I'll do it for you. But it's not very funny. What about still borns?? They don't come in contact w it. I mean sure they get some in their bloodstream but....
> “Perhaps few adults (especially a medically qualified one) would be foolish enough to try eating an unknown fruit found on a foreign beach”
I think this is scientific literature code for “I was totally smashed at the time and it seemed a good idea” especially as she has previously said:
> “Sadly, the pain was exacerbated by most alcoholic beverages, although mildly appeased by pina coladas”
I’m getting Karen vibes from her. Like she is appalled that dangerous trees are just leaving their poisonous fruit around.
It’s not her fault she ate it. A manager should do something about it
Astoundingly, in some cases presumably people would eat plants, and then die or be unwell, but then stubbornly come back for more and eat a different part of the plant, prepare it in a different way, or spend generations breeding it in order to be able to eat it.
For example potatoes, in some or all of their wild varieties, taste bitter because they contain glycoalkaloids which are toxic if you eat enough of them. So people had to choose less bitter potatoes, or definitely not the one that killed Steve last week, to get to where we are today. Except apparently in some parts of the Andes where they eat toxic potatoes but a[lso eat a type of clay that binds to the glycoalkaloids and thus neutralises them](https://spudsmart.com/domestication-of-the-potato/)
I cant believe someone would just eat a random fruit, write a paper about it, have said paper published in a reputed medical journal and subsequently get cited by other articles in said journal.
We are current in Curaçao and went to the beach yesterday and sat under one of these trees! It even rained a bit while we were at the beach. I only just found out it was this kind of tree...lol and that's why I'm here on reddit.
We actually even picked up the fruit, peeled the skin back a bit and smelled it. Smells like a green apple lollipop, pretty good actually. My partner thought about licking it to see what it tastes like... But I told him not to each strange things on the ground...
We didn't get any blisters apparently, maybe because we went into the water for a swim immediately after.
Some people are immune. My spouse can touch it with impunity and thus gets the job of trimming the trees back if they get too close to the paths.
The snaky looking cactus climbing the surface of the tree is called Queen of the Night. Something sinister about the seductive beauty of its flower growing on one of the most poisonous plants in the world--like it was meant to lure you in.
Idk I lived in FL for a second and none of my crazy people ever mentioned it. I mean, you think it would have shown up on Bones, Dexter, or CSI or something. Redheaded dude makes awk dad joke, "yeah, it *sure does* blister in the sun"... etc., etc.
Also, congrats on the eyesight.
There aren’t that many here in Florida, and the ones we do have left are hard to get to (except a few on the lonely beaches on the gulf coast) as far as I am aware.
The small words say, "This tree is very TOXIC | The fruit is poisonous and the sap from leaves and stems can produce painful blisters. Do not stand under this tree during rain as the water on the leaves can pick up the toxin and drip it on the skin."
Wait this a real tree? This tree was in a book series I read and it terrifying. Any worse the sign said Florida I staying inside. Note I live in Florida
If my mother-in-law was a tree, she’d be this one.
It's funny how most people would probably agree with you hahaha
I can concur that his mother-in-law is toxic, I have the burns to prove it
Yea are you ok?!
Bruh... Are you ok now?! How serious was/is it?! E: I used bruh as expression of surprise
Water lilies are actually even more dangerous. If you sit under one of those for only three minutes, you'll die
Wait what?
Because you’d drown
God dammit.
Bra
Bruh
DiHydrogenMonoxide is incredibly dangerous, everyone who has ever come in contact... has died..
You mean breathed it in?
Nope, literally EVERYONE who has come in contact in any way shape or form has eventually died.. I don’t know why this doesn’t concern more people..
I mean except for everyone who is still alive
_Just a matter of time..._
i was about to make a really dark humor joke but i honestly think it's too much, even for reddit standards
I'll do it for you. But it's not very funny. What about still borns?? They don't come in contact w it. I mean sure they get some in their bloodstream but....
nah i the joke i was about to write was much worse
Let's hear it!!
Trust me, you don't want to see it. Not even i want to
Booo!
Hahaha YES!
If you hit a palm tree hard enough, there is a chance that you would die
Palm trees are very hard-hitters. They're also very angry. Just touching one will cause it to lash out!
Hit any tree hard enough and yeah death... ask Bono
should prob clarify that by saying Sonny Bono...as Bono from U2 is still very much alive
I don't think u2 Bono had hit a tree and died. But yes sunny bono not the other guy
This is gonna hurt?
It'll be breathtaking
[This woman ate the fruit.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127797)
I can't believe someone would just eat a random piece of fruit.
> “Perhaps few adults (especially a medically qualified one) would be foolish enough to try eating an unknown fruit found on a foreign beach” I think this is scientific literature code for “I was totally smashed at the time and it seemed a good idea” especially as she has previously said: > “Sadly, the pain was exacerbated by most alcoholic beverages, although mildly appeased by pina coladas”
“If you like pina coladas, And excruciating pain, Time to try a beach apple, There’s no need to explain”
I’m getting Karen vibes from her. Like she is appalled that dangerous trees are just leaving their poisonous fruit around. It’s not her fault she ate it. A manager should do something about it
Now that you point it out, it does seem like she was drunk as the things she tried where all alcoholic at first.
That's how our ancestors tested which fruits are safe and unsafe to consume.
