The Most Evil Plants Poison Ivy Could Control

One of Batman's most deadly foes is Poison Ivy and her ability to control plants, but could she get even more dangerous? Kyle plants the seeds on this week's Because Science!
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[@Princess_kitty14]

Plants: develops caffeine as a mean of protection Humans: LETS DRINK THAT!

[@CorvusCorone68]

same with hot peppers lol

[@jessicar4536]

Nicotine and opiates too

[@diablominero]

One hypothesis for why we evolved to seek out mildly toxic plants is that plant poisons will kill any parasites you have in your intestines faster than they kill you.

[@mattyboi7491]

@@diablominero we evolved to seek things that make us feel good, reproduction, good, eating, good, and humans are very good at tricking the brain to think we did something good like the cancer sticc the green420 boi or the sippy fun juice or ADHD juice, we didn't evolve to do this, we found out that we could have fun without earning it so we exploited it

[@mattyboi7491]

@Noah Rivera no it's not and, what are you 12? Your spelling is some of the worst I've ever seen

[@Ignatius970]

Them: "Kill it with fire!" Me: "No you fool! The smoke is also poison!"

[@randomknight2585]

Ignatius970 THEN NUKE IT

[@justarandomswede6835]

He said that a second later

[@IamnotfromUSA]

In my country we have 1 poisonos plant and it is a lot weaker version of 3rd plant BTW Mashrooms are not Plants

[@reedplaysgames]

It sounds like a dnd campaign where the dm is just the meanest person ever “The floor is poison!” “Okay then I run on the walls” “THE WALLS ARE POISON!” “Okay well I guess I fly?” “*THE VERY AIR YOU BREATHE IS POISON!!*”

[@randomjav2718]

WRONG!! You said it WORNG! Their AH-Poison! >:3

[@Nyxira]

I actually always thought that Ivy was wasting her abilities, too. There are so many brutal plants out there.

[@arnowisp6244]

She's seen mostly in Gotham so her abilities will be limited to the plants in Gotham. Which is a good thing for everyone.

[@Brazilian-cara]

@@arnowisp6244 but she could buy the seeds of these plants tho

[@electroflames]

She doesn't like harming the plants that's why she uses mainly vines

[@lincolngravemann682]

But some how she make mutant plant monsters out of no where and alot of plants get killed because she throws them at her enemy's it is weird I would think she would be more upset about her plant minions being killed and wouldn't it hurt the plants to mute them?

[@baldwinlagamy4027]

It sounds like the death apple tree only went for “defense” on the evolution skill tree

[@wynnadorno6132]

But specifically the position branch, who needs any other kind of protection, right?

[@valtersplume3726]

Doesn't sound right to me. In my opinion, the ability to emit toxic gas is an offensive move.

[@aether3569]

Literally the skill tree lmao

[@BaronOfHell1990]

the best defense is a good offense

[@smaragdwolf1]

imagine the Animals, that forced this Tree to develop all this Poison...

[@ColMcWillis]

I love when people say it's safe because it's natural. My response is "Natural? You mean like Deadly Nighshade or Wolfsbane"

[@hotwheels2621]

I cite tobacco

[@WhiteCollarCrimeDNB]

The number of plants that produce cyanide is notable.

[@ColMcWillis]

@Ron Lewenberg indeed, I think it gets the point across a little better calling it deadly nightshade than Belladonna (beautiful lady)

[@MarkEdwardRom]

wonderful belladonna just dont accept a kiss.

[@Thesaurus_Rex]

I mean, even some natural plants that are frequently consumed, like apples and avocados, have poisonous components. We've just learned not to eat those parts.

[@AnymMusic]

angel: so how much poison did you say you wanted this tree to have? god: yes.

[@Spiceodog]

You can't possibly believe the machineel was of God's design, it came from the orchards of hell

[@AnymMusic]

@@Spiceodog it was a joke....

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

​@@AnymMusic that was also a joke dude, his is the part where we laugh XD

[@toob_noob4381]

@@Spiceodog of course anything that was bad is "Satan" lol. Stupid zealot. What about peppers? We weren't supposed to eat them because they're spicy. Where's the logic there?

[@HovektheArtist]

@@toob_noob4381 "god made food but the devil made spices" is a famous saying thrown around kitchens for ages

[@SkyGrymm]

10:10 "This plant is from Australia because of course it is." 😂 How anyone is alive down under is beyond me.

