I've been asking for this one for a while. It's insane how deadly this tree is. You can't even kill it with fire without being poisoned. Sometimes, evolution just turns it up to 12.

@user-10021

Жыл бұрын

I'm honestly surprised that these havent been chopped down and rreplaced since they're so dangerous

@ghoultooth

Жыл бұрын

@@user-10021 Because they serve a purpose. A lot of them help preserve wetlands and the fact that they are so deadly can really help protect the land.

@CTheng

Жыл бұрын

​@@ghoultooth Not to mention that they are a food source for some animal not affected by the toxin, like shown in this video.

@kakerake6018

Жыл бұрын

@@user-10021 trust me ppl do get rid of them, but with an excavator. but in general most locals just stay away

@Marin3r101

Жыл бұрын

Just get rid of them. They are practically useless.

I remember being warned about the manchineel when scuba diving in the Caribbean. The trees hold shorelines and protect wetlands from erosion.

@tungsten2009

Жыл бұрын

its like a stern protector

Manchineel Tree: My fruits are off limits. So are my leaves. You also can't even use my logs for building. Generally, do not be around me at all, I don't like company. Humanity: Then what use are you?! Burn it to the ground! Manchineel Tree: Go on then... make my day.

@maythesciencebewithyou

Жыл бұрын

Humanity: You are perfect to help me kill

@nunyabiznes33

Жыл бұрын

*chops down manchineel and toss it into neighbor's firewood pile*

@GABRIEL-du4uy

Жыл бұрын

*they eventually went blind, the end.*

@Yzzami

8 ай бұрын

Why burn it and cause a forest fire? We have poison and other tools for killing evil trees

@tanyarika

3 ай бұрын

@@nunyabiznes33lol that’s messed up. Ugh I just ate one thanks to my friend 😭😭😭

General rule of thumb I've come up with from watching various nature documentaries: If it oozes white and *isn't* a dandelion, *STAY THE HELL AWAY.*

@benmcreynolds8581

11 ай бұрын

wild lettuce, poppies ooze white and they have medicinal effects if used correctly.

@brigidtheirish

11 ай бұрын

@@benmcreynolds8581 Key phrase here being "if used correctly."

@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, mostly, mostly. 😄👍

@benmcreynolds8581

11 ай бұрын

@@brigidtheirish you can "not use water correctly & die, or get very sick..." It's a relevant thing to almost everything in Life. We just have demonized certain things from birth & have very strong opinions on certain things.

@brigidtheirish

11 ай бұрын

@@benmcreynolds8581 There's a huge difference between water and the juice from *opium poppies.*

There’s a small town on the east coast of Costa Rica named Manzanillo. Originally called Manchineel by the English speaking Afro-Caribbean people. Renamed by the Hispanic Tico people to Manzanillo. It got it’s name from this tree because there were so many growing there. They have been pretty much wiped out but a friend of mine found a sapling while cleaning the beach and saved it as a reminder of the real name for this town. It’s still there and people picnic under it. I will see about getting a sign put on it.

@keinanos4077

Жыл бұрын

Haha, those Hispanics were really creative with the names, werent they? Im from México, it was called "Nueva españa" (spain in spanish) and all the cities and states were called after cities on spain, includin Manzanillo, wich is a beach on the state of Colima.

@Cemhta

Жыл бұрын

I'm from CR and I didn't know this, thanks 👍

I tried one of the fruit as a child on vacation. Inspired by the hermit crabs I saw eating them, I nibbled on one just a little bit (I'd considered it might be poisonous, thankfully...) I then spent the next couple of hours doubled over from a horrible burning sensation all the way down my esophagus.... But it was delicious!

@nobodysbaby5048

Жыл бұрын

That's weird. Thanks for the real life experience.

@silviavalentine3812

Жыл бұрын

Damnnnn that makes me wanna try one XD

@kakerake6018

Жыл бұрын

i had the exact experience except i live in the Caribbean. it looks exactly like an edible fruit here so i ate it. it was hella sweet and b4 the burning started i'd already ate several. i don't remember the rest of that day and most of the next lolol.

@sunchips18

Жыл бұрын

What does it taste like exactly? I’m not willing to try it myself to find out, but I’m still curious.

@KoldBreeze

Жыл бұрын

​@Kake Rake which island?

