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9 Poisonous Plants You Might Own

Plants can be beautiful, provide oxygen and improve your mental health, but some of your favorite houseplants might actually be super toxic. Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow, and learn about the potential dangers that might be hiding in your plants!
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  • @Love_Lei_Xo
    @Love_Lei_Xo6 жыл бұрын

    My brother got me to eat some leafs off of one of my moms house plants when I was 4. My tongue swelled, closing up my airway. Luckily we lived about 5 minutes drive time to the hospital. Needless too say, I never trusted my brother from there on out.

  • @penguin_reader_yt9510

    @penguin_reader_yt9510

    2 жыл бұрын

    Neither would I...

  • @mollysimmons2960

    @mollysimmons2960

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s a universal rule…

  • @funUrth4all

    @funUrth4all

    2 ай бұрын

    Wow that is so scary and sad I'm sorry. You are better off learning who to trust as early as possible. So glad you survived!

  • @L_oliviarodrigosbiggestfan

    @L_oliviarodrigosbiggestfan

    8 күн бұрын

    He probs didnt know

  • @TommoCarroll
    @TommoCarroll6 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes. Give a man a plant leaf salad, feed him for a day. Give a man a *poison* plant leaf salad, feed him for a lifetime. 🌿🤔😐 So really we should all grow poison plants....right? Right!?

  • @thomascaza

    @thomascaza

    6 жыл бұрын

    Aspect Science 🤣

  • @taki1255

    @taki1255

    6 жыл бұрын

    Oh my goodness no 😂😂😂

  • @TommoCarroll

    @TommoCarroll

    6 жыл бұрын

    Takiyah Walker oh my goodness yes!

  • @taki1255

    @taki1255

    6 жыл бұрын

    Aspect Science - **facephone* 😆

  • @FusionDeveloper

    @FusionDeveloper

    6 жыл бұрын

    "I don't know how people eat this stuff. It's leaves all the way down." "give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. but teach a man to feed a fish and round and round we go." Quotes from Hank from Corner Gas.

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion6 жыл бұрын

    This is great information! Thanks. I feel like I just graduated from a Poison Ivy League school.

  • @TommoCarroll

    @TommoCarroll

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tehehehe

  • @earlyman7439

    @earlyman7439

    6 жыл бұрын

    I both like and dislike you.

  • @BrandMalone24

    @BrandMalone24

    4 жыл бұрын

    Badump Tsss.

  • @meghanachauhan9380

    @meghanachauhan9380

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes. I'm going to use this information to poison my hot mom n breed her

  • @icoele
    @icoele6 жыл бұрын

    "Never eat mystery road honey" is one of my new favorite quotes

  • @NutmegBGB

    @NutmegBGB

    3 жыл бұрын

    Truly a modern-day Socrates

  • @penguin_reader_yt9510

    @penguin_reader_yt9510

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. Also, wanna start a band? My name idea is Mad Honey :P

  • @musclehank6067
    @musclehank60676 жыл бұрын

    oh yeah, I grow these in my garden to eat so my digestive system and immune system get a nice workout trying to expel poisons

  • @insertdeadmeme

    @insertdeadmeme

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yep that’s how science works

  • @HTYM

    @HTYM

    6 жыл бұрын

    Muscle Hank Congrats!

  • @carsonrush3352

    @carsonrush3352

    6 жыл бұрын

    Muscle Hank I like to build up my immunity to iocane powder.

  • @typrus6377

    @typrus6377

    6 жыл бұрын

    Carson Rush Inconceivable!

  • @KiddBlack

    @KiddBlack

    6 жыл бұрын

    Muscle Hank will you be my real dad

  • @seashell1286
    @seashell12866 жыл бұрын

    The most common house plants are plastic. Don't eat those either.

  • @wertywerty6

    @wertywerty6

    6 жыл бұрын

    And they are far worse because they can cause hearth disease, cancers, testosterone disfonction, etc. Oh wait... And they are everywhere!

  • @melissaabrahams6244

    @melissaabrahams6244

    6 жыл бұрын

    seashell1286 thanks for the smile

  • @jamesdemetro8819

    @jamesdemetro8819

    4 жыл бұрын

    😝😛😝😍😝😛😀😃😄

  • @Guru_1092

    @Guru_1092

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're not the boss of me! I'll eat as much plastic as I want!

