Ricin: The Perfect Poison

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Source/Further reading:
This Podcast Will Kill You, episode on Ricin: thispodcastwillkillyou.com/20...
History of Ricin, and the castor plant: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
CDC Overview: emergency.cdc.gov/agent/ricin...
Britannica overview: www.britannica.com/science/ri...
PopSci overview: www.popsci.com/science/articl...
Global Security, ricin as a bioweapon: www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/in...
Mortality rates of ricin types (pdf): dhhr.wv.gov/oeps/disease/AtoZ...
Border Cave ricin: www.archaeology.org/issues/61...
Markov assassination: edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu...
2003 Ricin letters: archives.fbi.gov/archives/new...
2004 Ricin powder on Capitol Hill: edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/03...
GQ, the crazy inside story on the 2013 Ricin Letters: www.gq.com/story/paul-kevin-c...
May 2013 ricin letters: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...

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[@anarchyantz1564]

Can you do more of these (or even a new channel on it?), such as Anthrax, History of Arsenic the "ladies poison" and others as its fascinating to learn about. I mean lets fact it Simon you are on so many watch lists just from Business Blaze so it's ok :)

[@justicegraceful2171]

When you say porcupine enema do you mean giving an enema to a porcupine? Or using a porcupine, As An Enema?!?!

[@anarchyantz1564]

@@justicegraceful2171 PAIGE NO! :)

[@tigercap100]

Yeah yeah...i saw Breaking Bad

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It’s an honor to be placed on a watch list with you all.

[@bott3849]

Next video he will explain the varies uses of dynamite..

[@bluebasementmusic]

Amen brother.

[@zamecksaryja]

Not enough details man, were safe. Just hope the dynamite video holds fruit 🤣🤣

[@JackScooter17]

*honour

[@TheAK0390]

See you guys at the arraignment 🤝

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

"that would be the ricin i gave you, i slipped it into that Stevia crap you're always putting in your tea, goodbye Lydia"

[@Vulfheim]

Jesse we gotta cook!

[@jezpin3638]

I understood that reference

[@jacksonlawrence8476]

Breaking bad season 5

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This video popped up after watching that scene just a few min ago

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@@NONAME-pz3gq 🎶Kept you waiting there too long my love🎶

[@Aebischer1984]

“ Good-Bye Lydia” 😎

[@davidwashington4282]

Lydia's symptoms were like a flu, not exactly what we learn here

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Him: "I'd really advise you against Googling" Me: welp he said the magic words 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Noah67382]

It was a mistake

[@NullSeries]

Bingers rise up.

[@littleblackcatcreations]

why did I do it its 11pm im going bed soon... defo using it as an art ref tho

[@spazzpeddlerclosing]

I MEAN WE COME TO A WHORE TO CUM ..OR AT LEAST GIVE US WHAT WE WANT. im not calling simon a whore though he is as we all are so i guess i am. ..anyway he knows how to give us what we want right..and he keeps us coming back with what HE has. WE'RE THE TRICKS THO SO...... just kidd....OH NEVERMIND

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@@NullSeriesI needed that sentence in my life, and I didn’t even know it

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Clicked this video hoping for Breaking Bad jokes. You guys did not disappoint.

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He even looks little bit like walter

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I don't trust little sachets of sweetener

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I too came here hoping for Breaking Bad commentary but so far im severely dissappinted

[@calamorta]

18:22 finally

[@Th3MemeMaster]

@@rahulverma8774 ikr

[@spacekettle2478]

"Why did you think it's ricin? That's kind of specific" "I dunno man, maybe I like, saw a Simon Whistler video on it or something" - Jesse Pinkman in 2021

[@nuckinfuts7610]

You forgot "b*tch" at the end there.

[@martinphilip8998]

Lydia, oh Lydia . . . Great scene.

[@nuckinfuts7610]

@@martinphilip8998 LOL that ringtone was iconic.

[@martinphilip8998]

@@nuckinfuts7610 The last episode was extremely satisfying. Walt went out with style. I should watch Saul. I’m 67 and haven’t smoked meth in 5 months. I’ll get there.

[@s3ct0rxf0ur9]

@@martinphilip8998 you want to watch the show after being sober from an addiction? surely that can’t be a good idea. obviously you know yourself more than me just kinda pointing out the risk there lol

[@YouveBeenMegged]

All things aside, are we just going to ignore the fact that he called death “the ultimate side effect”? 😂

[@JJ-vs2gi]

One of the side effects of my anti depressant meds is suicide or death.

[@kaarel545]

"3 milligrams, a mere tenth of a teaspoon" That is one tiny teaspoon 😂

[@m.hughmungus121]

"Ricin: The Perfect Poison" *You're god-damn right.*

[@dexxxxed4297]

Breaking Bad Bitch !

[@motorcityoctane6713]

Rice n Beans.....

