I Touched the Worlds Most Painful Plant - Gympie Gympie (The Suicide Plant)

[@TheBackyardScientist]

Have you ever been stung or burned from a plant before?

[@Livy_lives]

Many

[@S_B5]

no but i’ve been stung by a wasp

[@glaucomflecken]

Bee sting - the sole of my foot The sole became completely white and no sensation. Weirdly, I felt no pain.

[@virginialao5132]

Nope

[@zwlw]

got stung by a jelly fish and once I got stung by a wasp 11 times on the head

[@0079Matthew]

Plant: *Evolves neuro toxin needles to keep itself safe* Humans: "I like pain."

[@kachowgang808yt4]

@nieooj gotoy Why'd you copy and paste a comment bruh.

[@alexiacorbin3052]

plant: jeez all these animals wanna eat me... oh i know, i'll fudge with the pain receptors in living beings so they regret touching me humans: huh, that stings bro

[@dylancameron9424]

Same thing with hot spicy food That are made from plants

[@vixen878]

@@kachowgang808yt4 no one cares

[@kachowgang808yt4]

@@vixen878 bogos binted 👽

[@tuxedo-fish3148]

I love the basic human experience of "this hurts" leading to "cool, let me try!"

[@noahpearson2190]

That is not my basic human experience

[@RandomPerson-nh3ch]

They risked their life’s for the sake of KZbin content

[@TrackpadProductions]

"You've got to try this dude, it sucks!"

[@whisperis]

@@RandomPerson-nh3ch none of the plants they touched were lethal though, just painful

[@mayapapaya4952]

Yes

[@Nyrufa]

"Not only do these peptides activate pain receptors, but they prevent them from turning off, too." - Wow, didn't know plants understood the concept of spite!

[@JayJay-ki4mi]

My thoughts exactly. How do plants even know how to do this?!

[@NeoTechni]

@@JayJay-ki4mi witch's curse

[@feedme7307]

@@JayJay-ki4mi The longer the effects, the less animals interacted, the more long term versions of the plant survived. Survival of the fittest. As they were evolving, versions that had the pain disappear more rapidly were trampled on, eaten, nested near, etc until they gradually died out.

[@freestylesganggangganggang6880]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Mars-mi2cz]

I read sprite

[@RodFearn]

Back in Queensland, I saw a kid in a lot of pain after he brushed against some gympie gympie. An executive type bloke came over and asked what happened and as soon as we told him he inexplicably rubbed his hands on the leaf! I've never seen anyone go down so fast. I imagine a similar scenario played out every weekend.

[@eroraf8637]

I’m sorry but “executive type bloke tries to prove he’s tough and instantly regrets it” is just the perfect mental image ROFL 🤣

[@QuinnKallisti]

based

[@sandspada]

​@@eroraf8637I'd like to imagine that he had a very important meeting he really didn't want to attend that day

[@wokeydokey6885]

I get stung by it occasionally and there's a lot of them where I'm from. It's not really painful and is no where close to the pain inflicted by a bee sting or a fire ant bite.

[@The_Blazement]

​@@wokeydokey6885 do you eat it for breakfast too?

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Zuko, remember that plant that I thought might be tea?" "You didn't..." "I did, *and it wasn't"*

[@sausagepeels428]

Oof

[@itsyaboiblackdragon4958]

Great episode lol

[@g.3521]

@@CreeseDF stfu

[@sus5976]

Shut up already

[@randomstranger7139]

BRUH

[@benjaminli188]

The madlad actually did it. I appreciate that the title wasn't clickbait.

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

They never fell in stinging nettles. UK has them

[@androiduberalles]

The fact that he could feel it for 2 months. That's commitment.

[@Koyomix86]

@@girlsdrinkfeck nettles aren’t that bad, they hurt but it’s probably like a 2-3

[@supervegito2277]

@@girlsdrinkfeck Denmark too Someone did essentially call "The Gympie Gympie" Nettles on Steroids.

[@anklagger1597]

i live in australia... this plant.. its everywhere. its not. that. bad.

[@Mr.Spongecake]

"[Something called "the Suicide Plant"] is native to Australia..." Sounds about right.

[@jeanmoore765]

YES

[@TheRisskee]

Everything in Australia wants to kill you. Fact.

[@lukadaman5077]

Can relate I’m an aussie

[@GazelleFangs]

he looks like the word greg

[@dar2934]

@@TheRisskee clearly you’ve never seen a quokka only thing that’s not tryna kill u there

[@heatherb650]

Im Australian and my husband got stung by one of these on his leg Gympie gympies. He went to the ER when he first did it to get something for the pain but there’s not much you can do for it. 7 months later, he still has excruciating pain, especially when cold air or water hits his legs. The pain can last years. You got lucky.

[@TBButtSmoothy]

has to do with what the needles are made from. its mineral so the body wont absorb it, but wont treat it as foreign for some reason?

[@Kloppin4H0rses]

Heres what you did. "I rwead on Gwoogle that this pwant can cause pain for sweven (its usually labelled as nine so you were lazy in searching), so I mwade up a stwory for internet likes 🍼👶"

[@romeisburning6739]

It's been 6 months since this comment. How is he now?

[@Verysx]

Why do Australians have the most horrible things

[@brandons4240]

I've read about cases where the pain is terrible for months even sometimes years. These guys either faked this or got incredibly lucky

[@SeanHodgins]

Note to self: Don't walk barefoot in your driveway.

[@halfaspolish]

*its a bad idea*

[@rommosher]

You ain't never been to Flordia then if you don't want to walk barefoot

[@kfdjhnhurjnnbjhu3ip410]

oMg veRIFy?? must LiKe!!

[@Lilshroooomy]

@@rommosher He probably meant that as in the plants needles are now just littered over his driveway, that would hurt

[@someguyfromarcticfreezer6854]

It's my right to walk without communist socks, it is on 1st amendments, no one will take my freedom of walk.

[@cshaw964]

“What do the berries taste like?” “Pain”

[@Femaiden]

missed opportunity to say "they taste like burning". . .

[@Mggggssss]

@@Femaiden this

[@shore_]

Here ya go: 3:30

[@c1h2r3i4s56987]

@@Femaiden I like what he said in the video better it was funny one word line

[@Max-dd4ow]

Agony even

[@owennagy-deak5956]

“What do you think it tastes like?” “PAIN” I laughed so hard

[@elzibiel]

"I eated the purple berries!... they taste like burning!" thank you, Ralph Wiggum.

[@wildmanwyatt2124]

“Don’t worry little buddy” *casually touches plant*

[@lenatunji]

“What happens when you grow up and lose all your leaves” *dark music starts playing*

[@imtoot0xic]

P

[@synonymdave]

I also casually touch plant.