  • @theratsintown1940

    @theratsintown1940

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wait. Your not actually supposed to eat those!? 😬

  • @eclairlu7586
    @eclairlu75866 жыл бұрын

    “Moral of the story is: Never eat mysterious road honey” XD XD

  • @jer2689

    @jer2689

    4 жыл бұрын

    The road honey is actually pretty choice

  • @meghanachauhan9380

    @meghanachauhan9380

    3 жыл бұрын

    Land of milk n honey

  • @fatpotato3512

    @fatpotato3512

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@meghanachauhan9380 wut do u mean

  • @rogerhorky3178

    @rogerhorky3178

    3 жыл бұрын

    "mystery road honey" would be a good name for a band

  • @melikecomedy

    @melikecomedy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jer2689 yeah I've gotten it and it was great

  • @ThisOldSkater
    @ThisOldSkater6 жыл бұрын

    A video about very toxic plants that look like food would be interesting.

  • @morin1997

    @morin1997

    2 жыл бұрын

    so you eat them with water

  • @joshuamidgette4846

    @joshuamidgette4846

    Жыл бұрын

    Aconite should be in said video.

  • @KingdomWolf2351

    @KingdomWolf2351

    Жыл бұрын

    👀

  • @that1valentian769
    @that1valentian7696 жыл бұрын

    Kudos for the Kurzgesagt shirt.

  • @IamGDuBs

    @IamGDuBs

    6 жыл бұрын

    I was gonna comment the same thing :D

  • @aikiemarais6676
    @aikiemarais6676 Жыл бұрын

    A while back my daughter and her kids visited us and my daughter realized that my granddaughter's pupils are differently dilated. She immediately phoned her doctor to find out what it could be. In the meantime, kids being kids, my grandchild went on with her life. After a while she came in with a flower she picked at home and I immediately identified it as an Angel's Trumpet. Whether she ingested the poison through her skin or maybe licked her fingers, that was identified as the culprit.

  • @BabalonNuit

    @BabalonNuit

    Жыл бұрын

    She licked her fingers. I guarantee it. Kids get all sorts of things on their hands and of course fail to wash them, and those fingers invariably end up in their mouths. You are just lucky she wasn't picking oleanders! Extremely "sappy" when picked and extremely toxic when ingested. BTW, "angel trumpets" are the big dangling-down flowers from a tree-like plant, and "devil's trumpets" are the ones that grow on plants lower to the ground, with the flowers pointing upwards. They belong to the same family, and are also considered "the world's most hallucinogenic plant".

  • @sharkface2.04

    @sharkface2.04

    Жыл бұрын

    Ya’ can’t leave kids outta’ sight , huh? I’m glad the little girl is ok. I found this video very valuable. I must run it again , as the presenter spoke rapidly, although his enunciation was excellent and able to understand each word .

  • @Palitato
    @Palitato6 жыл бұрын

    I have a health condition that means my heart beats WAY too fast, because my blood vessels don't constrict properly when I stand up... so having something that slowed my heart rate but also made it beat more strongly would be good for me. xD SO BROKEN I'M BACKWARDS. Feed me poison and I get all better, lol. xD (I'm kidding. Don't feed me poison. I don't want those other side effects...)) Also if you guys did a show about POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) I would love it. So many people don't understand it and I'd love to be able to point them at a scientific video to explain it all.

  • @andyhaochizhang

    @andyhaochizhang

    2 жыл бұрын

    Iirc oleandrin was used in traditional medicine for things like heart problems. Also according to certain prominent political figure from the US who has ties with oleandrin manufacturers it’s very good for treating covid.

  • @sophiejune4515
    @sophiejune45154 жыл бұрын

    I think we grew 3 of these poisonous flowers in our gardens when I was a kid. I didn't know they were poisonous and I never had any interest in eating them. The only flowers I wanted to eat as a kid were roses. So I guess I have good instincts.

  • @sydneysvoboda7942
    @sydneysvoboda79426 жыл бұрын

    Wait so. My dad just bought bees to make our own honey and our yard is FULL of rhododendrons. AM I GOING TO DIE

  • @massimookissed1023

    @massimookissed1023

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sydney Svoboda , probably. Everybody does.

  • @beware_the_moose

    @beware_the_moose

    6 жыл бұрын

    I doubt it. Bees cover a huge area. Also like most factoids, it's only partially true. Only some rhododendrons cause this. healthywithhoney.com/what-is-mad-honey-is-it-dangerous-where-can-i-find-it/ However, it would be a good idea to be cautious.

  • @MichaelSHartman

    @MichaelSHartman

    6 жыл бұрын

    Check with your county agent or agricultural extension office.