[@Measureformeasure]

Yo biyaatch

[@eugenekrabs516]

Yeah science

[@gabrieldotterweich7388]

I hate chili powder

[@jamiemartin6603]

It’s so cool that Walter White himself is making a video about ricin

[@Galilupottepeak]

Lol

[@applememes5372]

more like walter blanco

[@BerriedDelightDeepWithin]

That’s what I was here for

[@fss1704]

It just surprized me that i had to scroll that far to get someone doing a bb reference

[@sonicman9910]

Breaking Bad fans when they see bald man with beard

[@jeremywang5754]

"About as fun as a porcupine enema" fantastic line, I shall be adding this to my daily vocabulary

[@user-hc9lp3hb1r]

Since Ricin is a protein it should be possible to make an antibody which binds to it and renders it non-toxic. Snake venoms are also proteins and their antidotes are also antibodies.

[@THE-X-Force]

Yet .. nope.

[@user-hc9lp3hb1r]

@@THE-X-Force You don't know sh*t based on your response. No one has done it yet because Ricin use is so rare.

[@user-hc9lp3hb1r]

@@THE-X-Force You...dope. A Ricin antidote would exist if Ricin poisoning was more common like snakebites.

[@BarryBruh]

Jesse we need to open up a bean farm

[@birbith]

😐

[@DHABHI]

😐

[@cuzzlightyear2062]

😐

[@pughug545]

😐

[@d1llon__461]

😐

[@gorilladisco9108]

".. buying four ton of castor beans is absolutely going to land you on an FBI watch list .." Castor oil factory owner : *sweat profusely

[@geesegoose6174]

Now I really wanna know the red tape they go through, if any, to mass produce castor plants like that

[@Outside85]

There is a man in black standing in every office that the employees have to pretend they cant see.

[@johnsalchichon777]

Or just,Buy some and Grow it

[@dajointcf4803]

as if just by watching this you are not going to get flagged..

[@marcusfranconium3392]

actualy you can buy these plants for decorating your house or as medical purposes . as ricine like the Taxus plant provide main ingredients for chemo .

[@miguelgo4039]

Looks like I'll need a coffee grinder.

[@radscorpion8]

Thank you biographics for this very useful knowledge :)

[@DRAGONFLAIR2008]

You need suppliy? (Chill fbi this is a joke)

[@PatrickStypinsky]

I’ve survied poisoning by castor beans my parents brought home from a vacation, my liver started to fail, vomit, white poop, fever.. doctors was sure I was going to die when they found the cause, whole family gathered to say goodbye - somehow I came through 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@oliveryt7168]

The white 💩 was a positive sign from heaven, lol.

[@altareggo]

GRATS!! Not everyone can cheat death like that. If you are a cat, however, you still have 8 more lives.

[@blockededited8280]

Damn

[@damo9413]

my family moved a lot when I was a kid. Somehow I always found them.

[@gaywizard2000]

@@oliveryt7168 it's usually white blood cells that have died fighting a virus, foreign body etc.

[@4Roman204]

"No, we won't get into more details than that" Me, a biologist: You've already said enough

[@GodsMistake]

Tell us how to make it.

[@dannyrocky8530]

@@GodsMistake it’s seriously very easy to get the ricin out of it… you just need to invest round about 100$ for the chemistry glassware, so you can begin. I also thought about extracting it at the school with my teacher and we had a whole plan how to do this. Edit: because some people are really stupid: no I didn’t planned to synthesize a biochemical poisonous Weapon like ricin… we build a plan with a teacher, with which we could theoretically do this. It was a scientific work about poisonous plants. It was rather a plan for didactic learning, because it’s part of normal chemistry education, how to separate molecules from each other in plants

[@dannyrocky8530]

@Joe Sure, Not it’s like: hey you have a Plan of how building a gun at home. Cool. This doesn’t means that you want to build a gun… theoretical Knowledge isn’t illegal

[@SpecialEDy]

@@dannyrocky8530 Building a gun at home is perfectly legal though, I just finished one two days ago...

[@andrewhackney6286]

@@SpecialEDy As an American who enjoys build firearms and loading my own ammo at home, our laws do not encompass the entire work. There are plenty of places where you are not allowed to manufacture weapons at home.

[@comradegarrett1202]

Jequirity aka rosary peas are a similar story - they contain abrin, a poison with similar chemical properties and just as deadly if not moreso. What's more is that accidental poisoning is common - like castor beans, dried rosary peas are often drilled and used as beads (hence the name) and they are so poisonous that inhaling the dust from this process can cause serious illness or death because it is really absorbed by the lungs

[@deadandburied7626]

Wikipedia says abrin is much deadlier than ricin.

[@oliverholm3973]

Awesome tutorial man, really appreciate it 👍

[@DocSunshine]

“This won’t be exhibit A in some federal case” “If you wanted to blanket a 100 km area...”

[@TheKing60210]

Before watching this video. What would happen if someone were to chew on Ricin. They look like Snails

[@wildatlanticwitch5942]

@carddamom tiocfaidh ár lá!

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Good to see metrics, not cave-man units.

[@awzthemusicalreviews]

@@TheKing60210 I imagine it'd be quicker, but I'm now morbidly interested myself

[@rdn6933]

@@TheKing60210 apparently only a 6% mortality rate from people chewing on Castor Beans

[@Gollentar]

I had a couple of geniuses in my class while I was in college. They were weighing castor beans in a biology class for an experiment on variation. The two of them decided to have a competition to see who could eat the most beans whole. The beans were also close to 20 years old, and had been stored alongside mercury. The two of them went up to the teacher at the end of the lesson to complain that they were feeling sick; after they admitted what they'd done, she had them rushed to hospital.