[@panda_does_vlogs]

He doesn't touch it

[@Huggbees]

I used to think you were tough. But losing a fight to a plant? Come on man.

[@kayagorzan]

Seriously, they can’t even walk

[@BetalerIkkeSkatt]

They fought back with flames

[@uhwhat4400]

Am I rinsing machine or a filling machine?

[@u2oti]

How its grown

[@JaceFaller]

I know its a joke, still why dont you touch it

[@zukiix_]

"Hey, that looks like a nice plant" **touches plant** "ᵒᵘᶜʰ"

[@wasifiqbal9984]

Ball kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYvJip6nZbKisJY

[@Red-Brick-Dream]

it do be like that

[@theroleplaykidalyssa7384]

Ball :)

[@Dino-pb1ow]

life

[@anthonymort5202]

You hurt too rose Ms I have thorns

[@Shreeechan]

At the beginning I was so nervous at how casual he was around it thinking he would just touch it on accident while moving his hands and talking

[@sir.axolotl2665]

same.

[@samuelkundael3503]

Well, I learnt my lesson working on some old woman's flower garden, she kept that thing in a small pot and whilst I was removing weeds near it, my hand and part of my arm took a good generous brash. Lets just say, I had to pause for sometime. Pain wise, my whole arm went numb and I thought I was going into shock and I was panicking because I did not know what I touched. Fortunately, I knew that unless sap had dropped from above me, then it had to be pins the plant below. I quickly rinsed my arm gently with soap and salted water to remove possible toxins on the arm and used light yellow light to check if I was pricked by something. It was easy to spot the problem on the boils. My advice would be removing the pins as quick as possible, that's offers best relief than anything else but the pain tho. hmm

[@tommysalami420]

dude at the end I was so worried bro had t-shirts and shorts on and were chopping it with a machete what if one of the leaves or needles flew off and hit one of em.

[@RobinTheBot]

​@@samuelkundael3503 how do you remove the pins?

[@zackswitch9656]

Also at the end when they destroyed the plant, could have breath something in or flicked it onto themselves.

[@TheBeastlyFollower]

*puts itching buring welts in chemical laced pool water* "I think that made it worse!" Truly a scientist.

[@raven4k998]

I would love to put a leaf from that thing in your bed to give you a goodnight surprise muhahahahahahaha

[@donkey6906]

@@raven4k998 id accept it that way i can get into a chlorine pool after

[@resphantom]

@@raven4k998 Imagine someone accidently put it in a meal and ate it...

[@annaa1773]

@@resphantom cooking probably deactivates the sting

[@Blackdragon99omfg]

@@resphantom It grows fruit. It is actually eaten. However, the sting actually is made worse by water too.

[@lysander9957]

Apparently the collector didn't tell you not to set it on fire. Those needles don't burn easily, and can actually go airborne. You were very lucky not to breathe any in.

[@plumkiinanimations8434]

Damn that would be PAINFUL

[@christians4599]

Sounds fun☺️

[@zentryn7400]

@@christians4599 not the time with kinks lmfao

[@raven5048]

He would have got karma

[@christians4599]

@@zentryn7400 ok

[@weaponizer4444]

My younger brother when he was four or five years old fell with his bike in ditch filled with nettle. It was terrible, he was red and in pain.

[@ItHamBoi]

*ouch*

[@ImeanFFS]

I did that aged 30. Stung about 50% of my body and didn't sleep for days! Lol

[@rosaviolet428]

In my country i never met someone who hasn't at least once 😂 totally awful experience

[@angwydud]

not relevant: i heard that nettle helps with circulation and also saw ppl like hitting their backs and legs with that plant not sure if thats true tho also not relevant: i like nettle pie

[@jeremyklein953]

Ya nettle can help circulation. I used to play in it lol me and my friend world see who could take more XD kinda silly now that I think about it. We had a joke for people who don't know about it and told them native Americans used to use the plant to tell who would be a good Leader if they were picked by the plant. Everyone thought they were special because they got stung :D

[@ambermay7032]

We went on a school trip to an area that had these. the guide showed us them and told us to stay away. Several kids thought it was a joke and had to have an ambulance called it was so bad. Also were it grows can have an impact on how bad it is. Growing it in a pot away from it's natural habitat probably made it a bit more tame than it is normally.

[@sararadley5702]

They had it coming,

[@Fightanddie]

You will be intrigued by the wilderness if your parents never take you on hikes

[@halomika4973]

​@@FightanddieHiking gang, assemble!

[@wokeydokey6885]

It's not as painful as a bee sting or a fire ant bite. I've been stung by it atleast 50 times throughout my life and the pain is easily manageable. My bike shed had them and i used to bump into them occasionally. Just leave it alone and it will go away in an hour. I never even cared enough to remove that plant either since it never bothered me much.

[@crazydrummer181]

@@wokeydokey6885which of the three plants are you talking about?

[@chaken6187]

"I felt really painful after touch that plant" "So what did you do after that?" "I punched it"

[@808scripty]

@HASAAN GROSS helling

[@Handlesbedumb]

One of my friends did this with barb wire

[@jasontra6988]

@@Handlesbedumb lol what

[@Vampwatch1462]

Be careful when you hit the plant, the needles can detach and suspend themselves in the air because they are so light. You can get them in your lungs that way and it would be terrible.

[@thecastlemouse]

Well that's terrifying

[@Vampwatch1462]

@@thecastlemouse indeed.

[@Tyrain3]

Well, you dont have any pain receptors in your lungs at least

[@jonathanodude6660]

@@Tyrain3 its literally made of glass

[@Tyrain3]

@@jonathanodude6660 Still wont feel any pain tho :D May be very bad in regards to lung cancer however, similiar to aspestos but Im no expert on that field

[@ringdog1378]

“What does it taste like?” “Pain”

[@Aaron48219]

It tastes like purple

[@inkytanku8935]

@@Aaron48219 nah more liek jepawk@pa ya know?

[@Jmax4383]

XD

[@gabornemeth7174]

@@Aaron48219 Wait, what color is "Pain"? Is it purple?

[@Aaron48219]

@@gabornemeth7174 According to Ralph Wiggum on The Simpsons, purple tastes like burning, burning = pain = purple

[@liamwatson5488]

Im from Queensland, Australia and i lived in Gympie which is the town literally named after this plant, i got stung once trecking in the bush.. it must have been a big leaf and pretty bad because it was like being punched in the face, i fell down disorientated and later it became excrusiating for a few days.. it got kinda better after time, hot or cold water set it off again for like 2 years.. i got a coin sized numb spot on my arm that lasted almost 10 years and can still feel something wrong with my arm to this day.. super nasty and you would probly die from shock if you got too much

[@ButterBeanfromheaven]

Can it be treated completely?