  • @atsukorichards1675

    @atsukorichards1675

    3 жыл бұрын

    Rhododendrons are pretty common plants around houses in Japan, known as Tsutsuji (ツツジ). I used to suck their honey picking flowers from the bushes in front of my house in my younger days. Some of them have poisons, while others don't, I hear. But be careful anyway.

  • @fatpotato3512

    @fatpotato3512

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@atsukorichards1675 mmm... Then I think these plants have a really big area to live. I am from chennai, south India. And I see a lot, I mean a lot of rhododendron every where.

  • @Quithus
    @Quithus6 жыл бұрын

    "Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it." "But a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it."

  • @Lovehandels
    @Lovehandels6 жыл бұрын

    I love Lilly of the valley! They are my favorite flowers! I grew up with them and loved to smell them thank goodness I never thought to eat any o.o

  • @bramblechaser162
    @bramblechaser1626 жыл бұрын

    Oleanders are one of my favorite flowers of all time. Not only are they very beautiful but honestly what drew me to them was the fact that every part of the plant is poisonous.

  • @amechealle5918

    @amechealle5918

    Жыл бұрын

    The poison is what drew you to the plant?

  • @BabalonNuit

    @BabalonNuit

    Жыл бұрын

    LOL, I too am fascinated by poisonous plants and have a small collection. If it's poisonous, I want it in my garden! Have you seen the famous English Poison Garden?

  • @lloydus5048
    @lloydus50486 жыл бұрын

    SciShow + kurzgesagt. This is how we know its real

  • @Funkin_Disher

    @Funkin_Disher

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hoping they team up at some point

  • @yungboiuwu6715
    @yungboiuwu67156 жыл бұрын

    Perfect, now I know what to use in my salad

  • @pierreabbat6157
    @pierreabbat61576 жыл бұрын

    "Sago palm" is the name for two plants, unrelated to each other. Metroxylon sagu is a palm; Cycas revoluta is a cycad. The first people I read about who eat sago are the Sawi of lowland New Guinea, where Metroxylon grows.

  • @ananananabop
    @ananananabop2 жыл бұрын

    Plants are amazing. I did not know a lot of these common household plants were so highly toxic. Great video, and clear explanation on what each toxin does.

  • @kabuyogi2431
    @kabuyogi24313 жыл бұрын

    Here in Nepal, RHODODENDRON is the national flower and considered medicine too. So we actually eat the rhododendron flowers. I myself have eaten many of them during their flowering season and was completely fine. 🙃

  • @erikm8372

    @erikm8372

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah, isn’t there that trippy Himalayan honey made by the bees that pollinate rhododendrons?? I was reading about this.

  • @jhguyfyt9769

    @jhguyfyt9769

    Жыл бұрын

    In Himachal (India) we too drink rhododendron juice and its also our state flower

  • @axolotl_observer

    @axolotl_observer

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jhguyfyt9769 🤔maybe if you are exposed to in incrementally for a long time - you grow tolerance to the substance

  • @NeonsStyleHD
    @NeonsStyleHD6 жыл бұрын

    Pigs Face is another. It's a small succulent plant with pretty pink flowers. However if you get the sap on you, you will swell up and develop the typical "Pigs Face" of the plant. It takes about a week to get over exposure to this. I was given it as a gift by a friend. Thanks.

  • @terryenby2304
    @terryenby23044 жыл бұрын

    Hydrangeas tell you the acidity of your soil too :) they grow more purple and pink depending upon the content of their soil (no I don’t know which is which, look it up yourself or something ;) ) some people use this to their advantage and use different types of fertiliser/food to create shrubs that have different shades of flowers. It’s a wonderful effect!!

  • @helenelevesque2974

    @helenelevesque2974

    3 ай бұрын

    Burying a copper coin under your hydrangea will have them bloom intense blue. I did that to a pink one 40 years ago and it still blooms blue.

  • @catief1031
    @catief10316 жыл бұрын

    The ASPCA has a list of toxic and non-toxic plants that are commonly encountered. They break it down by cat, dog, and horse. Though there's probably a list of human safe house plants somewhere out there.

  • @BabalonNuit

    @BabalonNuit

    Жыл бұрын

    Easter lilies are 100% toxic to cats, causing kidney failure.