[@alrycam1726]

And then what did they die?

[@Gollentar]

@@alrycam1726 No, the teacher rushed them to hospital, which was thankfully less than a mile down the road from the college, to get their stomachs pumped. They didn't enjoy that much.

[@roni5326]

Bruh when was this

[@Gollentar]

@@roni5326 Back in... what, Y12 or 13? So american grade 11 and 12. Maybe 6-7 years ago.

[@watermelontheif3272]

Not so genius huh

[@brushstroke3733]

I see these plants growing wild all around the roadside, especially near freeway overpasses. Someone once told me they were poisonous, but I never knew the name of the plant. Thank you for finally revealing what plant they are! Now I know my go-to if I'm ever feeling like I'm tired of living. So glad to know I can make my own "medicine."

[@TechnoRaabe]

There are a some free apps that can identify plants by just taking a photo of them.

[@jetbllackwings]

share some with me too

[@brushstroke3733]

@@jetbllackwings 🤗

[@loudy12]

Wondering if they're the annoying spiky things that stick to your socks and jeans

[@antibull4869]

Permanent solution to temporary problems seems like a fantastic way to deal with issues (sarcasm).

[@phils4634]

Such quality infotainment, and yes, you don't need to be too capable to extract ricin from Castor Bean Mash. It is a protein (actually a glycoprotein) which immediately provides those with the knowledge (and not too expensive equipment) the ability to effectively purify this.

[@keepcalmyouexist358]

What an enterpreneur Simon is. One chanel is about killers, another gives you all the advice you need to become one.

[@Jay-qh6uv]

Pretty sure these aren’t his channels. He’s a talking head for hire basically. Other people write the content and he’s hired to present it. Iirc he was part of a political channel a lot of people hated and this fact was revealed. He didn’t write the content, he was just hired to speak it.

[@bighulkingwar_machine1123]

@@Jay-qh6uv SW doesn't write this content? and what is lirc?

[@James-mb3je]

@@bighulkingwar_machine1123 if I remember correctly

[@noormaneka7016]

@@James-mb3je I was wondering about that as well. Thanks man.

[@juch3]

the weird thing is that all these channels are presented as if they're Simon's own channel rather than owned by what is likely a company. E.g. if you go to the channels tab you'll see it says "Simon's other channels"

[@wrecked3m]

I once worked at a garden center where we had a couple huge castor bean plants in the raised beds out in front of the shop. One morning we came in and both 5’ tall castor bean plants had been dug up and taken. Needless to say, we reported that one to the police. They seemed to think it was unlikely someone took it to make poison, but idk.

[@OnceShy_TwiceBitten]

You would be surprised how often people steal plants. They are probably right. 100% suspect the person had no idea what you had.

[@wrecked3m]

@@OnceShy_TwiceBitten I used to work for my local county conservation board and holy cow. I’ve seen some serious money worth of dwarf conifers disappear overnight.

[@realyty4real]

Could be either option, could even be some1 who took it for what it is, some high effectiveness poison can go for some money on the streets

[@philip8498]

@@OnceShy_TwiceBitten yeah but that should still be somewhere on the top of the list to investigate. if someone stole a bunch of explosives, even if its just because the cases looked pretty, you should do anything you can to take that stuff back. why not do the same with a plant that produces deadly poisons on a regular basis?

[@mi-kwan_tait8031]

@@philip8498 yeah but, how do you control a plant? Let alone one that is sold in Walmarts and what not. It's just not feasible when you really give it some thought, whatre they gonna do? Go door to door until they find the plants?

[@somedriftguy3849]

Thanks for the life-saving information

[@X1M43]

Me, seeing this video: adds to "watch later" list FBI, seeing me do that: adds to "watch later" list

[@bsphillips1]

Excuse me. I believe you meant to say "FBI, seeing me do that: adds to ""watch NOW"" list...with the rest of us here. Welcome aboard, comrad.

[@riga5372]

That's great

[@davidheagney7262]

Jesse Pinkman thought Walt was going to poison Gus with Rice ‘n’ beans. Yo.

[@kitkatkruncher22]

Tuco

[@workinprogress5821]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏾👍🏾

[@C.H.V.]

breaking bad in the house yo

[@ahmadkoraitum2049]

SCIENCE BITCH!!

[@C.H.V.]

chevy caprice

[@moiraatkinson]

I just love listening to Simon - he’s got a great sense of humour, without coming across as disrespectful at all. BTW wasn’t there a Japanese subway attack that used ricin?

[@darrellcook8253]

Sarin.

[@tinkerlynch5276]

I've known about castor plants for rodent control since I was very young. My maternal Grandparents would plant them every so many feet in the rows of root/tuber vegetables to kill voles and moles because they would eat the roots of the castor plant on their way to the turnips, carrots, rutabagas, etc. The plants were kept pruned to encourage more root growth, and cut down on seed pods.

[@IrishMike22]

"No, I won't show you how to make ricin...." Well there goes today's upvote.

[@bronzeblade776]

FBI: Interesting maneuver

[@IrishMike22]

🤣

[@Frank074]

Smash that dislike button!

