?"
    - "humans."
    - "Shit."

    • @Karshilistics
      @Karshilistics 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +AvengerXP Laughed way too hard

    • @CheesyIzaak
      @CheesyIzaak 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought it was Digimon

  • @galvinstanley3235
    @galvinstanley3235 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a friend in highschool tell me a story about how he ate Deadly Night Shade when he was ten years old,he was immediately taken to the hospital after eating just one berry.

  • @travelingcranes4327
    @travelingcranes4327 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is one of those "not only will this kill you, it'll hurt the entire time you're dying" lists.

  • @LaughingMan0X
    @LaughingMan0X 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    If either Hank Green or this guy ever become incapacitated, they could easily do a voice-over for each other.

  • @Florence559
    @Florence559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how dumb cane was the first one but it’s sitting on my plant shelf looking all cute 🤣🤣🤣

  • @user-gr1xl6ez8t
    @user-gr1xl6ez8t 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    "When you look at a plant, you're probably not thinking that it's gonna kill you"
    Well obviously. We were taught that they're the things that keep us alive

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cooked down and applied and dried to weapon edges and points, have made them more deadly for centuries.
      In conservative amounts they've been used to stun fish and game.
      Swings and roundabouts.

    • @Sara3346
      @Sara3346 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@billyandrew are they really still plants anymore at that point though?

  • @iLoveEmilia
    @iLoveEmilia 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I want to make a smoothie out of all of these plants now…

    • @pietikke5598
      @pietikke5598 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Better not put any sugar in it, that stuff is bad for you. ;)

    • @dominicguye8058
      @dominicguye8058 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pietikke5598 LOL

  • @kenboston809
    @kenboston809 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lilly of the valley is also quite deadly. The Strychnine tree is another. I would have listed these , before Dumbcane.

  • @5iwot5
    @5iwot5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "10 items that COULD kill you" - a gun - a rock - .... xD

    • @5iwot5
      @5iwot5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kuby Mobile Gaming do I smell a reptilian-army soldier??

    • @rivaldoniofantariousnelson1491
      @rivaldoniofantariousnelson1491 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +5iwot5 everything can kill you.

    • @1kili2
      @1kili2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +5iwot5 a sword fish.... (sorry was watching csi before)

    • @ornessarhithfaeron3576
      @ornessarhithfaeron3576 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dihydrogen Monoxide.

    • @rvdm88
      @rvdm88 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +wikiwikiwee and a teacup

  • @marzisharifi9491
    @marzisharifi9491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m a gardener and growing medicinal plants.i loved this video.learned alot thanks

  • @physioweng
    @physioweng 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This reminds us of how deadly the grass/poison type pokemon can be!

    • @Laezar1
      @Laezar1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +The Humming Boy Nice try bulbasaur! we know it's you, now get out of here nobody likes you.

    • @Groaker
      @Groaker 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +The Humming Boy
      NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRD!

    • @comadant1
      @comadant1 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +The Humming Boy I blame Gloom, always blame Gloom

    • @demonking86420
      @demonking86420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bulbasaur meta

  • @MCGeorgeMallory
    @MCGeorgeMallory 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think I have dumbcane in my house. It requires almost no light, no fertilizer, and is almost indestructible. Care consists solely of a glass of water every day, and occasionally rotating it. It's like easy mode for plants.

  • @shadowof1155
    @shadowof1155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I only recently found out that deadly nightshade family also includes egg plant and potatoes to name a few and heard a story about a whole family that died from improperly storing their potatoes killing everyone except the youngest daughter never knew that some deadly plants have very closely related relatives that arent when handled right as well as being able to eat without harm when cooked right even though deadly nightshade doesnt care regardless

    • @esteedle
      @esteedle ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup, theyre all in the family Solanaceae! Thats every pepper, eggplant, potato, tomato, tomatillo, nightshade, and even tobacco! There are many types of nightshade as well, I have a type growing wild in my yard with very little solanine so I keep it for the gorgeous purple and yellow flowers it produces.