  • @erikm8372
    @erikm8372 Жыл бұрын

    Any mention of dumbcane, aka _Dieffenbachia_ should also mention all of its Araceae/aroid siblings, too! Aglaonema (Chinese evergreen), Philodendron, Pothos, Epipremnum, Homalomena, Caladium, Alocasia, Colocasia (taro root plants), Anthurium, Spathiphyllum (peace lily), Zantedeschia (calla “lily”), and many more very popular plants. All can cause dumbcane sort of reactions. Just try eating undercooked taro leaf. I have! Not fun! Like swallowing sand all day long! The taro root is good when cooked and then it’s like a potato. Called _arbi_ in Hindi, as a vegetable. But what’s even more toxic, and that I see people promoting on YT as “pet-friendly”? Hoyas… they’re in the milkweed family, aka the dog-banes, aka the Apocynaceae family. Right there with Oleander, Huernia, Orbea, & Stapelia, Jasmine, Mandevilla, trumpet vines, ceropegias-popular string of hearts! And the Dischidias. Also Vinca vines.. and don’t forget, popular in Hawaii & many other warm climates: Plumeria. Very common but known to be filled w very noxious sap. Stephanotis. Similar to Hoya but hardier. Lovely beautiful vine, for outdoors. Smells great too when blooming.. Pachypodium, the spiky palm tree (or Madagascar palm), is also pretty popular as a succulent. As well as its Middle Eastern relative, the Adenium or desert rose plant. Literally it’s such a massive family, the milkweeds! Just wash your hands and don’t touch your face or mouth! Or anything sensitive. Lol

  • @erikm8372

    @erikm8372

    Жыл бұрын

    And how could I forget the other popular aroids… Rhaphidophora, Monstera, Scindapsus & Syngonium! Dumbcanes all the same!

  • @ZOB4
    @ZOB46 жыл бұрын

    Mistletoe killed Baldur, so that's enough of a reason to avoid it.

  • @solfindus

    @solfindus

    6 жыл бұрын

    z.browning all my scandinavians unite

  • @cutebutsadisticable

    @cutebutsadisticable

    4 жыл бұрын

    But it was tricked by Loki. So was it Loki who killed Baldur or innocent Mistletoe?

  • @opalwyvern3797

    @opalwyvern3797

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cutebutsadisticable The story I heard was that Loki fashioned some mistletoe into a spear and got Baldur's blind brother, Hödr, to throw the spear at Baldur after everything in existence swore they would not hurt Baldur (Except for mistletoe because the gods thought it was to young and innocent to be asked) thus making Baldur almost indestructible. Because Hödr was blind he couldn't tell what he was holding was more than just a spear. Based off of this, I believe it was Loki who killed Baldur.

  • @jamieweatherwalk2752

    @jamieweatherwalk2752

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mistletoe is actually a parasitic plant!

  • @bingegamer99
    @bingegamer996 жыл бұрын

    This makes me see flowers in a completely different way

  • @Lydianos
    @Lydianos3 жыл бұрын

    Greetings. Great video. Greek guy here 😊. Dolmades are made from grape leaves. It is a traditional constantinopolian dish coming from the Greeks that lived there. I have never heard about cyclamin leaves in this dish, all Greeks use grape leaves, and I assure you it tastes amazing!

  • @fallensway855

    @fallensway855

    Жыл бұрын

    And I concur they taste amazing. Sadly I am not Greek and can find nowhere to get fresh made (or find grape leaves to make my own) I always have at least 1 tin of dolmades in my cupboard at all times.

  • @mvandenberg364

    @mvandenberg364

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@fallensway855You can plant grapes in your garden, only for the leaves.

  • @hustlehank6855
    @hustlehank68556 жыл бұрын

    Perfect! I could use these in my next robbery.

  • @robots-FTW

    @robots-FTW

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hustle Hank hah

  • @amandarogerson9132

    @amandarogerson9132

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol. Just don't come to my house robbing please. You will be severely dissapointed cuz there's nothing left to burgle lol

  • @jenjung577

    @jenjung577

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @hawkwulf117
    @hawkwulf1176 жыл бұрын

    2 years ago our dog died from Sago Palm poisoning. It is extremely toxic with no cure. It takes actually very little consumption of the plant to be dead within 24 to 48 hours. Even with medication to strengthen the liver from the vet he passed 2 and a half months later.

  • @gamacios7956

    @gamacios7956

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ryan Mueller Our dog ate one tiny piece and instantly shut down.. took a full day of surgery for her to barely make it out

  • @hawkwulf117

    @hawkwulf117

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. The Number 7 Sago Palm show is being confused with another variety. blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/nassauco/2017/06/10/fact-sheet-sago-palm-2/ Most sago is commercially extracted from a type of palm, Metroxylon sagu, which is sometimes called “true sago palm” to distinguish it from this cycad species.