[@wastedtalent1625]

That's alright, I know of a deadly poison that is shockingly easy to get ahold of. It works on the brain, slowly eating away at the soft tissues until the victim becomes mentally retarded and eventually dies from a lethal overdose of hurt feelings. That's right, TikToc is that easy to get and is that dangerous, you've been warned

[@IrishMike22]

@@wastedtalent1625 🤣👍

[@anguskeenan4932]

Dear FBI agent: I am going to google chromatography after watching this, I promise I won’t kill anyone.

[@TerribleShmeltingAccident]

Yet.

[@AbruptandOffensive]

Why did I literally say this to my phone camera? 🤣

[@AdaptiveApeHybrid]

@@AbruptandOffensive just in case your NSA handler was watching. Very thoughtful of you.

[@playgirl7305]

No one, apart from your wife that discovered that secret 200 000 dollar life insurance policy you signed to cover her and your kids just in case you die, maybe from covid 19 or something.

[@YeeSoest]

Right? Exactly my thought process when Simon refused to train me as a bioterrorist ;)

[@josefmazzeo6628]

From watching the Netflix series Ozark I learned that apple seeds can be crushed and used to make poison for ingestion. I think peach pits can be used too. So many poisons around us!

[@nonadini490]

Used to play with this seeds when i was kid, keeping them as collection. Never knew it was poisonus. None even aware of that i guess, none ever told me to throw it away. People in the village use the leaf to prevent cold, steam the leaf and use it like a patch and put it on chest or tummy.

[@robkorczak]

Oh wow, wasn't expecting you to cover the assassination attempt on my dad Boris Korczak. If you want more details about that shooting just let me know and I'll tell you the hell that followed. He was shot with the pellet in Vienna Virginia at a Grocery store while I was next to him as we were picking out tangerines. What followed was pure hell that scarred me for life. Yes, Dad did survive but it was a harrowing and long recovery.

[@GamesNew2Me]

Wait, for real?

[@robkorczak]

@@GamesNew2Me @Games New 2 Me Unfortunately yes, 100% for real. I was 8 years old at the time, and I remember that day like it was yesterday. It wasn't unusual for Dad to be followed by the FBI so this trip to the grocery store was no different. A little beige car followed us and when we parked it disapeaed in the parking lot. My dad's friend noticed a man pushing a cart but not actually shopping as there was nothing in it and he was dressed unseasonably warmly for summer in Virginia summer. The rest played out as I said in my OP. We got home, I was watching cartoons while lying on the floor in front of the TV and suddenly Dad got terribly sick and all hell broke loose from there.

[@floorskin1]

Bruh.

[@DJTourniquet]

Damn dude, sorry that happened but I'm glad he made it

[@robkorczak]

@@DJTourniquet Thanks. It was an ordeal.

[@milosterwheeler2520]

When I was a kid, we had Castor Bean plants - left by a former owner. My mother was weeding around them one day and beans were falling on the ground. Our stupid dog ate one of two of them and immediately threw them up. I knew they were toxic, but I had no idea how poisonous they were. The dog lived to an old age.

[@milosterwheeler2520]

@@hawkeye1776 He was just generally not bright. But no dog ever had a sweeter disposition.

[@kieranrollinson8750]

I AM FROM THE FUTURE: "PRESENTING EXHIBIT A"!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!! :D :D

[@jirikurto3859]

@@milosterwheeler2520 Do you think your dog would've dated me because I love dogs?

[@Addchannelname-ox8pz]

@@jirikurto3859 ...i believe you may have forgotten to go to therapy

[@stevendeen4391]

I recall this information from Breaking Bad

[@justcruisinmom1682]

Can anyone tell me is Cold pressed Hexane free castor oil some thing that could be poisonous to my Cat or myself? I have been using castor oil as a moisturizer, putting it on full strength all over my body. And it seems like my cat is trying to avoid me at least skin to skin contact at night when he normally would be sleeping under the covers with me and my husband. Any thoughts on Castor oil versus the castor bean?

[@kioshy117]

you sound like what i believe alfred from batman speaks, love it

[@kefeng6805]

When I was a child, I was warned that castor seeds are poisonous. So I played with the seeds but never chewed it. But I knew that poor families in my village, who could not afford to buy cooking oil, would rub castor seed on woks to release the oil. I never understood how they were not poisoned as they do that everyday. Thank you for your video and some search I finally found the answer. Ricin is destroyed at high temperature.

[@ohio72213]

That is indeed a great bit of info to know

[@ReptilianAnusWizzard]

Well also poor people have better immune System since they are closer to Wild Animals then Humans

[@zeinab9222]

@@ReptilianAnusWizzard not how that works

[@ReptilianAnusWizzard]

@@zeinab9222 sorry i Was watching a lot of Videos from Davos, it got in to my System

[@TheGrassManissaviour]

@@zeinab9222 wrongo in fact, sir. homeless people actually develop strong coats of natural armor about a year after they become homeless. If you are homeless from birth, It will be a lot stronger an tougher than newer homeless armors. Also, homeless people can spit toxic acid at their foes, burning off their flesh in self defense. They can build a strong iron like stomach by chowing down on casta beans daily. Homeless people are not to be messed with. Homeless shelters are like stationary tanks in some ways.

