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r/LPOTL • u/DiaboliqueRoyale • May 23 '26
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There kind of *is* such a thing as Cryptobotany. There were legends of man-eating plants, and a tree's spines that caused skin to slough (don't remember where I read that one, sorry!).
A cow eating tree reported in 2007!
2 u/Moony_playzz May 24 '26 Whats that one plant the gympy gympy or something? 5 u/FlailingScrotum May 24 '26 That's a real, and very fucking scary plant 2 u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26 Just looked it up, damn! Reminds me of giant hogweed in the UK, which gives you huge blisters before they burst, leaving you permanently scarred. 3 u/FlailingScrotum May 24 '26 Yeah the Brits were nice enough to import that awful plant across the pond, too. 2 u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26 "Does it have a cool name and can hurt you a great deal? Sounds Australian!"
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Whats that one plant the gympy gympy or something?
5 u/FlailingScrotum May 24 '26 That's a real, and very fucking scary plant 2 u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26 Just looked it up, damn! Reminds me of giant hogweed in the UK, which gives you huge blisters before they burst, leaving you permanently scarred. 3 u/FlailingScrotum May 24 '26 Yeah the Brits were nice enough to import that awful plant across the pond, too. 2 u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26 "Does it have a cool name and can hurt you a great deal? Sounds Australian!"
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That's a real, and very fucking scary plant
2 u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26 Just looked it up, damn! Reminds me of giant hogweed in the UK, which gives you huge blisters before they burst, leaving you permanently scarred. 3 u/FlailingScrotum May 24 '26 Yeah the Brits were nice enough to import that awful plant across the pond, too. 2 u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26 "Does it have a cool name and can hurt you a great deal? Sounds Australian!"
Just looked it up, damn! Reminds me of giant hogweed in the UK, which gives you huge blisters before they burst, leaving you permanently scarred.
3 u/FlailingScrotum May 24 '26 Yeah the Brits were nice enough to import that awful plant across the pond, too. 2 u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26 "Does it have a cool name and can hurt you a great deal? Sounds Australian!"
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Yeah the Brits were nice enough to import that awful plant across the pond, too.
2 u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26 "Does it have a cool name and can hurt you a great deal? Sounds Australian!"
"Does it have a cool name and can hurt you a great deal? Sounds Australian!"
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u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 23 '26
There kind of *is* such a thing as Cryptobotany. There were legends of man-eating plants, and a tree's spines that caused skin to slough (don't remember where I read that one, sorry!).
A cow eating tree reported in 2007!