Me a few minutes after eating a handful of Manchineel Apples: "wHY Is it sPIcy-"

@frozenjune83

Жыл бұрын

Spicy on my skin! Lol

@wonderman7166

Жыл бұрын

First it's sweet 😋, then after a few minutes it's spicy 🥵, then after another few minutes 👉💀

Another dangerous tree is the gympie-gympie. It belongs to the genus Dendrocnide, which means tree nettle, which is accurate.

@Lesbomarx

Жыл бұрын

What makes it so dangerous?

@KamenRiderFeline

Жыл бұрын

@@Lesbomarx It's covered in stinging hair that causes such a horrifying pain that it's rumoured to drive the injured to self-amputation of the afflicted body part or death.

@DJFracus

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't call the gympie-gympie a tree

@nemesi55

8 ай бұрын

The gympie-gympie is also referred to as the “Suicide Plant”. Its sting is extremely painful and so persistent it burns intensely for years on end. There was once a deeply unfortunate man who used one of the leaves as a makeshift piece of toilet paper while camping out in the bush. Needless to say, the poor guy offed himself after a few years…

A British couple once visited Tobago on vacay. They saw the trees on the beach with fruits and thought to have a taste. Didn't take long before locals rushed them to the hospital for treatment. Luckily They had A recovery

@geelee1977

Жыл бұрын

What kind of idiots just see a plant and start munching on it??

@friedrichvonsnatch3501

Жыл бұрын

​@@geelee1977 me

@edgytoucan3444

Жыл бұрын

@@geelee1977 most people see fruits and go maybe I can eat that but also they’re British so what do you expect from them

@geelee1977

Жыл бұрын

@@edgytoucan3444 Perhaps I am biased. I'm backwoods Texan, so, used to the outdoors. We grow up knowing not to eat wild plants if you don't know what they are. I'm not British, so, maybe folks there are more "cityfied", and less knowledgeable.

@liliaaaaaaaa

Жыл бұрын

@@edgytoucan3444 I am born in the UK & can testify most Brits are borderline insane according to mental health descriptions of other nationalities. As they say, mad dogs & english men. Ps it's got nothing to do with being citified. Brit country folk are mostly even more insane than city dwellers. Probably due to centuries of inbreeding & being completely insane treated like some kind of national sport. Foraging & eating unknown random wild things is also a thing. Making cakes out of stinging nettles for example a genuine passion by certain folk. You can look it up.

My professor was telling us about when he was doing his graduate degree in Hawaii and talked about how he almost burned by rain from a tree. I wonder if this is the one he was thinking of?

@lozoft9

Жыл бұрын

As if native Hawaiian species didn’t have enough to worry about already….

Because this tree has fruit I hypothesized that there was something that ate it. The purpose of fruit is to get an animal to eat your seeds and then poop them out later spreading them around. And the purpose of the poison is to keep the wrong animals from eating your fruit or your leaves or touching your bark etc etc. Chances are if you examine iguana poop that had eaten of this tree you'd find seeds.

@stevendeen4391

Ай бұрын

That very insightful, thank you for observation.❤

Any theories on why the poison evolved? I know peppers evolved their spice to repel insects but still let birds eat their fruit leading to easy seed dispersal. Same kinda thing with the reptiles that can eat it? Poising keeps other animals and insects away but still allows reptiles to access it and spread the seeds? That’s be my guess but curious if y’all have any additional insight!

@lozoft9

Жыл бұрын

Not in this case. The relationship is one-way. The trees give the lizards safety and food but get nothing in return. Their seed dispersal actually happens when tropical storms blow the fruit out to sea. That's why they're most commonly found on the coast.

@DeinoSarcosuchus

Жыл бұрын

@@lozoft9 Does that mean the poison is a result of an arms race between the tree and the lizards (which would then have evolved resistance)?

@WorldWalker128

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the creature that was meant to spread it went extinct.

@lozoft9

Жыл бұрын

@@DeinoSarcosuchus possibly? But it would be easier to just evolve seeds that can germinate after being eaten by the lizards than to evolve all those nasty overkill defenses!

@fiberpoet6250

11 ай бұрын

Evolution isn’t conscious So there isn’t a reason for why it’s poisonous It doesn’t need animals for seed dispersal as the waves carry the fruit to other locations where it lands and sprouts. Its not eaten by a lot of animals either so that helps it reproduce the next generation. The poisonous ones survive their voyage at sea and land along the beach and probably became increasingly more poisonous through this process.

I feel really bad for the people who had to find this out the hard way…

Imagine being the friend of the tortoise or iguana who wanted you to try this fruit because it was “the bomb” and you just had to try it yourself! I guess you could say, it was to die for!