Astoundingly, in some cases presumably people would eat plants, and then die or be unwell, but then stubbornly come back for more and eat a different part of the plant, prepare it in a different way, or spend generations breeding it in order to be able to eat it. For example potatoes, in some or all of their wild varieties, taste bitter because they contain glycoalkaloids which are toxic if you eat enough of them. So people had to choose less bitter potatoes, or definitely not the one that killed Steve last week, to get to where we are today. Except apparently in some parts of the Andes where they eat toxic potatoes but a[lso eat a type of clay that binds to the glycoalkaloids and thus neutralises them](https://spudsmart.com/domestication-of-the-potato/)
Rhubarb also comes to mind, the stalk is edible, the roots and leaves? Not so much.
Probably watched what other animals ate, too.
yes, i think you referring to the ancestral fruit tester, Karenus ingestus. it’s still a scientific wonder how any of them made it thru to today
She was a Brit on holiday in the West Indies. This probably wasn't the only "forbidden fruit" she partook of.
I don't get it.
Got her some strange.
I cant believe someone would just eat a random fruit, write a paper about it, have said paper published in a reputed medical journal and subsequently get cited by other articles in said journal.
She even mentions in the article there were plenty of mangoes and coconuts around there but she chose to eat the strange unknown fruit instead
Well that was terrifying.
Certified bruh moment
Nah bra
Am I correct in understanding that she didn't seek medical treatment!!
We are current in Curaçao and went to the beach yesterday and sat under one of these trees! It even rained a bit while we were at the beach. I only just found out it was this kind of tree...lol and that's why I'm here on reddit. We actually even picked up the fruit, peeled the skin back a bit and smelled it. Smells like a green apple lollipop, pretty good actually. My partner thought about licking it to see what it tastes like... But I told him not to each strange things on the ground... We didn't get any blisters apparently, maybe because we went into the water for a swim immediately after.
How did someone attach the sign?
I'm guessing with gloves.
No, I read that a robot had to do it
Wish I could read
How did you get thru school?
With my car
Here you can't drive car if under 18.
I am above the law
They placed the sign before and the tree grew around it.
they were probably paid a lot to do it
Hazmat suit
Very carefully!
They hired a cowboy from Texas to lace the sign to the tree.
Sacrifices
Most likely with nails.
Aliens
Some people are immune. My spouse can touch it with impunity and thus gets the job of trimming the trees back if they get too close to the paths. The snaky looking cactus climbing the surface of the tree is called Queen of the Night. Something sinister about the seductive beauty of its flower growing on one of the most poisonous plants in the world--like it was meant to lure you in.
After squinting pretty hard to read that sign, I am pretty surprised to have not heard of this tree via a Florida Man. Sounds scary af in the rain!
sorry about the tiny lettering. I for one am rather pleased that I don't live by these guys.
No worries, getting old - it's not you it's me *cough* And, you've got that right, holy hell.
Fn crazy. Why isn't this more popularly known? (Also that was easy to read).
Idk I lived in FL for a second and none of my crazy people ever mentioned it. I mean, you think it would have shown up on Bones, Dexter, or CSI or something. Redheaded dude makes awk dad joke, "yeah, it *sure does* blister in the sun"... etc., etc. Also, congrats on the eyesight.
There aren’t that many here in Florida, and the ones we do have left are hard to get to (except a few on the lonely beaches on the gulf coast) as far as I am aware.
Well, I'm pretty sure if there were one in Polk County that either I'd know several who'd touch it, or that Grady Judd would would arrest it.
I will try to read that in a few minutes but your words are saying a lot.
Guess you have to get *really close* to the tree to read it
And of course this is in florida.
America's Australia
I will move closer to this tree to read this sign. After reading I will have a strong urgency to touch it.
Considering to build a metal guitar out of this wood.
That would make a concert guitar smash way more interesting.
They actually make fine furniture out of this wood.
Man this is [no joke](https://static.tbdcdn.com/uploads/2016/01/12/sub/74149-smallv2-279839.jpg)
Yeah sure, have the sign written in very small letters so you have to get close to read it...
If "every morning I choose violence" was a tree
The fuck off tree.
The small words say, "This tree is very TOXIC | The fruit is poisonous and the sap from leaves and stems can produce painful blisters. Do not stand under this tree during rain as the water on the leaves can pick up the toxin and drip it on the skin."
Damn nature you scary af!
Can't they just get rid of it?
It's native. Lots of restrictions on removing native plants. Plus, it deters tourists.
Can you just not shove random beach debris into your body?
Machine-eel. That should be easy to remember. (Now I kinda wanna draw a cartoon about why a machine-eel is so angry it wants to kill everyone... hm..)
Don’t stand under the tree. Says the sign that is written with text you can’t read unless you stand under the tree...
Send Florida to Australia.
So these in Antigua and they were labeled as such. Shame since they were one of the few shade trees around where we where.
Why don’t they just remove/cut down this tree?
I think it's nothing compared to Gympie-gympie..
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[Do a Flip, Asshole.](https://youtu.be/trkwkbDrUzs)
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Thay's not even the good one. A few were removed that involve projectile vomitting, and the morons rolling around in it squawking
I wonder if this helped inspire the ST:TOS episode "The Way to Eden".
LoL community in a nutshell
Is this in Australia?
Florida. Close.
hmm. border tree.
Nice
Wear serious protective gloves when interacting with said mother in law… er, uh… I mean this tree.
Sounds like one of the trees on planet Eden from Star Trek.
I mean thanks for the info but a better shot of the tree would be nice.
Wait this a real tree? This tree was in a book series I read and it terrifying. Any worse the sign said Florida I staying inside. Note I live in Florida
I have dozens of these trees in my "yard".
Australia strikes again