  • @zombies.in.space.

    @zombies.in.space.

    2 жыл бұрын

    that’s truly awful, i’m sorry that a plant took your dog from you before the right time

  • @beccymalloy

    @beccymalloy

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh no. That's so sad to hear. I think I would have to get rid of a lot of house plants I have if I got a cat or dog.

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY.6 жыл бұрын

    I know what I'll be -having- avoiding tonight

  • @GreatSageSunWukong

    @GreatSageSunWukong

    6 жыл бұрын

    KZread comments section I hope

  • @curt_s7651

    @curt_s7651

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to start a religion focused on you

  • @diegolol8523

    @diegolol8523

    6 жыл бұрын

    OMG I ENCOUNTERED U ORGANICALLY

  • @kittywithachoppa

    @kittywithachoppa

    6 жыл бұрын

    Curtis Kimbro the religion will be called “Justin.Y-ism.”

  • @dwiariismurini7544

    @dwiariismurini7544

    4 жыл бұрын

    Justin Y. You again?

  • @nuu_29
    @nuu_296 жыл бұрын

    I have them around me. They called "Neighbors"

  • @nazarderkach9320

    @nazarderkach9320

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ibnu Sanggar Watasa Examples, please!

  • @beyondthesea18
    @beyondthesea184 жыл бұрын

    lily of the valley can also be confused for ramps, which are a kind of wild onion that grows in similar environments as these flowers

  • @beccymalloy

    @beccymalloy

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes - they're called ramsens/wild garlic in the UK and the leaves do look similar. Flowers are very different though.

  • @BabalonNuit

    @BabalonNuit

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't know how THAT could happen; the SMELL alone would give them away! Ramps smell like onions!

  • @elmarieengelbrecht7322
    @elmarieengelbrecht7322 Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed your presentation. Thank you

  • @Nileswar001
    @Nileswar001 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your informative videos. Kindly include pictures of the plants and flowers more often in the videos

  • @nicholasauwaerts2280
    @nicholasauwaerts22806 жыл бұрын

    LOVE the Kurzgesagt reference, how sportive of your channel to advertise eachother! Both are awesome btw!!

  • @LimeyLassen
    @LimeyLassen4 жыл бұрын

    "Lily of the Valley, which you may know if you're a fan of..." Me: Queen? Host: Breaking Bad

  • @Endigo_Vandane
    @Endigo_Vandane6 жыл бұрын

    The moment Stefan said "Don't eat the houseplants" I started singing that sentence to the tune of Don't Eat the Daisies. That's gonna be stuck in my head for a while...

  • @kittywithachoppa
    @kittywithachoppa6 жыл бұрын

    “That girl is *poison”* -Bell Biv DeVoe

  • @candykanefpv98

    @candykanefpv98

    6 жыл бұрын

    Elisa Abernathy great. Now all I see is Turk doing that dance.

  • @izurielpalanayukei5140
    @izurielpalanayukei51406 жыл бұрын

    1:34 "Dumb being an antiquated, insulting term to refer to someone who can't speak." I love this.

  • @lifeincolour09
    @lifeincolour096 жыл бұрын

    It seems Scishow reads the same Wikipedia articles that I do.

  • @ALAPINO
    @ALAPINO6 жыл бұрын

    MAM, please stop damaging my DNA.

  • @kalenzypie
    @kalenzypie6 жыл бұрын

    I learnt about lily of the valley from a Nancy Drew Files book. Interesting list and great video!

  • @rubentuesday1086
    @rubentuesday10866 жыл бұрын

    I need more plant videos!💚🌱

  • @viannemcauliffe3522
    @viannemcauliffe3522 Жыл бұрын

    I used to sew ties to all the corners of to duvet and to the cover then tie together and shake it into position. Keeps it from slipping as well

  • @jordynisboredyn
    @jordynisboredyn4 жыл бұрын

    Someone out there must’ve just look at their house plant and thought; “What would happen if I ate it...”

