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Below is an extensive, if incomplete, list of plants containing one or more poisonous parts that pose a serious risk of illness, injury, or death to humans or domestic animals. There is significant overlap between plants considered poisonous and those with psychotropic properties , some of which are toxic enough to present serious health risks ...
Toxic birds are birds that use toxins to defend themselves from predators. Although no known bird actively injects or produces venom , toxic birds sequester poison from animals and plants they consume, especially poisonous insects.
Atropa bella-donna flower. Atropa bella-donna is a branching herbaceous perennial rhizomatous hemicryptophyte, often growing as a subshrub from a fleshy rootstock. Plants can reach a height of 2 m (7 ft) (more commonly 1.5 m (5 ft)), and have ovate leaves up to 18 cm (7 in) long.
Datura is a genus of nine species of highly poisonous, vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family (). [1] They are commonly known as thornapples or jimsonweeds, but are also known as devil's trumpets or mad apple [2] (not to be confused with angel's trumpets, which are placed in the closely related genus Brugmansia).
With their incredible speed, size, sharp talons, and beaks, birds of prey are the most dangerous predators in North American skies. The 8 birds examined in today’s video from A-Z-Animals are not ...
Nandina domestica (/ n æ n ˈ d iː n ə / nan-DEE-nə) [a] [b] [c] commonly known as nandina, heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Japan.
The hooded pitohui.The neurotoxin homobatrachotoxin on the birds' skin and feathers causes numbness and tingling on contact.. The following is a list of poisonous animals, which are animals that passively deliver toxins (called poison) to their victims upon contact such as through inhalation, absorption through the skin, or after being ingested.
The society determined that no birds will bear the names of people. For example, several birds’ names honor Alexander Wilson, a naturalist. But his diaries reportedly include racist terms to ...