[@tonychen3368]

​@@ButterBeanfromheavenFrom what Coyote has said, do not try to put water, duct tape comes first, if nothing is working, try the native strategy, if that doesn't work, seek medical attention.

[@TeaCup1940]

@@tonychen3368What is the native strategy?

[@wokeydokey6885]

​@@TeaCup1940Nothing much, just get tougher. I'm not from AU but there's a lot where I'm from and I've been stung more than 50 times throughout my life. It doesn't even bother me (or anyone in my place), we just leave it at that and move on with our life. Kids here play by sticking it onto each others (including me when I was a kid) and even though it hurts, they all end up fine, they don't even cry. The irritation will go away within an hour (maybe because we're accustomed to it).

[@ChiknPog]

Don't come back to gympie, homeless people everywhere and you cannot walk through Mary Street without finding 10 needles

[@Enraged.]

“What do you think it tastes like?” *”P A I N”*

[@lordreega8994]

WITHOUT LOVE

[@bigman_industries]

@@lordreega8994 Pain, can’t get enough

[@NostalgiaMan]

I walked through a field of stinging nettles once. My crotch was on fire for 20 min.

[@themayo2713]

Why were you pantless

[@iz_bizz2010]

what

[@D144AU]

I’m sorry what…and how…

[@ryanmacleod2749]

Bro you are everywhere

[@madeleitnekorren1996]

If it ever happens again, put on some white vinegar. It actually helps against the itching and pain.

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

"Used leaf as toilet paper, shot himself" "I'm going to touch this plant!" All jokes aside this takes balls

[@The_Keeper]

Apparently, so did the plant...

[@explorare_infinitas]

It really does

[@christiemarie8748]

@@The_Keeper im upset for laughing

[@trashcontent4851]

Using this plant as toilet paper would probably make it so you feel like you're having constant explosive diarrhea

[@kairu_aname]

@@trashcontent4851 No, constant bullet ant pain directly on anus

[@jessicah3450]

My mom had this horrible cactus in the kitchen window that would sense your body heat, and "throw" its hairlike spines at you. It was also super itchy. This plant was also by the toaster, so sometimes it'd shoot you when you were grabbing your toast. I have no idea why she kept that thing.

[@Le_8x]

What species? That’s pretty cool

[@TheStructuredChaos]

This happened to me toooo!! My mom kept hers on the patio, so I would never go out

[@Influfferious]

Thats like having an angry cat

[@Neptunequeen42]

My beloved pet cactus that hates me so much and shoots me with projectile attack

[@anonuser1279]

Thats terrifying and hilarious lol.

[@russellcronin4085]

As someone from the town of Gympie, named after the gympie gympie plant, I found this quite entertaining. Gladly, I've never had a significant encounter with one, but we were always on the lookout when bushwhacking through the forest. I did test out a different species of stinging tree on the back of my hand one time, and found that the pain in my lymph glands quickly matched the localised pain on the skin. And for a month or two after, every time I reached into a vending machine, it would disturb the spot on the back of my hand again, and give me another little dose of the pain.

[@notasnowflake6043]

Back in the 60s, a man touched the gympie and allegedly felt the full extent of the pain for 2 years. That’s sounds like nasty stuff. Australia is a beautiful place but there are some nasty things to look out for.

[@CT5555_]

Next episode: "I'm the backyard scientist and I'm about to enter the sting zone."

[@Carlo99yehey]

lmao

[@TheSpecificOcean.]

@@DyslexicMitochondria now thats a video i would watch

[@GrowingDownUnder]

he should try the lagunaria patersonii cow itch aka itchy bomb tree because when you get those fibreglass like hairs in your skin it's the most itchy thing in the world and you cannot get the hairs out lol

[@gwyneddboom2579]

“I’m going into the Chernobyl reactor!”

[@charis.s]

Haha Coyote Vibes

[@guyblack9729]

this is the perfect mix of jackass and mythbusters that I never knew I needed in my life

[@HawtDawg420]

hell yeah lmao

[@aightchou]

i live for this comparison lol

[@mpsSalvadorian]

@@aightchou I found my people

[@casb2480]

Will's definitely the Bam Margera of this show

[@bsferguson1]

Perfect

[@michaelmoore1403]

Yes, I have brushed up against Gympie Gympie of Queensland Stinging Tree, it hurts for days, then is itchy for a week or so. Not as bad as some people make out but not pleasant. We have lots of them growing in the bushland near where I live.

[@detachsoup6061]

I think the important part is how much you touch. Small prick on the arm, sure thats not to bad. If its your entire back or more then its a whole diffrent problem.

[@DimkaTsv]

There was experiment in Russia to use hogweed as cow food. Well, it didn't go well. Milk becomes sour when cows eat this plant. And now we have hogweed as one of the most cancerous weed in some regions. It grows fast and becomes HUGE. And it is REALLY hard to deal with it without using radical measures like glyphosate. It is not a type of weed that grows on fields. But ones that grows along roads, villages and at forest clearings. When dealing with it you MUST wear full clothes, preferably ones that won't soak at all. Even under sun. Because if any amount of this plant juice touches your skin, you become "light allergic". Basically this juice is quite harmless as long as it doesn't see UV light (sunlight). But it is really hard to remove, and as soon as light falls on this place, it will turn into acid leaving rash, blisters and days of pain.

[@wewilldiehere]

@@detachsoup6061 not to mention if that broad leaf looked good as toilet paper

[@RIPMOON2004]

Different ppl different reactions

[@powmod]

You hurt for days from brushing on them. The stories of people using them as toilet paper or having the needles go so deep that is impossible to remove them or for them to get out naturally are one of the most terrifying things.

[@gasteria]

plants: millions of years of evolution for protection and defense humans: ooooh it hurty hurt plants: am i a joke

[@Matt..S]

*that resulted in protection and defense. Evolution isn't something an organism does on purpose. That would be along the lines of Lamarckism/Lysenkoism.

[@danieltrujillo2726]

yes, yes you are

[@P4PmmaFan]

I know this is a joke but just saying, I'm pretty sure it would deter most people or animals from eating it

[@P4PmmaFan]

@@creepersans9257 Yea but unless you're trying to get hurt most people wouldn't purposely touch it. Also evolution isn't worried about being touched, it's about survival. It would deter most things from harming it. Same way a poison dart frog has its toxins

[@chipconnoisseur9789]

666th like.... you're welcome

[@GR-rx7zq]

"It's native to Australia" of course it is because if the animals don't cause enough excruciating pain then the plants will...thanks Australia.

[@pasta-and-heroin]

excuuuuuse me but you bloody seppo’s take the cake for NIGHTMARE PLANT of the century - impossible to find here in Australia. Salvia Divinorum anyone?

[@whereisawesomeness]

It’s true but the blue-ringed octopus is still super cute 🥰

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

If you think that's bad, Australia also gave us Ken Hamm and Rupert Murdoch.

