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Pitohuis, red and black birds whose toxic feathers and skin apparently comes from the poisonous beetles they ingest, could be included. [17] It has been proposed that aposematism played a role in human evolution, body odour carrying a warning to predators of large hominins able to defend themselves with weapons.
With Easter just around the corner, it’s common for people to adorn their homes with beautiful spring flowers, including lilies and daffodils. While these blooms add a touch of color and cheer ...
If consumed, the flowers can feel like ‘swallowing a box of tiny needles’, a botanist warned
Narcissus pseudonarcissus growing in Hallerbos (Belgium). The species is native to Western Europe from Spain and Portugal east to Germany and north to England and Wales.It is commonly grown in gardens and populations have become established in the Balkans, Australia, New Zealand, the Caucasus, Madeira, British Columbia, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Oregon, Washington state, much of the ...
Narcissus poeticus, the poet's daffodil, poet's narcissus, nargis, pheasant's eye, findern flower or pinkster lily, was one of the first daffodils to be cultivated, and is frequently identified as the narcissus of ancient times (although Narcissus tazetta and Narcissus jonquilla have also been considered as possibilities).
More recently A. E. Housman, using one of the daffodil's more symbolic names (see Symbols), wrote The Lent Lily in A Shropshire Lad, describing the traditional Easter death of the daffodil. [259] In Black Narcissus, Rumer Godden describes the disorientation of English nuns in the Indian Himalayas, and gives the plant name an unexpected twist ...
The Outer Chronicles of Nanyue states that the people there either wear their hair in a topknot or cut it short, have tattooed bodies, and go barefoot. Their mouths are red and their teeth black, and both the rich and poor chew betel nut. In the 17th century book, A Description of the Kingdom of Tonqueen by Samuel Baron, notes
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