  • @lasercraft32
    @lasercraft323 ай бұрын

    "Don't eat the house plants" oh thank you, thank you, this tip is eye opening! My life is forever changed, thank you! Words to live by! XD

  • @williammartine5168
    @williammartine51686 жыл бұрын

    nice presentation, good information

  • @alnabulsi313
    @alnabulsi313 Жыл бұрын

    The most dangerous part of the sago palm is their sawband-sharp fronds. We had one in my backyard growing up in the SC lowcountry, and ill never forget the sensation of them rubbing against skin 😬 shockingly sharp, always be careful around them with children

  • @GitGoodGaming
    @GitGoodGaming6 жыл бұрын

    You guys forgot about Hemlock. It grows natively here in North America, I used to have a ton of these things growing around my country home in Ohio as a child. Had no idea the tiny white flowers were almost a guaranteed death if eaten.

  • @Animezingly
    @Animezingly6 жыл бұрын

    I wonder why it seems like so many people know about poison in poinsettias but not a lot of these more common plants. My mom definitely scared me away from touching poinsettia, I thought if I touched it and touched my mouth I'd drop dead lol.

  • @fafnirthelagaardianhaxorus9862
    @fafnirthelagaardianhaxorus98626 жыл бұрын

    So kiss under the mistletoe aaand die from the poison..how romantic

  • @IamTheHolypumpkin
    @IamTheHolypumpkin6 жыл бұрын

    My mom loves "weeping figs" or also called "benjamin figs" they are also slightly poisonous. We now have 4 of them. One is already 2 meters tall and across. It already hit the sealing over a decade ago and now only gets wider. It can't survive the harsh winters in Germany so it has to be kept indoors. Okay it would be impossible to get it outside anyway it just doesn't fit though the door. The others 3 are roughly 1.8m, 1.2m and 0.8m tall.

  • @ryanamorrowful
    @ryanamorrowful4 жыл бұрын

    Yews are very common landscaping plants in cooler climates and every part is extremely poisonous, aside from the flesh of the distinctive berry (which doesn't taste too bad, actually)

  • @hypsyzygy506

    @hypsyzygy506

    Жыл бұрын

    I find the flesh of the aril is just very, very sweet and doesn't really taste of much. I have read that you can make a jelly from them, but separating the poisonous seeds from the edible flesh is far too fiddly, and very messy.

  • @haiduc32
    @haiduc32 Жыл бұрын

    Young Daffodil leaves are easy to mistake with young garlic leaves (if you're stubborn to not wear glasses like my dad).Young garlic leaves have a mild garlic taste, and we eat them in spring. And the fact that garlic is being left to grow wildly in the back of the yard along with daffodil, also did not help.. The taste of Daffodil leaves is a just a bit bitter, with no trace of garlic, that I was so looking forward to (first time in a few years I managed to get to my parents in sprint).. When I asked my parents why it did not have a garlic taste, that's when the bulb lit up... I got just a bite and was ok. My mom got away with a few runs to the bathroom. My dad did not even have a bite...

  • @hypersapien
    @hypersapien6 жыл бұрын

    No mention of Foxglove/Digitalis? My middle school summer camp was crawling with it, and the first order of business on the first day of camp every year was to explain to every one not to touch any of it. It's also what James Bond was poisoned with in Casino Royale.

  • @BabalonNuit

    @BabalonNuit

    Жыл бұрын

    Digoxin, the heart drug, is synthesized from foxglove.

  • @transienthorror
    @transienthorror2 жыл бұрын

    Raw juniper can make you (and your pets) sick! Had no idea until my cat ate some needles from a bush, and couldn't eat for a few days.

  • @powertomato
    @powertomato6 жыл бұрын

    Anyone picking wild garlic should be aware of lily of the valley, as young plants can look very similar and even grow within the same patch

  • @SoberOKMoments
    @SoberOKMoments3 ай бұрын

    Once heard of a family picnic where oleander branches were stipped of leaves and used as sticks to roast hot dogs on. It didn't end well for those at the feast.

  • @Zeldaschampion
    @Zeldaschampion6 жыл бұрын

    We use to have yew berry bushes growing around my area when I was young. Thank god I never ate one of them and as to why people even plant those in the first place is beyond me.

  • @hishamsadiq4104

    @hishamsadiq4104

    2 жыл бұрын

    Their only dangerous if you swallow the seeds

  • @Roving_and_Crafting

    @Roving_and_Crafting

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@hishamsadiq4104 Pets and children still could eat it.

  • @hypsyzygy506

    @hypsyzygy506

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@hishamsadiq4104 NO NO NO NO NO. *_Every_* part of a yew plant is poisonous, except the red fleshy part of the aril (the thing that looks like the fruit). The seed contained within the aril is poisonous, but the red flesh is very, very sweet and a good source of Vitamin C. Eating just a few yew seeds or leaves can be fatal. People have even died from breathing the smoke from burning yew wood, or from inhaling sawdust when cutting down a yew tree while not wearing a protective mask.