[@petersalucci5444]

AP Games Hey ! 😂

[@shaggyat5power112]

They just jam out to men at work, and that's how they live.

[@kjs8719]

the real reason the British sent us here is because they couldn't figure out how to kill us

[@annies2452]

Which is more terrifying? The bugs in Australia or the plants in Australia?😓

[@annies2452]

@Drew Bernstein Damn!😂😂

[@duncankennedy4080]

Giant Hog Weed used to grow all over my uncles huge back yard in southern Scotland, covered in the monstrous things it was. I used to beat the shite out of those big buggers every summer holiday from around age 8 until 14 ("helpin' me clear the ground" my uncle said, but truthfully it was more anger management. I had a selection of clubs, machetes, axes, etc.)... when Scotland had a couple of days of proper sun and I erupted in the most glorious, huge, shocking blisters on my face, neck, hands and all up one arm. Marvelous fun... stung a bit... to put it mildly. Lesson learned... next summer my uncle rented a flamethrower (not a military one, obvs, one of those weed burner things), and we finally cleared 'em all... my revenge, although served hot, was sweet.

[@NodDisciple1]

Were you not concerned about inhalation? Fun fact, you can legally get a flamethrower in Texas too if you have the proper "agricultural license" for burning plants.

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

Well youre a Scotsman so I heard you are socially obligated to be as nearly as tough as a Russian or an Australian, although I am not properly qualified to rank such things as I am Canadian myself Lol jk

[@mightyone3737]

@@NodDisciple1 being from the country, when I went to university, I joked I had a license to kill, because I had a pesticide license. Most people were amused.

[@duckywucky4812]

Could you not just get like a can of flammable gas and just a torch and boom flamethrower

[@aidenaune7008]

@@duckywucky4812 it would blow itself up, you need a special device designed to prevent oxygen from going anywhere past the nozzle.

[@donniemorrow]

Poison Ivy has the ability to control plants at the molecular level, so imagine the damage she could do if she started manipulating pollen. If she gets enough of it in one place, she can just fill your lungs with the stuff. Going even further with this idea, pollen has tons of surface area, with little pits and pockets to help it bind to different substances. She could easily use it as a vector for her various mind-control serums, love potions, and lethal toxins. And she could deliver them invisibly over as wide of an area as she wants, straight into the victims' lungs. Since she has the ability to connect to every plant on earth, at any time, she doesn't even have a limit on the effective range of this ability. Scarecrow, eat your heart out.

[@Gomenred]

They did this in arkham knight but for good when she turned trees into filtration systems

[@venom-fm5wu]

She's done this so many times from mind control serums laced with kryptonite to deadly poison

[@charminxtra226]

There was an event a few years back where I live referred to as "the pollening" during which I somehow managed to inhale an absurdly large amount of pollen that had caked onto my car and erupted into a cloud when I opened the door, inducing a bronchospasm that prevented me from exhaling more than halfway and made it almost impossible to inhale again, at which point I rushed to the er, was immediately given albuterol (this was the same er I had to sit in the waiting room at for almost 9 hours when I broke my arm as a kid) which stopped it almost instantly, and was then asked if some of the emt students could come over and listen to my breathing with a stethoscope so they could learn what it sounds like since it caused this faint rumbling when I breathed that persisted for a while.

[@iciclecold2991]

Actually, she has used pollen to do exactly that on several occasions. She once got Superman with mind control pollen.

[@halonothing1]

Some types of pollen have large surface areas. I admit, I'm no botanist, but I've seen a few micrographs of various types of pollen, and I recall there being quite a wide variety of shapes and sizes. But the one I really remember (this was over 10 years ago mind you) was large, spherical and only had these little spikey things sticking out, maybe 20 in total. Not a huge surface area, but still more than a simple sphere. I also recall much more complex shapes which definitely look optimized for surface area. But it's not a very good vector since the size difference between a grain of pollen and a molecule is millions of times, give or take a few orders of magnitude. It seems like it would be like trying to use a balloon as a vector for transporting pollen. And sure, you could load up more molecules of your poison into the pollen grains, but then they won't be light and floaty anymore. Chemical weapons in real life are usually just aerosolized, so there is no need for a specific vector carrier like you described. The munition just disperses a cloud of microscopic particles of the agent across the target area, and everything within it is affected. That's part of what makes them so controversial and bad to use. They kill civilians and military, women and children, indiscriminantly. Now if you could get your pollen delivery to target a specific group of people, say just military, that could potentially be helpful in limiting collateral damage. If you're concerned about that. I like where you were going with this idea, though. It reminds me of the various nanotechnologies they're looking into that would use some large molecular structure, or eventually robot, to deliver drugs to a patient at a cellular level, rather than just injecting them into a vein and having them affect every part of the body, rather than just the part you want to fix. Like being able to target only cancer cells with chemotherapy drugs so you don't get sick from the chemo killing all of your healthy cells.