"Even touching the bark causes blisters on your skin" meanwhile cameraman: hehe fruit goes brrrr

What are the mechanisms by which those tortoises and iguanas avoid the poisoning effects?

@ojberrettaberretta5314

Жыл бұрын

magic

@wonderman7166

Жыл бұрын

Probably through millions of years of eating parts of the tree and living near it, maybe they evolved some immunity against the deadly effects of the tree.

@eljanrimsa5843

Жыл бұрын

willpower and the belief in the reptilian master race

@malwads1836

Жыл бұрын

​@@wonderman7166 Either that or they're secretly immortal🤣.

@Wingedshadowwolf

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering this too!

So… why is this tree so toxic? What caused it to go ballistic on whatever herbivores we’re consuming it’s fruit? How does this toxicity help it survive?

@Halovian_

Жыл бұрын

They help it survive by not getting eaten..lol

@GandalfTheTsaagan

Жыл бұрын

Maybe it evolved these traits when megafauna was abundant Or maybe it benefits the most when only reptiles eat it

Reminds me of oleanders. Prbly not as dangerous but still ridiculously poisonous for no reason. And it’s pretty.

@smartguy360

Жыл бұрын

we have both of those trees in the virgin islands

I remember when I was in Costa Rica and on this absolutely beautiful beach there was a massive Manchineel tree that a small family was relaxing under. 😅

@Halovian_

Жыл бұрын

Same! Like every single day…why aren’t they paying attention to the sign!

Could we get an episode about lotus the sacred flower🙏🏻

This is one living entity that communicates "leave me alone" clearly

@mimisezlol

Жыл бұрын

*leaf me alone

@aquaabouttogetfunky

3 ай бұрын

@@mimisezlolHa

Could you do a video on the Visayan leopard cat please? They’re like leopards but stuck in the body of a kitten.

With summer coming up, I think you should do blackberry plants! I love them and find them fascinating

Tasha is amazing. Love whenever she shows up as a host and teach us about the plant world. Keep up the great videos Animalogic! EDIT: I'd love to hear about plants/fruits that are safe for humans but poisonous/dangerous to other animals.

@evilsharkey8954

Жыл бұрын

She did one. Cacao. Chocolate is safe for most humans but deadly to many animals.

@MurderBong

Жыл бұрын

@@evilsharkey8954 DON’T FORGET GRAPES OR ICEBERG LETTUCE! 😅

@evilsharkey8954

Жыл бұрын

@@MurderBong Or onions and garlic. They’re terrible for dogs.

Aparentemente se ve inofensiva. Que terror. Gracias Animalogic por estos interesantísimos documentales. No se imaginan cuánto he aptendido.

So surprised these don't grow in Australia

@RoseNZieg

Жыл бұрын

trees that kills you before the venomous wildlife does? bring it on!

@pclouds

2 ай бұрын

I'm so disappointed in Australia.

There is a tree in south east asia called Rengas (Gluta sp) which is in the anacardiaceae family. The leaves, sap and leaf powder cause contact dermatites and severe burns simillar to poison ivy

Animalogic: “This tree will kill you! This tree wants you dead! The fruit will end. Your. Life.” Also Animalogic: 3:39 “Though there hasn’t been any modern reports or fatalities associated with eating the little apple of death.”

But is the poison the result of an arms race between the Manchineel not wanting to be eaten by the lizards/tortoises wanting to eat it or are the reptiles the natural spreaders of this plant's seeds and is it just trying to deter other animals (like how peppers aren't hot to birds)?

Does the Manchineel upset the PH balance of the soil around it I wonder with all the rain and when the fruit drops around it? Is it really acidic or basic?

I’d love to hear you talk about flowers like roses, heliotropes, hyacinths etc!

I learned this from the game Fate/Grand Order, of all things. During a mission to the Carribean, one of the characters eats one before consulting one of the resident adventurers, only surviving because she's basically beyond human.

Gracias por esta variedad de programas que nos enseñan muchas otras cosas de nuestra bella naturaleza

Awesome as always thanks

When you really, really REALLY don't want anything to eat you

Mosses don’t get enough love. Especially Weeping Moss.

so i am a carpenter and now i wanna build a table out of its wood just because of the trees backstory

Anybody else just happy trees like this exist? So metal. Sooooooo cool. I already knew about it but I love hearing about all the things you can't do with it or lmao around it. Poison is the ultimate teacher

I wonder if this is related to a tree in the South Pacific called salato. I climbed a salato tree (didn’t realize what it was) in Tonga, and I had an intense itching/burning sensation on my hands and neck (some leaves grazed me) for several days!