  • @mowu8459
    @mowu8459 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    don't play ping pong with a pong pong

  • @raena-willowdeveruoix4631
    @raena-willowdeveruoix4631 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fox glove! Aw the times I have spent killing fox glove..... I was planting trees in a small 500 yard valley that was probably 500 yards across and 600 yards deep and there were all the wonderful beautiful colors of fox glove, pinks, whites, purples, oregon rain just makes em grow! I have so many beautiful pictures of the valley with baby trees littered with white purple and pink flowers. Foxy gloves

  • @DianeHasHopeInChrist
    @DianeHasHopeInChrist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Manchineel Tree does the same as the "Shoemake Tree" that grows wildly abundant in the western NC mountain area. You can't touch it, get sap on skin, breathe in the smoke (if burned), or get stuck by it's long thorns. It is deadly....starts with shutting down kidneys, then multi-system organ failure. Agonizing death.

  • @MrRishik123
    @MrRishik123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The only list video series that aren't repeats from other videos and channels.

    • @oldcowbb
      @oldcowbb 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Mr Rishi The Cookie theywilkillyou?

    • @MrRishik123
      @MrRishik123 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +oldcowbb "scishow list show "

  • @xanthbink2882
    @xanthbink2882 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Good old Pliny the Elder coming up with "totally legit" cures for everything

    • @grovermartin6874
      @grovermartin6874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wasn't Pliny the Elder killed by Vesuvius' eruption in 79 AD?

    • @LillibitOfHere
      @LillibitOfHere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@grovermartin6874 dying in a volcanic eruption will cure warts and balance the humors.

    • @grovermartin6874
      @grovermartin6874 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LillibitOfHere Lol! And everything else!

  • @ErrolMiller-ey3lb
    @ErrolMiller-ey3lb ปีที่แล้ว

    EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. COMPREHENSIVE. GOOD FACTS. THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS

  • @ShotgunLlama
    @ShotgunLlama 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Deadly nightshade may look like blueberries, but it looks even more like Common nightshade(to which it is related), which has edible fruit. Don't confuse them. Common nightshade grows in bunches of several fruit, deadly nightshade generally grows berries individually along the plant.

    • @7phyton
      @7phyton ปีที่แล้ว

      There are two completely different plants called "deadly nightshade" and one of these, which grows in a lot of the US, does in fact have berries in bunches. Presumably the commenter means "black nightshade" in mentioning an edible fruit. But it's not very edible; toxic in many plants of the species but probably not fatal. Learn your botany before you eat any wild plants.

  • @mateovozila
    @mateovozila 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "practicly every symptom possible"
    *lists a total of 11symproms*
    XD

  • @NORCAL609
    @NORCAL609 ปีที่แล้ว

    i like the eye contact and your manner of information delivery.

  • @-Neo_Genesis-
    @-Neo_Genesis- 8 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    The question is... Are you allowed to grow these plants?

    • @tahseenkhan3629
      @tahseenkhan3629 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Neo Genesis Gaming Im pretty sure we have rosary pea bushes right in front of our yard o_o Im scared now...

    • @Nonnitot
      @Nonnitot 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Probably.

    • @Cyberw4y
      @Cyberw4y 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +Neo Genesis Gaming Yup. You can even have them in your front yard and get some children pretty sick. Although, that may cause a few lawsuits, so it's not reccomended.

    • @grymmrhoninn1855
      @grymmrhoninn1855 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Breaking bad anyone?

    • @JpOcDenver
      @JpOcDenver 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I have 14 oleander plants at my house. Extremely common.

  • @GiantPetRat
    @GiantPetRat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Pro-tip to my fellow foragers: while common violet leaves and flowers are perfectly edible, their seeds, which grow in little sacks separate from the flower, are slightly toxic. They are, however, a tad sweet, so don't be fooled like I was. Also, queen anne's lace is considered by many to be the original carrot, but keep in mind that it looks a great deal like poison hemlock, except that QAL is very hairy.

    • @randysmith5435
      @randysmith5435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you are ever in doubt about whether it's hemlock, just crush the leaves and smell them. Hemlock has a foul rank odor that would keep anyone with any sense of smell from ever eating it.

  • @gwensimmons_gigi1629
    @gwensimmons_gigi1629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great plant vid!! TFS😘✨👍🏾

  • @litojonny
    @litojonny 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    but WHYYYY DOOO I HAVE HAIR AROUND MY ANUSSSSS??!?!

