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Every part of the foxglove is poisonous. It'll literally stop your heart.

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Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m the guy the record scratches a party by declaring, “all the best drugs are insecticides.” Caffeine, THC, and nicotine…

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    • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can kill insects with weed?

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      • Bach37strad@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Nah. They just get stoned and fall asleep.

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      • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I thought insects do not have an endocannabinoid system like most other animals?

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  • tobogganablaze@lemmus.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

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    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sauce:

      Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - 2: Chilly Apothecary, 07:02

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      • piracysails@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Impressive.

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  • cerement@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    and source of one of the main drugs for treating heart failure

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Kill him harder! - Scientists, probably.

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      • cerement@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        the dose makes the poison

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  • robocall@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Heart medications are made from them so it’s not all bad, but don’t sniff them.

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  • Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People freak out when you point out their yew bush is super poisonous.
    Like, I’m the bad guy for knowing that it only takes like 50 grams of leaves to kill a person and their is no antidote.

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  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Poison Garden: THESE PLANTS CAN KILL ☠️

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    • Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Poison garden at Alnwick Castle?

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      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes

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  • conditional_soup@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Here in Central California, we’re lousy with Morning Glories and Hemlock. Once you learn to recognize hemlock, you see it everywhere.

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  • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Castor grows everywhere around me. I should grind up some beans and do a line of it like it’s coke.

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    • rayyy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Castor

      Wouldn’t do it because it could be deadly due to the ricin in it.

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      • PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I believe armok God of blood is saying that they would like to embrace the cold hug of death.

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  • Icalasari@fedia.io ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You and I would be good friends

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    • massive_bereavement@fedia.io ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe you can share commute on the broom to the next witches' sabbath.

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  • veganpizza69@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There was this blog that I followed, but they stopped posting in 2020.

    Very neat! naturespoisons.com

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  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is that Tansy in the background?

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  • Tudsamfa@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Buddy, if they won’t talk to you after you mentioned your toxic tulips, fear is not the reason.

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  • ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just think Datura is neat

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  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Okay, Peridot.

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