[@barrysteakfriessimp_real]

you're welcome >:)

[@shadowcat2895]

You're welcome other country :)

[@TitusRedwind]

"Are the berries edible?" "NO" "What do you mean by no?"

[@Pixel3572]

I like his answer of “What would it taste like?” “Pain.”

[@staringgasmask]

@@Pixel3572 not to mention the needles are made of the same material kidney stones are made of

[@colintupper6410]

G’day I live in Gympie Australia. The berries are similar to a mulberry bush but acquiring them is perilous so most sane people don’t attempt it. Hope that answers questions.

[@maneatingcheeze]

@@colintupper6410 They were quoting the video in the section about the fishtail palm. Though the Gympie berry stuff does seem interesting. Maybe they should regrow it for the fruit!

[@Martin.Wilson]

While living in the bush in British Columbia, I learned the hard way about a plant known as Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus). Touching Devil’s Club with bare skin is ill-advised as I have personally learned. The spines detach from the plant with the greatest of ease, but are removed from skin with great difficulty. Deeply imbedded, they are nearly impossible to fully extract immediately. Instead they fester. Slowly they are pushed closer to the surface of your irritated skin where they are more easily removed, a process that can take days or weeks.

[@everythingtube172]

Explosives:need a license Self-replicating Pain Machine:allowed

[@amymoriyama6616]

Crush, toss at enemy, run.

[@UnicaLuce]

probably still classified as assault if thrown at someone and i bet you'd be charged a lot of money for the pain caused. -10/10 would not reccomend

[@amymoriyama6616]

@@UnicaLuce Crush, mix with delicious smoothie, hand smoothie to enemy and pretend to want to be friends. Maybe take a fake sip. Then run?

[@garethreece]

@@amymoriyama6616 you are an evil genius 👍

[@parallaxdawn2546]

I can’t even bring banana tree seeds over a border

[@auracle6184]

"This plant is covered with tiny hairs that inject neurotoxin" >sends a cloud of vaporised plant into the air with an angle grinder wearing shorts and T-shirt and no airway protection

[@WallebyDamned]

Them stomping on it in shoes that I sure hope don't walk in their house or in their car that had me go eyiargh. Imagine walking barefoot and getting a gympie gympie limpie because you were getting revenge on a plant for a video.

[@monkeymaster8342]

you aren't using the arrows right

[@SegmentAxis]

@@monkeymaster8342 right? Couldn't take the comment seriously because of that

[@monkeymaster8342]

@@SegmentAxis go back to plebbit

[@itstk8828]

The hairs are on the bottom of the leaves, with the angle grinder they hit the stem, I would imagine it has no defense mechanism in the stem that will harm you if touched, most likely ONLY in the leaves

[@antoniomiranda2359]

It's like "Jackass" for scientifically inquisitive people.

[@SunRabbit]

My thoughts exactly.

[@insertedgynamehere]

The only difference between science and messing around, is proper documentation

[@Nuclear_L3g_360]

Nah, fam. It's Coyote Peterson.

[@stevski]

He even kinda looks like Tony Hawk if you squint

[@wasifiqbal9984]

Ball kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYvJip6nZbKisJY

[@Cheburashka_420]

I'd have to say, you guys and electroboom are definitely my favorites right now. Especially since you just brought plants into science, I love plants so much. Thank you.

[@fostercare3102]

This feels like something Coyote Peterson from Brave Wilderness would do lol

[@stanleykinzinger]

Probably too much for him

[@pumpkin8222]

They would sleep in it peacfully Edit: peacefully, not leacfully

[@antssr_9106]

"Today, we're going into the suicide zone... with the suicide plant!"

[@lynx_ice7352]

AHHHHHHRH AAAAAARH AH SHOOOT

[@foxx8414]

@@lynx_ice7352 you ok?

[@macke2879]

This is probably about a 10 on the pain scale, but since they only stung such a small area, they were completely fine, had they stung a larger area or even fallen into it, they would've most likely wanted to live up to its name.

[@shaggyspade2468]

Imagine if it got on a sensitive area, like that poor guy who used it as toilet paper...

[@murasakino101]

@@shaggyspade2468 Did he use it as toilet paper on accident or on purpose? No disrespect to him at all, just curious

[@JoelLopez-gq4uu]

@@murasakino101 accidentally, probably didn´t realize what plants he was using till it was too late

[@estrange8484]

I think it's also because it was a baby gympie gympie plant and not a large one

[@murasakino101]

@@JoelLopez-gq4uu that's really sad. I had no idea this plant existed until now myself 😭

[@Reverandfatdave]

I really dig the influence that William's had on the channel. I feel like he's really helped you express your fun side a lot more. Like way less stiff and you seem more relaxed.

[@TwitchyTopHat1]

Same! Great chemistry

[@juanbrits3002]

Now if William can also just start making more videos again then that would be great..

[@ikitclaw7146]

@@juanbrits3002 RIght? by the time a video comes out ive forgotten this channel exists.

[@Metalplains8000-d6n]

3:30 "What do you think it tastes like?" "Pain" - TheBackyardScientist 2021

[@mindrolling24]

My husband works in an Australian Botanic Garden and they had a Gympie Gympie in one of the glasshouses. Over the years he started to feel ill being around it, and then two other gardeners had anaphylactic reactions working near it. Turns out the ‘hairs’ shed, which made sense, and could enter the respiratory system. Husband called time on it and they torched it

[@the503creepout7]

i'm surprised they don't have a national program designed to remove the plant from areas frequented by humans. ...well who knows. Maybe they do. But considering how many things there are in Australia that will f*ck a human up... they've probably got there hands full.

[@mindrolling24]

@@the503creepout7 Down here we don’t kill indigenous plants. Even snakes are protected fauna.

[@ftrspaulie4476]

Oh god I couldn’t imagine the pain of inhaling this plant

[@HeartTheBacon]

from what i heard/read....not only do they shed but they stay "active" for years even if they are dried etc. like someone had them like pressed flowers and it still stung

[@the503creepout7]

@@HeartTheBacon i'm an american. So maybe that's why my first inclination upon hearing about the gympie gympie is to figure out how to weaponize it. i wonder if there'd be a way to make it into a mace spray. F*cking brutal.

[@xblackjackx13]

"the pain goes up to a 9 like a wasp sting" Coyote Peterson: Really?

[@MixedSnowFox]

Note: Coyote is holding a Bullet Ant while looking at Backyard Scientist

[@usonumabeach300]

Pain scales are relative. I've had 3 hornet stings in an inch sized area on my foot once. Would I rate it a 9? No. I've had my thigh, right below my hip, smashed by a large truck against a cement filled steel pole, had a hematoma the size of a grapefruit right where the thigh bends. That's MY 10. When I was a child a honey bee sting was my 10, which was then replaced when a nest of hornets got me for shaking their tree. I also ate a ghost pepper off a bush when I was 5. A wasp sting is about a 6 for me. I still don't like anything over a 2.