[@Kimillions]

Biographics: Skips how to make ricin Biographics 2 seconds later: We've seen how terribly easy it is to make ricin.

[@necrophagus9]

I imagine you could do an acid/base extraction then crystalize.

[@anniebell6846]

@@necrophagus9 I appreciate how scienceee you got.

[@Simon-ho6ly]

@@anniebell6846 put it this way... there are more difficult entry level cake recipes.. its really like what at university we called "bucket and spade chemistry" like you can be pretty sloppy and rough with the amounts and methods and it should still work fine

[@erwingifslang]

If you have a basic knowledge of chemisty the only extra info you need is the formula so you know which chromography technique to use and in which part of the chromography you will find it

[@necrophagus9]

@@erwingifslang Do you figure a full alkaloid extraction wouldn't work? I don't know the particular steps for isolating ricinine.

[@greyjamiesod4989]

I lived in Turkie for years, where ricinus grew wild. No problems, it's a beautiful plant that's well worth growing in your garden. Seed available from Plant World Seeds. ENJOY YOUR GARDEN.

[@user-sh2vq2bj3y]

Great work sir!

[@Sir.Leonardo.Scherer]

You forgot to mention that time a governor in Brazil ate castor beans on national TV and said it tastes good..then the president told him it's poisonous...

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@robertthomas5906]

Was the President's name Montgomery Burns? LOL. Excellent! Release the hounds!

[@LeahBouley]

You can’t cure that kinda stupid xD

[@sakabula1285]

What happened to him?

[@JeffTheHokie]

@@LeahBouley That kind of stupid cures itself. Permenantly.

[@xessenceofinsanityx]

My mum really freaked me out when she told me she uses ricin on her hair. Turns out, castor oil is called ricin in French.

[@sjeason]

Well....they do come from the same plant sooooooooooo

[@mentalpopcorn2304]

That's just... Incorrect. It's like calling the leaf on an apple tree an apple. Sure, caster oil comes from the ricin bean, but it's just not ricin.

[@sjeason]

@@mentalpopcorn2304 you point out that both come from the ricin bean so they do come from the same part of the plant. So it’s not like calling the leaf of an apple tree the same as the apple, it would be like calling the apple and the apple seeds inside the same thing. Sure they’re different but they are both from the same collective thing.

[@nomeyodomar]

Also in Portuguese "rícino"

[@nomeyodomar]

@@sjeason Exactly!!!

[@jasonruetz2306]

Information noted and stored.👌🤓 I was hesitating Googling that for years.

[@xOrynos]

Jesses Ricin’ beans quote killed me when I first heard it.

[@arbynChief617]

"Goodbye, Lydia." - Walter White. His last words after poisoning her with Ricin.

[@israelmohammed914]

Hell yeah Mr. White.

[@nocontext9635]

AYO THATS MY AUNT-

[@justinianthegreat154]

Loved that show

[@mmdcccvii4847]

@Young Ay The show ended 8 Years ago

[@mmdcccvii4847]

@Young Ay im 17 and watched 4 years ago, cry me a river

[@asmundfryen7636]

Imagine rolling up to your closest store and saying you need 4tons of caster beans and the biggest coffegrinder they have

[@AaronG912]

Don't drink the kool aid

[@AlexanderTheGoodEnough]

As long as you didn't ask for directions to the local water supply, I wouldn't be too worried.

[@PhillipHilton]

This is why I'm always very polite to my barista.

[@angolin9352]

No, that's too big.

[@africanelectron751]

Pretty easy to get 4 tons of that stuff in Zimbabwe.

[@rodneycroft5889]

I always knew that this plant was poisonous, but I didn’t know all this stuff. Wow.

[@boomafett]

thanks for the recommendation

[@peridoodle2644]

When I was a kid my friends and I used castor beans from a plant growing on the edge of our elementary school's field as play currency. I remember opening the shells around the bean with my teeth once. I also remember biting into a bean, and panicking because I thought it might be poisonous so I washed out my mouth with water. So I guess I wasn't completely retarded.

[@user-uc4vg4rg9e]

your instincts as a kid were pretty damn good

[@SephirothRyu]

Trust your instincts, Fox McCloud!

[@guidononya7368]

That's what I am afraid of. I don't want my grandkids or my dogs to find these and decide to chew on them. I don't see how beans come from thorny looking plants though.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Only partially.

[@gaywizard2000]

No, but the school and city are pretty negligent to let this grow near a school!

[@nathansmiley9709]

"Ferb I know what we're gonna do today."

[@borgorkming8885]

I just laughed my ass off on a video talking about one of the most deadliest poisons in the world. Thank you

[@LuckyBadger]

"Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

[@ljenk5]

Simon is so great, love the Whistlerversee!

[@Xhunter600]

can you tell me in detail how to extract it from beans? Asking for a friend

[@fatdaddyeddiejr]

Somewhere out there. Walter White is smiling as he watches this video.

[@justicegraceful2171]

The HELL do you mean by that?