  • @Meowwwwwwwwww17
    @Meowwwwwwwwww173 жыл бұрын

    To be fair a lot of common houseplants have a high amt of calcium oxalate like the diffenbachia: monstera deliciosa, philodendron, pothos, rhaphidophora tetrasperma, etc. A lot of common houseplants in general are mildly toxic to consume

  • @GranRey-0
    @GranRey-06 жыл бұрын

    I have all these; minus oleander, and more...Foxgloves, monkshood/wolfsbane, lupines, nicotania, azaleas(almost a rhododendron), wild nightshade and potatoes plants, trillium, and the list goes on...

  • @AlbertStichkaJohn
    @AlbertStichkaJohn6 жыл бұрын

    I think this isn't the first time dieffenbachia has been mentioned. It's a great example because of its common name, but it's worth noting (and apologies if it's brought up later in the video I'm commenting right after #1 finished because pedantic comments can't wait) the calcium crystals in question exist in a huge number of common house and garden plants, such as pothos and most ornamental varieties of elephant ears.

  • @AlbertStichkaJohn

    @AlbertStichkaJohn

    6 жыл бұрын

    A fun side note, I once absentmindedly took a bite out of an elephant ear stalk that was in one hand instead of the carrot in the other and wound up standing over the sink drooling uncontrollably and mumbling to poison control. It's pretty hard to eat enough of those crystals to do damage if you're an adult human, because it's pretty immediately apparent it's a bad idea, and it stays apparent for hours.

  • @mattheweburns
    @mattheweburns Жыл бұрын

    I never thought about there being physical contaminants, rather than toxic poisonous compounds within the plants that is interesting 1:40

  • @stephenboyd6230
    @stephenboyd6230 Жыл бұрын

    I didn't catch the harmful use of cannabis? Could you make a video about that? And if that isn't of interest, I'd love to learn some of the concerns and harmful effects. Please and thanks. And what an a amazing, unique garden. Absolutely a stop I plan to make the next time I'm in the UK 🇬🇧

  • @sindhubabu7788
    @sindhubabu77885 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot

  • @FriedEgg101
    @FriedEgg1016 жыл бұрын

    I had a headmaster who once ate a daffodil infront of a whole school assembly. What a role model.

  • @mat_name_whatever
    @mat_name_whatever6 жыл бұрын

    Omg thank you so much that made my plans so much easier

  • @Karlandra
    @Karlandra4 жыл бұрын

    And people don't understand my rule of "If I can't eat it I'm not planting it"....

  • @johndavidcollins6163
    @johndavidcollins61634 жыл бұрын

    In Spain and Portugal if you have to sleep outdoors then under oleander is a good place as insects stay away from it. Also if anyone bothers you they get painful skin.

  • @willychinchilla1879
    @willychinchilla18796 жыл бұрын

    Nice Kurzgesagt shirt!

  • @bro65ful
    @bro65ful Жыл бұрын

    ..Please show more of the plants from roots to top. Thanks FYI

  • @berelinde
    @berelinde11 ай бұрын

    My cousin's friend decorated her bridal shower cake with lilies of the valley, stuck into the frosting like a giant toxic bouquet. I saw the cake on the table and called the friend aside saying that you can't serve that, the garnish is poison, but the friend served it anyway, saying it was too pretty to pick the flowers out. I offered to go to the florist and buy some orange blossoms, but she was determined. I made no friends when I told my cousin and mother not to eat it because the plants were poisonous but I felt that I had to. To be honest, there probably wasn't enough contact exposure to make anyone sick, but I'd heard stories about digitalis and didn't want it on my conscience. There were a few other guests looking uncomfortable and not eating the cake, so I wasn't the only one who noticed. Thankfully, nobody got sick from it.

  • @BecciKennedy
    @BecciKennedy4 жыл бұрын

    I just had a house plant, or the soil rather, spontaneously combust. Can you do a video on it?

  • @bazookallamaproductions5280
    @bazookallamaproductions52804 жыл бұрын

    ive deliberately got bittersweet nightshade and jimsonweed datura on my windowsill for the flowers.

  • @imneverwrongsometimestruthlies
    @imneverwrongsometimestruthlies Жыл бұрын

    I'm confused about rhododendrons because people in my place make juices and wines from them flowers from both pink & white ones..

  • @ozzyhuxford4562
    @ozzyhuxford45626 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love your kurzgesagt shirt!