[@chriss.9398]

@@usonumabeach300 You know that is actually really true. I was in a near fatal car crash that broke a bunch of bones, shattered my pelvis and elbow and yet the worst pain I have ever experienced was an infected tooth. It was the most unbearable pain I have ever felt. Funny how the body reacts to pain.

[@usonumabeach300]

@@chriss.9398 Abscessed teeth are rough, bliding, thought breaking pain

[@averybyars5782]

I had an abscess and nerve die and that was the most excruciating thing I’ve ever experience

[@ossifyn3221]

You know it’s bad when Will acts and talks like a normal person

[@d6u4]

On a family trip about 6 years ago I managed to get Mango sap on the back of my hand during a hike. It caused my hand to blister pretty bad and I still have a scar.

[@rideon6140]

Mango sap is related to the poison ivy plant

[@planes3333]

From a mango tree like as in the juice I love to drink?

[@rideon6140]

@@planes3333 The bad stuff is only in the tree sap, and they all know to keep the fruit free of that sap, so I wouldnt worry about it.

[@planes3333]

@@rideon6140 Oh ok thanks so much for clarifying, you rock!

[@serena1906]

Wait I ate mango sap yesterday!!

[@ridleyroid9060]

"It is native to australia" To the surprise of absolutely no one.

[@A_Dimension_Hopper]

everything in Australia is huge, poisonous, homicidal, and/or sounds like satans indigestion

[@boooster101]

@@A_Dimension_Hopper that's how you breed a society that enjoy marmite

[@tourmalinecrack874]

@TwoCentsforCharon as an Australian, nobody eats Marmite it’s a disgrace

[@DaveWhoa]

@@boooster101 Aussies eat Vegemite, it's the Brits that eat Marmite

[@syralessthanthree]

@Roger Jamespaul ok boomer

[@procrastinator1727]

Interesting... as an Aussie who lived amongst these plants my whole life, and has had the misfortune to feel their wrath while hiking -- I've never before seen/heard them called "The Suicide Plant". We just call them "Stinging Trees".

[@almxnds]

The clear difference between Aussies and Americans.

[@kennedytheretard975]

@@almxnds Australians are just built differently

[@cloudbasedbear]

Different countries do have different names for different plants

[@procrastinator1727]

@@cloudbasedbear And that's fair enough for plants that are native to those different countries -- but it's certainly not native in the USA -- and in Australia it's certainly not commonly known as "The Suicide Plant"

[@cloudbasedbear]

@@procrastinator1727 true true, I don't disagree with you one bit

[@namescight]

this is everyday stuff for him at this point

[@TheBackyardScientist]

pls no

[@saggingzebra2578]

@@GrandpaStories826 no

[@GrandpaStories826]

@@saggingzebra2578 k

[@namescight]

@TheBackyardScientist gotta do it for the content

[@chrissponge695]

𝖄𝖊𝖆

[@SupremeSkeptic]

You washed the Fish tail fruit "needles" in a swimming pool... Great way to transfer the pain from your hands to your eyes... And using a hand grinder to turn the gympie gympie into vapors, wow... that's next level... Coyote Peterson

[@gaetanramos7903]

Plant : *evolves a way to defend against virtually everything* Mankind : *domesticates fire* Plant : gg wp

[@MrOarson]

Poison Ivy: Congratulations, Humans, you just aerosolized my poison! Muahahahahahahaha...

[@theslamjamfrincisco2820]

@@MrOarson well it’s useless if the plant is dead since it doesn’t prevent

[@garrett1847]

@@theslamjamfrincisco2820 The poison ivy will return from seeds or come in from a nearby area again. Burning Poison ivy causes swelling inside of the throat, quite deadly.

[@haydenjardine9178]

It grows as a result of an open canopy in the wet tropics. Gympie Gympie protects the next generation of trees from being eaten.

[@gaetanramos7903]

@@haydenjardine9178 interesting

[@nanolog522]

"I am William Osman, and this is the worlds most dangerous salad". I am dead.

[@noodlesubs]

That is some clever word play my dude

[@JamesAC17GA]

xDDDDDD

[@sakucelty]

“What do they taste like?” “…pain?”

[@pvin2xx168]

@Aidan Heckathorn brutal😂

[@steveroodenrys-brown9768]

I recently went camping at Gympie in Qld and was looking into the history and the name of the town is based of the local indigenous name for this plant, the stinging tree. Soooo glad that i never accidentally brushed against it in the wild after learning more about it!!!

[@punditforka4960]

Ahh yes the Florida man in his natural habitat

[@Scp.3832]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jawsiedo3921]

Agreed

[@wilhelmsilversmith4339]

Meanwhile Gray...

[@Antares-rt5ub]

What is it with people being obsessed with this whole “Florida man” thing. Like you know there are regular people in Florida too like you and me.

[@zaid1169]

@@Antares-rt5ub Its just a joke fam dont take it too seriously just keep calm and chill

[@robinfrederikkool]

This video is basically: Floridaman hurts himself with plants.

[@sandwiched]

"Florida Man Behaves like Florida Man with Australian Wildlife"

[@mr.chicken8827]

Imagine being a florida man "can't be me" he he lol

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

This video is basically: FLORIDAMAN.

[@zfolwick]

I mean.... that's basically what a bat is.

[@sebtiancamps1438]

Flordia man hurts himself on part of Australia

[@travi5885]

I once punched a Gympie bush by accident when I was cleaning up the forest around my driveway. It literally felt like a live grenade went off in my hand. The pain lasted for hours and could feel it month afterwards. 0/10 would not recommend

[@figthedude4860]

welp i guess that one used keeps

[@astronemir]

Reason #481 to not move to Australia

[@charg1nmalaz0r51]

@@astronemir only 481?

[@josephricheson]

The ending made me actually LOL. But now that area you were beating that plant is completely contaminated.

[@justintyler4814]

2 dudes casually poisoning themselves while one dude runs on crutches. I live for this.

[@wayfa13]

Peter Sripol it was, and rather amusing indeed

[@justintyler4814]

@@wayfa13 lol oh I know who he is lmao I fuccin love Peter.

[@MadScientist267]

This would be why I have no faith in humanity anymore

[@justintyler4814]

@@MadScientist267 this is science. How else would we have milked a cow or smoked a bowl or drank water. A couple dudes have been poisoning themselves for the future since the beginning of time.