[@mikew1374]

And Lydia is choking to death lol

[@mikew1374]

@@justicegraceful2171 Breaking Bad reference. It was used towards the end of thr series to poison a woman. You should watch that show, its amazing

[@justicegraceful2171]

@@mikew1374 I did. Just remembered lol. Yeah that scene was Awesome

[@tobiasvaldez4816]

In his own words "You're God damn right"

[@davidgadd8601]

I used to work at a chemical plant and we get tankers full of castor oil. Sometimes there would be loose beans in it and we would use that Castrol oil and mix it with other ingredients to make a filter of sorts for dialysis.

[@henriquekonradt541]

Once when I was a child I for some reason harvested a handful of these beans just because I tough they looked pretty. Then for some still unknown reason proceeded to mash them all into a paste with a rock. Just now, over a decade later, I realised how bloody close I came from meeting the maker, I'm shaking...

[@CheapSkateGamer96]

Probably not. Castor oil tastes absolutely disgusting, not to mention it gives you the shits from hell at much smaller doses than the lethal dose. Would you have had a bad time? Absolutely. Would you have died? Probably not.

[@Americanwoman74]

@@CheapSkateGamer96 back when my mom was a kid they gave that shyt to children.

[@peterjf7723]

@@CheapSkateGamer96 You would ideally need to separate the ricin containing pulp from the castor oil. Acetone is good for that.

[@LT-jc8dv]

Totally understand getting the seeds for their prettiness. I had a handful of these for years in my teens just because they had beautiful patterns.

[@BamBam-ch4vu]

Demons working overtime

[@ErrolMiller-ey3lb]

EXCELLENT .FACTUAL. COMPREHENSIVE. A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANKS.

[@lexusone1284]

this plant grows so much in my home village from the tropical areas of after and I used to see pigeons eat these seeds and they never died instead they grew fat and healthy, then my granny told me that they used them as candles at one time but no one died of inhere of it.

[@Ben-fp2yc]

thats because they cant break the seeds

[@philip8498]

that advice on not googling "necrosis of the flesh" was very good. i didnt take it, but now that i didnt take it i can say firsthand that it is excellent advice

[@joyos413]

Omg 🤮. I’m sorry my curiosity got the best of me

[@QuanTrietLOL]

My grandpa was paralyzed after a major stroke for 2 years. I dont think I need to google it anymore Edit: I did try, and uhmm, yeah, just about what I expect. Maybe my childhood is not as peaceful as I though

[@brucewelty7684]

MRSA?

[@justamicrowave2572]

@Dacia Sandero guys I’ve seen a person’s finger get degloved in an accident with a rope. One of the worse things I’ve ever seen.

[@Cat-pv6yx]

TLDS (too late don’t search) basically what happened to Gus Fring’s face except that it’s natural

[@mrnicktoyou]

Those ricin beans look like some weird poisonous snails or something.

[@Fszb]

google weed seeds its crazy how similar it looks

[@WalkToPoland]

@@Fszb that's the comment that I was looking for damn near identical indeed lol

[@goodguy...badrep.]

Immediately what I thought. Hemp seeds.

[@ami5marion]

@@Fszb the size is significantly different tho

[@dhruvin2391]

My uncle is farmer and castor is major crop of the year. I never knew it can be used as deadly poison befor watching breaking bad.

[@Svs189]

We used the oil,Caster Oil,get from this seeds for many generations and helped reduced body heat as well as a Laxative

[@giliy_18]

Lydia disliked this video

[@s.l.wymansrockinwriting6633]

As a writer. I thank you for adding to my probability of being on a government watch list

[@rhov-anion]

For 10 years, I've jokingly call out "Hello, Mr. FBI agent, sir" online after my husband warned that I was definitely on an FBI list when, for a story I was working on, I looked up the best poison (with a rabbit hole adventure into ricin), what did human flesh taste like, fastest motorcycle on the market at the time, the best illegal way to cross the U.S./Mexican border, and I ended up seeking some historical help on a forum of what I took to be WWII history buffs only to realize it was a Neo-Nazi website. Whoopsie doodle!

[@orc001]

@@rhov-anion haha "Whoopsie Doodle"... What a great phrase to instantly lose the respect of anyone reading a comment

[@patrikfrroku7215]

@@orc001 nah, gained mine

[@christopherconard2831]

If you aren't on a government watch list by now, you're living life all wrong.

[@ronakroshan7878]

@@rhov-anion Did you finish the story? Can we read it?

[@jamescrud]

Wife: "What are you watching?" Me: "Nothing".

[@maniamania4227]

Ahahahahaah

[@barelyawake868]

FBI Agent: "he lyin"

[@johngrepo9976]

Ohhh that's dark

[@hihooman]

Sometimes it's better to say "porn"

[@Peta_CHAD69]

I'd have screamed "WHAT DO YOU WOMAN!?!? I'M WATCHING A PORNOGRAPHY!!!!!" because it'd be far easier to explain.

[@alexsullivan2957]

You earned my subscription today big pimp

[@SuperFilthiest]

I had to laugh out loud at that elvis framing part

[@seventh-seraph-cqc-1225]

“I will not being going into anymore detail than that. This is infotainment not Exhibit A” my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@KristiContemplates]

🤣 🤨

[@seventh-seraph-cqc-1225]

@@KristiContemplates ssssshhhh

[@MrEzioauditore99]

Where is your ornament and what are you doing outside of my vault ????