[@rossgaynor8918]

Another tree Poison Ivy could use would be the Sandbox tree. This tree is covered in spikes and when its fruit are ripe, they explode sending seeds out at 70 meters per second, traveling distances of over 40 meters. The seeds penetrate animals and smash windows.

[@heeroyuyzero01]

These would be so bad, was going to mention it but you beat me.

[@TopaztheSpaz]

She could actually genetically alter the sandalwood tree to also be as poisonous as the death apple tree.

[@evanalden2117]

Trees that grow frag grenades....mother nature hates us.

[@daverhoden445]

@@evanalden2117 This is why I laugh at people who suggest I go camping.

[@miinyoo]

The Ents of the forest are not particularly fond of small fleshy creatures. But they let you decide and laugh and laugh very very slowly.

[@anfi7447]

"NOO not down there!" Finally a use for the cut your dongle off plant.....

[@doommuffinz5276]

"WRONG! The smoke is POISON!"

[@NizzahonMagic]

Wonder how many DC writers will mine this for new ideas.

[@Veveritele]

can you support pewdiepie on your channel? It’s for the greater good PLS:))

[@Dirtbag-Hyena]

Never happen,too violent & she could outright end many a superhero permanently. They couldnt sell to kids.

[@emilandreasson9670]

0, at most 2.

[@MrCaKe-if8vf]

Mind??

[@_ninthRing_]

Seriously, DC & Marvel haven't had an original idea in years. At least, none that made it to print - not with all of the editors/producers screwing with it.

[@aidanrogers4438]

I will never complain again now if I’m lightly stung by some stinging nettles. Why does Australia have to be so weird and deadly?

[@lyntonfleming]

I'm 99% sure that's where God put all his toys after his Emo Phase...

[@the88thdarcstar]

Because Australia hates us. Really though I think it has something to do with the same reason marsupials are only found in that region of the world. But I'm not a scientist, just a neophyte that is really curious.

[@lyntonfleming]

@@eltoncdb And we sent all our convicts there for the giggles. Go Britain!

[@shaoran1026]

@@eltoncdb there's a reason why only the coast of Australia is developed. It's so they can get away easier in case the local flora and faura goes wild. 😂

[@databanks]

@@lyntonfleming Not every state in Australia was settled as a prison. I'm lucky enough to be in the ONE state that wasn't. (okay, technically it should be invaded since there were already people living here but that's a whole longer story). South Australia. Also has a lot of German heritage as well as English. Also, not everything wants to kill you. Some animals can't. They want to, they just can't

[@Jarsia]

9:55 Missed opportunity. Should have said "this sting would be extremely painful, for you"

[@skyrimmaster3051]

But then that means druids in d&d should be way more powerful, wizards of the coast watch this video

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

For what i heard druids are frustratingly hard to kill

[@settratheimperishable4093]

@@DanielPereira-ey9nt well since they can transform into a beast with a lot of hp quite early (bears, for example), and they just transform back when that beast gets to 0 HP, the amount of potential hp that a druid has is insane. At lvl20 they are basically immortal.

[@aidenaune7008]

D&D does not have the same plants as earth exactly

[@thatrooper1567]

I know of a place, where you never get harmed A magical place, with magical charms. Indoors! Indoors! IIIIIINDOOOOOOORRS! TAKE IT AWAY PENNY!

[@stabajo]

* crying * That penny has an angelical voice

[@yodaflyz]

House catches fire..... I'm screwed!

[@bigfckingbug10k45]

They have fight in doors

[@mosquitoskeet2189]

Where did I hear this from?

[@aidenaune7008]

@@mosquitoskeet2189 spongebob

[@almostirrelevant9181]

In my D&D game, the players went to the jungle and I made the living tree enemies out of manchineel wood. The players set them on fire... They regretted that decision.

[@wilholloway2924]

That's.. that's just chaotic evil..