[@MadScientist267]

@@justintyler4814 That's not where my issue is lol

[@Wabi-sabi8551]

When I was about 9, my friend and I had a battle [swords] with two massive elephant ear stems with the big leaves attached. We used them to whip the ever loving crap out of one another for no less than 15 minutes. Unfortunately, we weren't wearing shirts and the sap got all over our torsos, arms and faces. After 15 to 20 minutes of fighting we started to notice a stinging sensation similar to getting it good from a big bloom of jellyfish larvae [sea lice]. About 10 minutes after that the pain suddenly intensified into an unbearable, searing, and sizzling hell. What ensued was roughly 3 hours of pure agony that I've never forgotten. My friend and I were in tears... screaming, and writhing in pain as my mother frantically put us in the shower and helped us clean ourselves with oatmeal soap [which helped but only a little bit]. We received hellacious chemical burns from the toxic sap, lol. It was horrifying. It was like being covered in a billion stinging velvet ants {aka cow killers as we call the} whilst a million tattoo guns with their needles glowing red hot and electrified drill far too deep into your skin... relentlessly. I'm no stranger to pain. I've experienced a compound fracture of my Radius & Ulna, I nearly bit my tongue clean off to the point it was attached by less than a half inch of tissue, I've had spinal fractures and herniated discs, I've been bitten and stung by various nightmarish creatures including a horrid sting from a Portuguese man o' war... and much more etcetera ad nauseam. Decades later the toxic sap experience remains etched into my mind. It was uniquely excruciating and legitimately traumatizing. It taught me to have a much healthier respect for plants and nature in general. Disrespect nature {even a benign looking plant} and it may be at your own peril.

[@sashabourne6390]

That must be awful. The only thing I have experienced is fracturing my radius and ulna too, but that must be nothing compared to what you went through

[@kikinoel5762]

Wow! What do you do to get so many injuries 😧

[@daddycomxxx6458]

that’s pretty cool but i don’t remember asking 🤨

[@gray7112]

Been there done that as well and god I still have ptsd from it. That’s something I wouldn’t wish on anyone.

[@boringveil4783]

All I want to know is why did a Portuguese bit you

[@ayanami808]

That was the calmest “10” on the pain scale.

[@raven4k998]

hes lying it was a 1 a 10 would have him crying like a little girl

[@dogboy0912]

I would rank 10 as something that results in loss of motor skills and coherent communication. Like getting stabbed through the kidneys.

[@tonyravioli1982]

Well pain is reletive if 10 is the worst pain he has felt, then he hasnt really done much

[@Inertia888]

@@raven4k998 fading in and out of consciousness, to endure pain so great you pass out again.

[@hamburgerhamburgerv2]

@@tonyravioli1982 maybe he just tough

[@hbauer92]

The homage to office space at the end was nice 😂

[@zozzinator]

This truly answers my questions of how touching grass feels for discord mods

[@lukelinville7782]

Don't forget reddit mods!

[@Jenskieez]

and twitter users

[@PanzerkampfwagenausfTschechosl]

And genshin impact players

[@TheMrsYWilson]

@@PanzerkampfwagenausfTschechosl and people that insult games just because they dislike one person

[@PanzerkampfwagenausfTschechosl]

@@TheMrsYWilson ok genshin impact player

[@janesskkkak3950]

“What do they taste like?” “Pain???”

[@Lexinathan]

I think it’s more of a hurt with a side of ow.

[@Appl3forPFP]

@@destroyerj23singing17 🤤

[@disturbedpyro4511]

reminded me of when Ralphie from Simpsons ate those berries! "It tastes like burning!"

[@madkirk7431]

"what do they taste like?" "Pain."

[@madkirk7431]

@@destroyerj23singing17 the death part makes me want to eat the entire plant

[@dexis9412]

Fun fact, the poison from the Gympie Gympie has through convergent evolution become structurally similar to the proteins in spider venom :)

[@xw591]

Thats a cool fact thank you Fact Man :)

[@dreaming4ffr]

@@dahweebzy1227 yeah the world is a simulation, nothing is real

[@itmepro2389]

@@dahweebzy1227 oh boy here we go The cultists are at it again

[@_laserpants_2203]

@@dahweebzy1227 quite incorrect

[@ehoc5248]

@@dahweebzy1227 lol look whos talkin bout fairy tales

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

This, the manchineel and the giant hogweed all prove that if Poison Ivy stopped jobbing it with vines and actually got halfway serious, Gotham would be in some SERIOUS trouble.

[@nunurbusinez8644]

“I’m William Osman and this is the world’s most dangerous salad” could have indeed been a true Jackass-esque moment. Johnny Knoxville’s got nothing on you, William. Lmfao 😘

[@PapaMeat-sj3ri]

tf

[@thebanditisreal]

Jackass 4: Write that down! Write that down!

[@420anonymous]

I trust him with a laser table or a battle bot. But not a salad.

[@MrPruske]

Please don't give steve-o any ideas

[@Usernoobmaster]

@@MrPruske wha!!

[@koflynn2159]

I live in Australia, and I see them a lot where I hike. My father had a story when he was out doing some multi-day trek with his friends they decided to take of their shoes and walk in the creek-bed because it felt nice. Little did they know, when a Gympie-Gympie decomposes, the little needles do not. So they just walk on a carpet full of them barefoot. In the middle of no-where.

[@r3zaful]

That sounds hurt

[@yourmomisnigga2351]

🥺

[@jads_so_enigmatic7941]

NOOOOOOOOO NOT THE FEEET!!!

[@TheBitcoinBattery]

What happened?

[@koflynn2159]

@@TheBitcoinBattery They were fine, that's how most encounters with Australian flora/fauna tend to go.

[@TheVexCortex]

Plankton: "What are they made of? Spongebob: "Hatred!"

[@-cartythecart-4627]

No, what are the ingredients, what are the stinking ingredients?

[@hugono3938]

nugga mie

[@tonychen3368]

Coyote man, you were already up to the task, and your arm is already gonna be swollen bad thanks to that Sneak Peek of what's about to happen, man the aftermath just looks brutal.

[@NaClO]

"what do you think it tastes like" "uh PAIN"

[@magi1134]

The taste of spicy isn't taste, its pain.

[@evasiveplant7599]

He's holding that death berry waaay to close to his eye.

[@edia6855]

341 likes, no replies. wth

[@cmoore9664]

@@edia6855 423 likes, 1 comment. Wth

[@jeffreyflores3094]

@@cmoore9664 463 likes, two comments, wth

[@ricoxkenshin1996]

@@jeffreyflores3094 475 likes, 3 comments, wth

[@rosenekodoll536]

481 likes 4 comments wtf

[@Meatle.]

Gympie gympie: horses literally throw themselves off cliffs when they touch me and man fears me. Backyard scientist: Ouch.

[@drunkenskunkproductionsdsp8094]

Backyard scientist is beyond the power of horse and man.