[@farmerjohn2262]

Here in Florida the castor bean plants are common weeds that grow very large, up to 10 feet or more. I've warned my friends about their toxicity and they found it shocking that a plant that is such a common sight is so deadly.

[@ElegyVio]

Jesus Christ is the truth reach out

[@marnv2956]

@@ElegyVio please don't use the Lord's name in vain. God bless.

[@ElegyVio]

@@marnv2956 I didn’t, I was spreading the word

[@Nibbenji2077]

@@ElegyVio based

[@harriettubman7316]

@@ElegyVio jesus was gay

[@goodlowe6532]

Sad to have to watch something like this because you're afraid your 'friend' brought it up casually and now you're worried about why....

[@tabassumkhanmum]

Thank you for coming on my for you 🙏🏻

[@_letstartariot]

As a emergency physician I have come across cyanide poisoning once before. The person survived but they were severely disabled by it permanently. Hydroxocobalamin (antidote called cyanokit/very high dose B12) saved their life. But I’ve never seen ricin poisoning irl. There would be nothing we could do as you mentioned except supportive treatment/palliative care. It’s just always blown my mind how easy it is to acquire.

[@titaniusanglesmith9690]

how were they exposed to the cyanide?

[@stigrabbid589]

The B12 antidote for Cyanide is really interesting, the most common version used in supplements is cyanocobalamin, and basically hydroxocobalamin absorbs the cyanide to form cyanocobalamin, which your body just gets rid of as B vitamins are water soluble.

[@taraswertelecki3786]

Hope you never do, ricin is a very swiftly acting and lethal poison that destroys cells from within by blocking protein synthesis. There is no antidote for ricin poisoning. One does not have to look far to find castor bean plants to get the beans that contain the toxin.

[@starleigh6680]

@@titaniusanglesmith9690 some people eat nuts that contain a small amount of a chemical containing cyinade. 2 or 3 nuts is fine but some people decide to binge eat whole bags like popcorn

[@knotttaylorrayne2338]

You are very pretty

[@censusgary]

I remember the 2013 incident, where one part-rime karate instructor and Elvis impersonator tried to frame his rival karate instructor/Elvis impersonator. The guy who turned out *not* to be the poisoner was a hilarious character. When the police said he was suspected of mailing ricin, he said, without irony, “Can’t be. I don’t even eat rice.” I always thought he’d be a great subject for one of those reality shows where a camera crew just follows him around during his daily activities.

[@WildTurtleTakeover]

your comment was literally an entire portion of the video

[@stevenattanasso2003]

@@WildTurtleTakeover He's not Gary Cooper , either .....

[@nmxsanchez]

I don't even eat rice! Hysterical

[@elijahsmith3206]

cheers mate, was looking for a decent poison

[@aakshiroy6584]

Which one did you choose??

[@duskdawn8054]

I’m definitely writing ricin into one of my stories. And I’m definitely going to find myself on a watchlist researching this, aren’t I?

[@craziestgolem4209]

Not likely as in reality people don't just end up on a watchlist. The amount of people who look up things kind of topics is so many that it would just be a waste of resources to monitor everyone so it usually boils down to if you were a suspect in a murder and then they find your researching by searching your computer. If you live in a country with free of information acts then you can always request your personal file if you really want to know

[@Xgil2Play]

Probably not. Knowledge is free, it's only when you go around shopping that things get hairy.

[@sexy7395]

You're on the list

[@jonathanbarnes3061]

If your heart is pure you'll be invisible.

[@jozihorror]

Saaaaaame

[@milesdufourny4813]

The oil from castor beans is used as a pre-mix lubricant for two stroke engines. It offers better cylinder protection than any of the synthetics.

[@aarontuplin]

But what about metal! To metal! Contact?

[@emily.g.929]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but: Is that why that one brand of engine oil is called Castrol?

[@markdavis2475]

Yes,according to Wikipedia

[@dp-sr1fd]

Wasn't castor oil used in the very early aero engines?

[@mountainrescue777]

Castor oil. It's a full blown corporate company!

[@bhagwatbhattarai705]

This video helps during these dark times. Will die peacefully now. Thanks mate!

[@theNacho4174]

So if the next day i have almost no more symptoms and feel well, does that mean that my poisoning was most certainly not ricin?? I had that roller coaster of pain just yesterday. My head was exploding, i was feeling extremely cold. Just vomitted on purpose. Next day morning i felt badly, during the day it became better.

[@WiseSnake]

If you plan on growing this plant yourself, I recommend cutting the flower stalks off soon after flowering or the pods, once dry, will cast beans all over the place, which quickly germinate. So they do have a tendency to become an invasive species in my area. It's an impressive plant, grows huge very quickly. But I got tired of dealing with seedlings popping up everywhere.

[@harrywalker5836]

so,its a weed..like pepercorn trees.

[@wesleybaker8188]

Good easy to grow it sounds like. Halloween will be canceled one day because of risin I feel it

[@gemfyre855]

It's an awful weed in Australia. Most empty lots have at least one plant growing on them, especially if it was an old market gardening area.

[@1ryanlc]

Fun fact from working in a mail room - Macadamia nuts will test positive for ricin. A customer was eating a cookie when she sealed the envelope that she mailed to us 🙄

[@gavrochethenardier957]

that's gross who still seals envelopes with saliva these days?