[@KarAtFeng]

Sadly you have to houserule every natural poison in D&D, cause the one they have suck dick, if I remember the Belladonna does 1d2 str per mintute for 6 min, with a DC14. maybe because they didn't want player to have access to powerfull poison for almost free. Sometime ballancing throw away the logic.

[@almostirrelevant9181]

KarAt Feng I just had the trees and smoke do acid damage

[@khartog01]

As a player, that's fucked up. As a DM, that's amazing.

[@gabrielappleton4342]

Why, thank you for this idea.

[@verdantis9960]

Great video. I've always wished they'd have Ivy take full advantage of what plants can do. She would be a pretty terrifying villain in a movie if done right.

[@TheElectreKid]

Earth: Has dangerous plants. Humans: *creates nukes* Earth: I'm in danger.

[@starleigh6680]

plats after radiation: hold my beer

[@ABadassDragon]

Would phototoxins be bad for Superman, since he needs our Sun for his powers ?

[@silverdurif6998]

Yeah if the plant is strong enough to get through his skin, which bullet can't so maybe get the plant into kryptonite idk

[@silverdurif6998]

@@alexandergreene461 Blablabla try to mix science and fantansy if you got nothing to do but when i see a guy who can't be hurt by bullet and tanks i don't think a tiny plant can do much to him, stop arguing thanks.

[@supersam5802]

well, if his cells gain energy from the sun, and we make him more sensitive to the sun, sounds like your just making him gain the energy more efficiently.

[@Emppu_T.]

The sun is cryptonite now !

[@edward.doctor1892]

Wait a minute wouldn't this mean that Poison Ivy might be able to defeat superman

[@JonnyBravo0311]

The "cut your dongle off" plant. Definitely make sure to stay away from that one! Maybe it should be renamed to the Lorena Bobbitt...

[@kyiore6878]

NO. GOD NO. No more dongle talk. It still hurts to think about.

[@NinjaBearFilms]

Did you know she was acquitted and went on to work in a women’s shelter? While John, after getting it sewn back on, went on to make porn.

[@JonnyBravo0311]

@@NinjaBearFilms His films had some interesting titles... I'll leave it up to the reader to do the research :)

[@davidneff7620]

John Bobbitt moved our family into our house

[@TheJanitorIsIn]

She's an absolute Mad Lad

[@odanemcdonald9874]

2:55 "...in the majority of the planet's humans." *"IN THE MAJORITY OF THE PLANET'S HUMANS"*

[@horwink]

I---- What's wrong with that statement?

[@Ribbuns]

@@horwink the planets, implying there is humans outside of the planet

[@drowninbliss]

10:40 I can feel the pain in my ass. But I hope I will never really feel it...

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

I wish you had included _Hura crepitans_ since it can literally *shoot* you, like a gun. Granted it's not as painful as toxins, but it's very amusing and could easily fit in a comic.

[@AtaMarKat]

- Cross breed it with the Australian one and a Manchineel.

[@requiem6465]

@@AtaMarKat yeah, *NO*

[@AtaMarKat]

Orchestra Of Ruin Coward.

[@dorotrusty787]

Plants v zombies gone real life

[@bling__brute6048]

Dip all that, in any of the poisons mentioned in this video .

[@malix3268]

"NO! Not down under!" ....as an Australian I'm ashamed to say this made me laugh out loud.

[@mangaanimefan3089]

I didn't even know Florida had such a dangerous poison tree! I learned something new today! Glad I've never come across one though, if every part of it is poison.

[@KindredBrujah]

Lmao! Of course the nastiest one is in Australia! Who could ever have had any doubt?

[@keydrag4309]

I guess we’re just lucky here down under

[@supershenron9162]

Not me it's the land down under cause of how much crap can put you 6 feet under :P and the land down under is just decomposing or decomposed bodies of all sorts cause everything on that damn island IS FREAKING LEATHAL. Really in pirates of the Caribbean when they went to the Isla de Muerta they where just sailing to Australia xD

[@Ginger_bit]

It's also called the "gimpy gimpy" if that makes you feel any better

[@MrStubbs8157]

There is a reason why they used this whole continent for prisoners exile...noone wanted all that crap...especially europeans, where literally nothing really is that dangerous. I have yet to experience more than just a bee sting, Looking out into other countries from here is crazy...all that nasty stuff. ;)

[@tyberostheredwake8098]

I don't know manchineel sounds like the worst one here.