[@aliehs.l]

@@drunkenskunkproductionsdsp8094 wayy beyond

[@flanny701]

i mean the reason you cant compare the 2 too much since backyard scientist brushed a very specific and controlled area where as the horse and other incidences would've been not nearly as tame and controlled ie instead of a small patch of skin it'd be more akin to a whole arm or in the case of a horse they'd get it along their legs and along their underside. how hard they brushed the plant against themselves compared to say a horse riding through the plant or a person walk through a forest plays a factor into how much the needles of the plant will impale you too i imagine

[@vladimirrodionov5391]

Fun fact: Hide the Pain Harold was stung by the plant in primary school. For many the pain never goes away.

[@adamwestwood213]

“What do they taste like?” *Famous last words*

[@tavishf.degroot8181]

Y E S

[@HighlanderNorth1]

☑️ These remind me of stinging nettles, which also have tiny hairs that inject formic acid and other chemicals that cause itching and burning and bumps. People avoid them like the plague. BUT, they also EAT stinging nettle soup! You have to fully cook them first, which destroys the stinging hairs and the chemicals. Look up stinging nettle soup....

[@tonyalvarez8977]

Pain

[@TheFagerlund]

@@HighlanderNorth1 if I'm not stupidly making false claims here i think recognise that plant its abundant here in Sweden (and i assume other places are full of the nettles too) its not dangerous or anything you just regret that you ran through the woods without thinking of what you where doing and it itches for a few hours or so. The itching rarely lasts a day or 2 but its not gonna get worse after that and making soup out of them are not weird at all its just common knowledge that gets shared around from stranger to stranger and "avoiding them like the plague" is a far cry from reality and in my opinion *(Echium vulgare)* or more commonly referred to as *"Blueweed"* (i will just call it *Blåeld*) is much more painful then the nettles just a slight feel from it and you start grasping your arm or wherever the plant touched you and you will soon refuse to move because of the itching pain /Edit feel free to correct me if I'm wrong

[@HighlanderNorth1]

@@TheFagerlund Yeah, I may have exaggerated the significance of the effects of stinging nettles when I said that "people avoid them like the plague". Thats a well known cliche in America. I wasn't comparing nettles to plague, I was just pointing out that people who know how to identify nettles, will avoid walking through them. Here's what an extreme case looks like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5-ldoyjl8-Xn8U They have different degrees of effects on different people. The first time I experienced nettles, was when I rode a mountain bike through a patch of them in the middle of a trail that wasn't well used at that time. I felt the stings immediately, then burning, then raised bumps formed, then itchiness. It lasted maybe an hour or so, gradually decreasing in severity. But every time I've been stung by them since, the effect has been much less significant. I barely get the bumps anymore, and the pain and itching are greatly reduced.

[@stuckylar]

A brave man once said, “Be brave, stay wild; we’ll see you on the next adventure”

[@unlokia]

Yeah but that's NOT Kevin and Co, and Coyote actually knows what he's doing. 🤦🤦🤦🤦 A bloke who makes thermite in "safety sandals" isn't one whose credibility is up to much. 🔥

[@cottoncherry2177]

@@AdanSolas At least it's real.

[@rickmortyson4861]

@@AdanSolas coyote is way more into nature than any scientist.

[@Dankseashell]

@@rickmortyson4861 fax

[@Its.Solitare]

Lmaoo

[@THESLlCK]

"the stinging persisted for two years and recurred with cold showers" holy toledo...

[@hectichive889]

@john doe Yup, you are right. Still a long time but not quite 2 years haha

[@Krix08]

@john doe i think this comment is referencing 07:10

[@epicyrein7958]

@john doe nope just checked. It definitely says 2 years. That’s crazy

[@levsco_]

You'd think he would've tried taking warmer showers

[@DavidTokugi44]

@@levsco_ water would still cause the pain to shoot up regardless of temperature

[@TheCatBilbo]

Great White Shark: I'm a terrifying, top tier predator Australian plants: hold our beer!

[@Vodaii]

Imagine being a first human to walk on this plant, thinking you are going to die then suddenly it stops.

[@ryanbell3945]

Where's your profile pic from?

[@mio7452]

Worrying that you are going to die and then worrying that you arent going to die

[@fizzysh4rk]

@@mio7452 yeah dude for real

[@MrGamelover23]

It's not sudden at all

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

Think that's where the name comes from? A guy walked on it with two bare feet and got _Gympie gympie_ . :)

[@manginplay]

"This releases a neurotoxin" Immediately slaps it on arm

[@sandwiched]

* _GLaDOS INTENSIFIES_ *

[@halfaspolish]

*slaps*

[@OperationDarkside]

I think people really like neurotoxins. Alcohol is also one

[@timothyhowell8899]

He acted like it was drugs

[@kikiwhatever4132]

The fact that they kept standing close to the gympie gympie plant, almost touching it with their arms several times, made me SO nervous.

[@vytae9]

Yeah lucky for him the plant is still young because it can get airborne

[@littlereaper8006]

@@vytae9 what

[@vytae9]

@@littlereaper8006 The tiny needles that cause the pain can just fly in the air when the plant is older

[@Tatusiek_1]

@@vytae9 nice

[@vytae9]

@@sgvincent100 It doesn't kill you though but it has the power to make you kill yourself most definitely

[@frodolives6021]

That office space reference was gold. Fun vid!

[@seriousleh]

"I've read multiple articles saying that water and change in temperature makes it worse" *"so let's try that instead"*

[@theavector6482]

As soon as I saw that the title said that it was called the “suicide plant” I immediately knew it was from Australia not even a second thought wasn’t even surprised

[@mr.eggdog707]

As soon as a saw suicide plant I bought one online for *AHEM* research purposes. *cough*

[@jer6162]

Check out the Alnwick garden in England. It's nothing but a poisonous garden. You can KZbin it up.

[@BakaTaco]

@@jer6162 That's probably the garden I just googled while finding information on my new favourite plant. The Manchineel.

[@PatRiot-]

If you want to hear the history of the gimpy-gimpy from a hilarious point of view This is the video for you 😂

[@PatRiot-]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5iQeH-tf514o80 Fact Fiend channel w/ Karl

[@daMilkMan204]

Until the “Toe Stub” plant is discovered, I think this will take the crown.

[@SHRIMPOTHEBESTSHRIMP]

It’s worse. The LegoStep plant. They put it in Legos to make stepping on them more painful.

[@eden.5659]

Something more worse is a l a n d m i n e plant

[@daMilkMan204]

L E G O L A N D M I N E T O E S T U B P L A N T

[@emperorkiron3470]

@@daMilkMan204 Satan himself fear the mechanical-biological monsters humans have created.