[@Haloman2458]

People who arent weak blooded

[@redtsunami326]

@@Haloman2458 lol so true

[@grimace4257]

@@gavrochethenardier957 You gonna dab your finger in water and run it along the glue? 😂 The soyest of boys

[@shockshplock3480]

@@Haloman2458 Exactly, only the weakest of men do otherwise.

[@doinikinsv2385]

When I was a kid I have watched Mcgyuver making some experiments about castor bean. been playing this castor fruit cooking the seeds turning it into oil. I never thought that these are potent poison. Good for me I haven’t tasted or injested it.

[@waynegilbert9868]

Where do you find it I want it for myself to take is it here in Australia ??????

[@Saaahn]

I remember doing a whole presentation in health class cause we we doing a unto on diseases and viruses and stuff like that and I picked ricin… i was always the class clown so after the serious PowerPoint the last slide just said “im now on a government watchlist so thank you mrs.billings for this” she wasn’t happy she took off 5 points lmao

[@adammazeli]

5 point? Well time to use your knowledge you get from her class and applied on her as a form of gratitude. Maybe you can improve her coffee or tea

[@gmccool1576]

@@adammazeli “your coffee looks a little too bitter Mrs. Billings how about I help you with that?”

[@bigdogteigan1231]

If you’ve just called yourself the class clown than you weren’t funny just like this comment 👍

[@DevilcakeLive]

@@bigdogteigan1231 or they meant that they liked joking and laughing and didn't give a damn about people's random and unbased opinions :D

[@KristiContemplates]

I woulda given that last comment extra points for the realistic legal commentary

[@billcoon8607]

I work in the chemical industry with some particularly ghastly substances. Simon, I'll have to see if I can find you one of the "Not only will this kill you, it will hurt the whole time you're dying " stickers I wear on my hardhat.....

[@policewitness5181]

From AvE by any chance? I've got some of those, and "not to be operated by fuckwits", "Don't ask to borrow my tools, and I won't ask to borrow your girlfriend", "Do not dumb here. This id s dumb free area", and "Trust me, I'm a pipefitter".

[@KyryloMudrokha]

"That would be the ricin I put in the-" -Heisenburger

[@gosho1965]

Watchlist here we go ....

[@JL-cn1qi]

Curiosity stream: " Wait, we just sponsered what now ? "

[@beagleissleeping5359]

Next episode of Business Blaze: List of idiots who accidentally poisoned themselves with ricin trying to manufacture it in order to poison someone else. 🔥

[@slcpunk2740]

He said "Ricinus communist" as a secret shoutout to Danny. 🔥 Allegedly!

[@christopherconard2831]

I figure they would fall in the same IQ range as bombers who blow themselves up. Smart enough to do it, dumb enough to skip safety steps or think the equipment they were using was "good enough".

[@Adjuni]

@@slcpunk2740 Ricinius communis is the Latin name for the castor bean. :P

[@slcpunk2740]

@@Adjuni yeah I know but if you listen close he says communist

[@hipeeps1000]

And next on The Casual Criminalist: Victims of Ricin poisoning

[@emanuelsharik2853]

waltuh, we must cook ricin waltuh

[@dasboot109]

Thanks dude, Now the FBI is listening to my calls and getting nightmares from my browser history again 😊

[@kraanz]

Don't worry about their mental health, they've been numbed by your porn searches already.

[@American-BadAss732]

Hahaha

[@mariagrace817]

They're doing that anyway long before this video was posted. "just because you're paranoid, dont mean they're not after you". Lol no , but really NSA FBI police all have been doing it to anyone and everyone since ,911 remember it's called the patriot act???

[@seanbrazell6147]

Stop cranking out blue meth and never, EVER use STIVIA and you'll be having absolutely NOTHING to worry about other than old angry disabled former drug lords in nursing homes who have a deep and abiding love of front desk bells, wheelchair bombs, and more spite than self preservation instinct.

[@lord6617]

They never stopped in the first place.

[@McLarenMercedes]

"How are you feeling Lydia? I slipped ricin in the stevia crap you're always drinking."

[@TinaRN]

No chance those are going in my coffee grinder! 😂😂 I have several plants in my garden. They really are a beautiful plant, and can create a fast growing Summer privacy hedge.

[@sidequestsally]

Clicked on this because of the thumbnail photo. I absolutely used to have a generous handful of those when I was a kid. Thought the plant was pretty, and the seedpods too. Seeds are also pretty, so I must have gathered a bunch of em as kids do. Kids also put stuff in their mouths all the damn time, and I definitely handled them a bunch. I had all kinds of wild seed collections. Guess I'm lucky, lol

[@Sommertest]

Simon: Ricin was used in assassinations! Putin: hold my polonium

[@bugxa]

“Mr White, why are we at a bean farm?”

[@kds365]

It grows wild and everywhere in California. It was put on a homeland security list during GWB term. They had government guys in the hills trying to eradicate the plant.

[@ucheadichie282]

This is seasoning for my local food. Though it’s prepared when it has fermented and then used as seasoning.

[@susanlbk]

"While each is about as fun as a Porcupine enema..." That visualization really hurt. 🤣🤣🤣