I hear that the fruit is sweet before it burns you. Did native peoples where this tree is common ever find a way to process it to neutralize the toxin and make it edible? I know this is at least the case with some other plants that cannot be eaten as is. Interesting!

@nunyabiznes33

Жыл бұрын

Considering burning the wood is still dangerous, maybe heat is not enough to destroy the toxic sap.

@flowerfaerie8931

Жыл бұрын

Humans have known about this tree for thousands of years, I’m pretty sure that if we haven’t figured it out by now we’re not going to.

@dankline9162

Жыл бұрын

@@flowerfaerie8931 Yes, but food preparation methods have been lost for one reason or another in the past. Could of been the case with new more practical food sources.

@igostupidfast3

8 ай бұрын

if they can't make poison ivy leaves edible what would their chances be with this tree

How the Bad Place does ANYONE know this fruit tastes sweet?!

@rays5163

Жыл бұрын

By eating it

@juliav.mcclelland2415

Жыл бұрын

@@rays5163 But they couldn't have lived to tell anyone about it.

@srt7248

Жыл бұрын

@@juliav.mcclelland2415 Eating the fruit isn't deadly enough to kill a person, you just gonna have bad time for quite a while.

@moniqueloomis9772

Жыл бұрын

​@@juliav.mcclelland2415 Yes, they would. It doesn't kill immediately.

@moniqueloomis9772

Жыл бұрын

​@@srt7248 According to the videos, it is. It just takes a while. A long, painful while.

That’s cute, they’ve never heard of the Gympie-Gympie plant :)

Finally. Now we just need a true facts and tier list vids and the coverage will be complete

This tree right here is in my home state, and despite living here all 37 years of my life it was not until about 10 years ago that I learned about this tree. Many people that move here or live here do not know about this tree and how deadly it is. I actually freaked out one of my Australian friends with this tree, his response was "No you can keep that one, we already have enough things over here that want to kill you".

I love those videos!

This tree is so hardcore, it might as well be its own rock band

What’s the point of having such a deadly fruit. Is it trying to get use your corpse as the initial fertilizer for the the seed?

Since we are talking about lovely plants like these, why not an episode on the gympie-gympie?

True story. Moved to the USVI in early '83. Fruit everywhere! Mangos, papayas, tamarinds, guavas... We ate free fruit frequently. Driving down a beachfront road one day, we see little, green, apple-like fruits all over the ground. We stop, and both my companion and I each pick up a fruit. I immediately bite into it, while my more prudent companion wondered aloud why it was all over the ground, if it was edible. I immediately spit out the unchewed bite, which was sweet. And then it burned! It burned my lips and mouth and throat for hours. We drove back to town, and asked a friend about it, and that was when we learned of the manchineel. Clearly, I survived, but it was a scary few hours. I think knowledge of the manchineel tree should be taught to every newcomer or tourist to any place they grow.

This is such a cool and friendly tree and great for shade. :)

I tried one being dumb on a beach in Central America. Picked one up off the beach that had fallen. Thankfully I was smart enough to just taste the fruit and not actually eat it. Few minutes later there was a pepper feeling in my mouth and throat. Did some research and freaked out a little. Read online that gargling sea water helps so I did that a bit. Never really got super bad but I felt the pepper sensation for hours after.

"Avoid the tree when it's wet " 😂

It's strange that a tree would evolve to make a fruit which looks succulent but kills anything which touches it. A weird evolution indeed.

Thanks good information

Speaking of apples, can ya do one on the crab apple? 🍏🦀🍎

Watching this while sat under a manchineel tree in Barbados 🇧🇧

In Costa Rica we have it...pay attention on the coast both pacific and caribe carefull. We call it " Manzanillo" scarlet macaw can eat the fruit 🤯 as well as the de fruit of "Sand box tree" Hura crepitans