[@TheHerobrinePlays]

Any tree is a toe stub plant if you're bad enough at walking

[@The_Offroad_Tarik26]

Getting pricked by a cactus would hurt as much as falling into a cactus but fall into a Gympie Gympie tree and you’re going to have a lot of pain for a long time that’ll mess with you psychologically

[@imthatextrakid8292]

“...native to Australia” Why do we even live here? Everything here can kill us

[@semiautomatic.companion]

@Mr.Springtrap i believe that's what we would call "a joke", my friend.

[@jaxxyjaxx5919]

@@semiautomatic.companion you’re in the comment section of a science video. You’re bound to find smart asses

[@shannond1511]

Might as well.be on skull island

[@Keys-zq1gw]

We’re just renting space, once we’re all gone the natives can party and thrive.

[@plaguedoctor605]

Honestly they should just leave Australia to the damn animals! Like no people there, just full of animals that can kill you. We don't bother them, they don't bother us!!

[@LivingDeathGuy]

"it doesn't hurt it just itches a lot" me with chronic eczema: hmmm sounds delightful

[@sierrayocom3108]

I feel that

[@HotrodHud]

Same

[@micah2936]

Finally somebody who understands! Whenever people tell me not to scratch I feel like rubbing poison ivy on them and telling them not to scratch. I don’t think it would feel much different…

[@coralbytes]

Relatable

[@Steelersrg8]

I actually did a paper on Chronic Atopic Dermatitis there are certain creams that can alleviate your pain some can even be kinda like an antidote to poison in that it can stop the Atopic Dermatitis for a short period of time as far as I researched there is no permanent cure to it. There are plenty of research on it but nothing concrete that’s proven or approved by health organizations and all

[@nicozandhuis1865]

"that's a 10, that's a 10" Still holds the can to it I don't get engineers

[@Kalleosini]

he needed to make sure

[@julianiskool1255]

For science

[@Artesian_Turkey]

You've got to test the breaking limit somehow.

[@AAYLV]

It was not a 10. Otherwise he would have called the ambulance and perhabs startet panicing.

[@Kalleosini]

@@AAYLV I believe he said he would have done that, if he didn't already know it was safe before they did it.

[@rustyaxe7796]

Theoreticly , use gympy gympy for home defense over ledges as a more visually pleasing version of barb wire for residential areas

[@Furycrab]

This is what I imagine a backyard scientist meets jackass episode would look like. 10/10

[@conorstabler6093]

This is why Darwin awards exist

[@chasedavis2358]

More like a brave wilderness episode

[@pogo1027]

"I'm William Osman and this is the world's most dangerous salad"

[@odysseus7227]

Yes please

[@Tetrimis]

HI IM JOHHNY KNOXVILLE, AND WELCOME TO JACKASS!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Hell on Earth exists and it's called Australia

[@kamikazesenpai21]

True

[@keymash]

Its the hungrybox video guy

[@anmoldeepsingh7907]

Hey have giant spiders. Its enough to give them the title

[@macforme]

@@anmoldeepsingh7907 Spiders as big as a kitten!

[@anmoldeepsingh7907]

@@macforme have a nice day in that hell🙃

[@brosfromaustralia2509]

The Gympie Gympie actually makes horses throw themselves off cliffs because it hurts them so much

[@e889.]

🤣😅

[@billnye9349]

e889 why is that funny

[@ДжонГенри-м4у]

Reddit user I'm guessing

[@jgordan775]

@@brosfromaustralia2509 pretty sure they’re talking about e889

[@covidstinks2770]

@@e889. He is not joking around he is being serious about what he said

[@redragn72]

Ya'll should have come down and tried out some bull nettle. Fun stuff. Oh and it can even get you through your levis, yep it is that fun. Burns for a good bit. Note that these plants are less effective on red heads.

[@kalenipclaw5683]

so you're telling me i have some level of innate resistance to bull nettle?

[@asitallfallsdown5914]

@@kalenipclaw5683 Could relate to how anesthesia is less effective on us.

[@iloveplasticbottles]

Some plants choose to get you high as a defense, others choose war.

[@kamaxaxd]

@V .Kuijten it grew outside my grandparents house and damn that is a scary plant

[@bcubed72]

@V .Kuijten Leads the list in drugs people try exactly once.

[@airigone1257]

Nezuko, Nezuko, Nezuko, Nezuko-chan!

[@michellem1485]

It chose violence since its birth. Lol such an angry plant

[@imstupidbut]

@V .Kuijten stop spreading misinformation

[@eatsomebread3907]

“Aghhh, that’s a ten” *continues to press the can on his arm*

[@thefirstbushman]

continues to pour water as well lol

[@morganspencer-churchill2136]

Because it's a 3 not a 10.

[@drawapretzel6003]

yeah thats the thing, is its definitely not nearly as bad as theyre saying it is, but because its messing with pain receptors, its pretty solidly the max your brain can understand. The fact that nothing else is going wrong is what makes it bearable. i dont think either of these guys have ever felt a ten lol. Its just their personal worst.

[@MaakaSakuranbo]

@@drawapretzel6003 If it's "as much pain as the brain can understand" how could it be more? You're rating pain here, right?

[@drawapretzel6003]

@@MaakaSakuranbo this is topical pain, theyre only feeling it in the skin, not in bone or muscle. It can get *worse* because it could be assaulting the other bodily senses, whereas this is only a skin irritation. It can get more fucked up, but the specific area of skin cant feel more pain. It would have been interesting to see them poke it or pinch it or cut it to see if they could feel it. Thats if its actually locally threshold limited.

[@user-gg8nf4xo4m]

As an Australian it was super satisfying to watch you torture that Gympie.

[@mwmwnwmwwwmwmwmwmwnwwwmwmw1157]

How much did you pay to have that user name😶‍🌫️

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@@mwmwnwmwwwmwmwmwmwnwwwmwmw1157 5 Gympies

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[@dalekcat]

worst pain for me so far was a bumblebee sting. yup the super adorable hairy cute ones can sting and it's waaaay worse than fireants, jellowjacket wasps or bees. Absolutely miserable experience for a couple days

[@darksu6947]

You're cute as a button. Sorry about the cute evil bee stinging you, bad bee!

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I had a bubble rip a hole in my thin black leggings just to sting me. They're really dedicated, but the sting wasn't really all that bad pain wise. The itching and swelling was awful though.

[@dalekcat]

@@likebutton1015 maybe pain level depends on species, I got stung by a medium sized one. Unsure of species because I was too busy trying to swat it off my arm but definitely one of the bombus genus. 250+ known species of bumblebees around the world. I always get the creeps when I see short videos of someone petting one thinking they're harmless.

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What did you do to it 😭 surely it felt threatened or it wouldn’t sting bc they die if they do

[@dalekcat]

@@charliemayfilms1550 it got stuck in my hair. Oh and it didn't die! They have smooth stingers so they can sting multiple times and fly off uninjured