    • @BBBuilds12
      @BBBuilds12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ayyyyyy I was wondering where you were.

    • @ConstantlyDamaged
      @ConstantlyDamaged 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +litojonny We need a list show just for this! 10 Things that could cause hair to grow around an anus!

    • @deathpony698
      @deathpony698 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +litojonny Are they making it for real? They must have a huge backlog of videos if they made it already

    • @Wildestleaf
      @Wildestleaf 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +litojonny
      Every single video.....

  • @aidanbowie5391
    @aidanbowie5391 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    5:08 "I challenge you to a battle of wits!"

    • @xoxo2008oxox
      @xoxo2008oxox 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Never start a land war in Asia!

    • @aidanbowie5391
      @aidanbowie5391 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      xoxo2008oxox Never gamble with a sicillian when death is on the line!

    • @colmryan9289
      @colmryan9289 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Aidan Bowie Inconcievable!

    • @aidanbowie5391
      @aidanbowie5391 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Colm Ryan I do not think you know what that word means...

    • @snowbird9217
      @snowbird9217 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love this thread so much.

  • @wildlifeset5
    @wildlifeset5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have 4 oleander trees outside my house, never knew it was so dangerous I have many children in my home.

  • @kcwidman
    @kcwidman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Is the nighlock berry in the Hunger Games a reference to the deadly nightshade berry???

    • @spongeyfungi
      @spongeyfungi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      My guess would be that nightlock is a combination between nightshade and hemlock

    • @simonbevan4
      @simonbevan4 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cool

    • @Beowulf0510
      @Beowulf0510 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Skeletal King you're actually spot on. That's where the name come from at least.

    • @Beowulf0510
      @Beowulf0510 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Skeletal King in fact when Seneca crane was corced to kill himself by eating nightlock berries it was a direct reference to Socrates.

    • @asefartan4975
      @asefartan4975 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably

  • @dougal221
    @dougal221 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Not true, the Little apples of death are quite tasty, the burning doesn't set in for about 10 to 15 minutes. So it is quite possible to have more than one bite. I ate most of an apple a couple years ago in the caribbean. Tasty wee fella but not worth the aftermath, which was running down the back of my legs before I could make it off the beach...

    • @TheMilkMan169
      @TheMilkMan169 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Took a bite of one in Costa Rica!

    • @squippites7356
      @squippites7356 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oof

    • @nate7790
      @nate7790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And now I wonder if we could eat it safely after cooking or other such treatment. Maybe the toxins can be eliminated while keeping some of the taste.

    • @nate7790
      @nate7790 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@billyandrew Doesn't sound safe to me.

    • @anonymouse9369
      @anonymouse9369 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Billy Andrew 😂

  • @pumba3368
    @pumba3368 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. One thing I wanted to point out: Calcium oxalate isn't an acid, it's chemically a salt. Otherwise though, nice job!

  • @nollypolly1869
    @nollypolly1869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I bit into the stalk of my grandmother's dumb cane when I was 5. I called it 'the beanstalk' and I loved green beans so I guess it made sense in my lil kindergarten brain.

  • @HeliosLeon
    @HeliosLeon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Lol and people say if it’s a plant it cant hurt you lmao 😂 I just show em this video

  • @rmsii1567
    @rmsii1567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m Nigerian and there was dumbcane in my house and if you touched it would itch and burn so bad but rubbing palm oil the skin usually helps

  • @bs-wx5km
    @bs-wx5km 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've found tons of Rosery peas when I was younger and even considered trying them...glad I didn't...

  • @janneaalto3956
    @janneaalto3956 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I wonder if the manchineel tree was the inspiration behind the Apple of Derceto in the Conan story Red Nails.
    Also, it just struck me that the crystal weapon in System Shock 2 was probably made of calcium oxalate excreted by the Many.

  • @BiggestMarph
    @BiggestMarph ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:51 "endangered." good. let it fizzle out of existence lolol

  • @sparrow4572
    @sparrow4572 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love foxglove

  • @dirandrous7682
    @dirandrous7682 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My neighbors kept dumbcanes 7 years ago, ever since i never visited again.
    Dumbcane is very popular in Indonesia.