@Halovian_

Жыл бұрын

Ye when I was in Costa Rica I stood under one without knowing 😨

@kobaltocr6927

Жыл бұрын

@@Halovian_ 😬

In the tropic realms where shadows play, A sinister secret in the light of day. Manchineel stands with devious grace, The deadliest tree, a perilous embrace. Beneath the boughs, where illusions sway, Lies a danger, where life can decay. Its leaves may seem a sheltering green, Yet within hides a toxic sheen. Oh, Manchineel, a perilous sprite, In every part, venom takes flight. From trunk to fruit, a lethal charm, A deceptive Eden, nature's harm. Caution, traveler, as you pass by, For touching the bark, where poisons lie. A sap that burns like fiery rain, Nature's gambit, a treacherous terrain. The fruit, a tempting, deceptive lure, A taste of death, where dangers pure. Beware the sweet, the seemingly benign, For Manchineel's grasp is a toxic line. In whispers of wind through its toxic leaves, A tale of caution, a story that grieves. The deadliest tree, in shadows unfurls, A dance with danger, in nature's swirl. So heed the warning, in tropical air, Manchineel's secret, a perilous affair. A reminder in verses, a cautioning plea, For the deadliest tree on Earth, let it be.

do an episode on morning glory!

And I planted one in my backyard over 20 years ago. I think it is beautiful!

No fatal reports from the "little apple of death?" More like little apple of temporary discomfort.

thank you for using the metric system! :D

For the first time i am happy that a species is endangered

Awesome Tasha. I'm no expert but I love knowing anything about trees. I had never heard about this tree. Thank you.

Only the fastest iguanas and some of the slowest tortoises can eat this tree's apples? Hm. Maybe you have to either be faster than Death (specifically, Iguana Death) or so slow that Death won't notice you.

Manchineel Man - The Deadest Man Alive! Now THAT’S a superpower…

I received an ad before this video for cleaning products made of natural plant ingredients 😂

Grass type design. Poison type stats.

we need a tree alignment chart

Please talk about phantom orchids next, please!

Who knows, plot twist could be it's what makes the galapagos tortoise live so long

I guess the tortoise missed the superpower memo

"It can grow up to 12 meters, which for those of you who don't use the metric system * cough * _Yanks_ * cough *..."

I'm honestly amazed we haven't cut it down completely because of it

@moniqueloomis9772

Жыл бұрын

It protects shorelines from erosion. And removing them would be too dangerous.

@Firemarioflower

4 ай бұрын

It needs to be covered in ice. It's the only way

@al145

4 ай бұрын

@@moniqueloomis9772 it's obviously nature saying "hey don't live over here, ok?" But us being us, you know?

They should have gone more into depth about the poisonous nature of this tree

Love your videos, and it's great to get some cool plants in among the animals. Although if you want your channel to be viewed as fact-focused, de Leon should be described as an explorer or conquistador, rather than the pejorative "colonizer".

Muchss gracias por el interesante tema, me gustó

Man thats crazy

That's crazy! The World's Most Dangerous Tree!

I should know who ponce de leon is, but I'll have to watch a video on him pretty soon, sounds interesting.

The honey badger of the flora world

this tree is designed to outevolve us i liked the neither should you at the end 😂 and the singing

Imagine if Poison Ivy got access to this tree

please do some episodes on edible water loving plants that can filter grey water like duckweed, azula, Taro etc.

I've seen these trees in central america near or around the mangroves and people told me to not even touch the manchineel.

Yea we have those on our island😊. Tourists keeps getting poisoned

People used to be tied under these trees as a form of the death penalty. The sap would slowly drip on them from leaves and any cuts on the bark. Eventually the individual would die from shock or sepsis.

Any chance give introduction on airplants especially Tillandsia?

Found out about this tree from FGO wow

Fun fact: cocoa is a poisonous plant, a very poisonous plant. Only a few types of animals can eat it.. humans are one of them. I wonder if other species that have adapted to eating poisonous plants crave them in the same way humans crave chocolate

It might not kill you in quite so many ways, but the gympie gympie will make you wish you were dead!

A friend of mine just had a couple of bites some days ago. when i found out I told her to throw up instantly, because I thought she might die. Besides a burning mouth and throat she was fine afterwards.. I was so scared first, but why is it called DEATH Apple when you not die from it?

This didn’t really answer the question of how if this is so poisonous, because it clearly doesn’t want anybody touching it, how does it breed? Who pollinates it and spreads its seeds? There aren’t black iguanas or Galapagos tortoises in North America.

We call this the Bapple Tree.

Didn't know that's how Ponce De Leon met his fate.

“And for those who don’t use the metric system that’s 4 stories” 😤😤😤 woman! How tall is the tree!!!- proud american 🇺🇸

A good episode

Awesome is nature

I was reading about mangroves for my exam I think I got one example from America . Btw in bharat we have sudri mangroves trees aka sundrar - vaan Meaning beautiful jungles or forests.

Thats one tree I'd stay upwind from