  • @thecreature7608
    @thecreature76086 жыл бұрын

    Aka 9 excuses for why you don't want to work on the garden

  • @jynxijuxtapoze3508
    @jynxijuxtapoze35086 жыл бұрын

    educational channel solidarity between scishow and kurzgesagt 👌🏽😩

  • @MichaelSHartman
    @MichaelSHartman6 жыл бұрын

    Tell me the ones voles won't eat. Don't forget camphor, milkweed (used to attract Monarch Butterflies), and foxglove. While not poisonous rhubarb root will make you think so. Thanks for the video.

  • @MyrmidonsProductions
    @MyrmidonsProductions6 жыл бұрын

    many people have a weed or herb like plant called Hemlock, it looks almost identical to Carrot leaves with a purple tinge on the underside

  • @redstarseed514
    @redstarseed514 Жыл бұрын

    I own half of those plants right now and the other half, i have them while growing up. Didn’t even know I’m surrounded by toxin.

  • @grangrampa832
    @grangrampa832 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @karstent8138
    @karstent81386 жыл бұрын

    I genuinely love and enjoy all your videos, since I discovered them, I watch all of them, but there is no way I can believe in evolution, at the end of the day. Do you know why? Because it takes constant, intense, diligent, focused effort for me just to keep my flat tidy. If without that my pretty basic flat will become a mass of disorganisation, there's just no way that I can believe that even one bacteria came about by a sequence of accidents. Then there's the rest of all life. I think it would be easier to win the lottery a million times in a row. But please keep it up guys, I feel like a very small voice in a very big crowd, but I find all your videos FASCINATING!!!

  • @JohnGardnerAlhadis
    @JohnGardnerAlhadis2 жыл бұрын

    My family's dog nearly died because she ate a cycad bulb that was growing in a sack of potting mix. Apparently cycads smell and taste extremely sweet, making them alluring to pets and a source of potential heartbreak for anybody who owns one...

  • @RainebowEvee
    @RainebowEvee Жыл бұрын

    scishow: don't eat the poisonous plants me: maybe i should nibble on the hydrangea bush outside my front door

  • @eddietorres1313
    @eddietorres13136 жыл бұрын

    love your Kurtzgesagt shirt tho XD 👌👌👌

  • @MUTYAKO
    @MUTYAKO3 жыл бұрын

    My brain almost bleeding sucking all this knowledge but learned a lot😆

  • @mariacastro2682
    @mariacastro268210 ай бұрын

    What I find interesting is that deer will consume hydrangeas down to the stem .. they usually instinctively leave toxic plants alone..ie..oleander,daffodils ect…

  • @thephoenician9597
    @thephoenician95976 жыл бұрын

    I once bit into a Dieffenbachia leaf when I was little, suffices to say I quickly came to regret that decision

  • @YCCCm7
    @YCCCm76 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Wish you guys had released this a couple months ago. Might've saved me one trip to the woods and one "hunting accident" allegedly involving my no good, two-timing wife!

  • @2000spacecat
    @2000spacecat6 жыл бұрын

    The shirt... 10/10 good job.

  • @MrLongshotbob
    @MrLongshotbob6 жыл бұрын

    Can we get a behind the scenes of this episode of him trying to say all these names?

  • @mapofwhatever
    @mapofwhatever6 жыл бұрын

    Lilly of the valley has cardiac glycozides aswell, which is pretty toxic

  • @jonnyreynolds1360
    @jonnyreynolds13603 жыл бұрын

    Great video, but I missed Aconitum napellus, which is the most poisonous natural growing plant here :)

  • @BabalonNuit

    @BabalonNuit

    Жыл бұрын

    Monkshood!

  • @StevenSSmith
    @StevenSSmith6 жыл бұрын

    I like that shirt. I like it when youtubers watch the same channels i watch

  • @moonbender95
    @moonbender956 жыл бұрын

    I didn't realize he's wearing a Kurzgesagt t-shirt xD

  • @yajairadominguez9641
    @yajairadominguez96416 жыл бұрын

    When my biology degree finally comes in clutch lol.

  • @TeaBurn
    @TeaBurn6 жыл бұрын

    "Don't eat the houseplants" Try telling that to my cat. She goes straight for them if I don't buy her cat grass regularly.

  • @benjaminkarstad7766
    @benjaminkarstad77666 жыл бұрын

    Thumbs up for using the correct term "initialism" at 9:01 instead of the misnomer: "acronym". 👍👍