[@JadedSapphire]

But can any of these plants get through Batman's armor and his one superpower - short-range teleportation during conversation, more commonly know as perpetual rudeness?

[@chrishubbard64]

His mouth is exposed. God help robin though. He needs leggings bad. Also there is the whole "breathing in hypodermic needles" thing. If she picks a fight and isnt using any gas based plant attacks and just slips a few of those plants into the mix of attackers, oh man.

[@JadedSapphire]

@@chrishubbard64 We do know that Batman can wear a respirator to protect his mouth and depending on his suit, his eyes have protection as well. I wonder if there is any way that Poison Ivy could alter the hairs/needles to make it so that respirators wouldn't work either. How microscopic can the hairs be while still being effective? Also, Kyle never mentioned if the hairs/the plant can simply be burned? Oh yeah but Robin? Totally Screwed!

[@TheEyez187]

Yes, those micro-filament stingers can potentially get everywhere!

[@gingercore69]

As long as no one talks to him, he cant teleport ;)

[@wjhull]

While it's technically not a plant, it's canon that Poison Ivy can spawn and control fungus as well (for example, she uses glowing fungi to light an escape tunnel in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell). Given that fungi fall under the umbrella of her 'plant control', then there's a whole mess of new 'evils' at her beck and call. And it, of course, gives her control over the most villainous life form on Earth: The Cordyceps. I'm positive that you would have mentioned this wonderful mushroom at some point, because how could you not, but in case you haven't, the cordyceps is the stuff of nightmares: The life cycle of the cordyceps begins as a spore (like many fungi), which lands on a host--usually an insect. Once infected, the mycelia invades the hosts' body, slowly replacing its tissue, and literally hijacking the nervous system. The host begins to behave unusually--so much so that social insects such as ants will kill it and drag its body as far away as possible. Which is for the best. Because when infected, an organism gets a sudden, overwhelming urge to climb. And once it's as high as possible, it clamps down onto whatever surface it's found, and it erupts. Stalks burst out of its body (or "pericethia" if ya nasty), which then shed more highly infective spores. Now, cordyceps usually only target one very specific species of insect, so it won't completely wipe out an entire ecosystem--but if Ivy is in control of it, and could have it target humans, the results would essentially be an airborne pathogen that grans Ivy control of its host as their innards are slowly converted into more mind-melting mushrooms which, even if she lost control of them and were left to their own devices, would wipe out a significant swaths of the planet's human population just by its nature. For a final hint about how deadly and horrifying a controllable cordyceps would be, the survival horror game The Last of Us used cordyceps as its 'big bad', but actually had to nerf it to 'zombie physics of contamination' because its natural method of propagation is *way* too deadly. Edit: Also, "Hi, Kyle". Lliam is technically William, so it would be rude not to say hello.

[@ithalathegayguy]

The cordyceps is such a cool and terrifying fungus..... I've never forgotten it since the first time a science teacher showed our class a video of "Zombie Ants" and it's probably one of the big influences of my weird obsession with mushrooms as a topic of interest (even though I hate how they taste)

[@mr.funkbot7048]

Could the Cordiceps even infect humans? Because I think the human body-temperature would be too high for that.

[@ithalathegayguy]

@@mr.funkbot7048 as it currently is, no, it could not.... it really doesn't reach too far past ants..... but fungus evolves just like everything else and there is nothing stopping it from getting stronger and able to infect more things.... also, in the situation if Poison Ivy, she has been shown many times genetically manipulating the plants she controls so they're unlike any existing plant.. there is no reason she couldn't do the same with a fungus as terrifying as Cordyceps....

[@nephdrummond3168]

Warlok Yeah, but it already is canon, it’s a fact that she can, so at this point we can’t argue with it, we can only expand upon it.

[@nephdrummond3168]

I like this, instead of just “what is the most toxic fungus she could control?” You went in a much more...sinister...direction. This thing would literally create mushroom zombie humans with spore stalks and people climbing trees, skyscrapers, and poles everywhere before exploding with...presumably an amount of flesh and blood, but also a giant cloud of zombie spores. When you watch the recent Because Science episode on Thanos dusting humanity, he gives some figures on how much ash we’d produce, and if you just swap ash for zombie dust, you can imagine why this would be the most horrifying way to annihilate humanity

[@populistprime2581]

Well, this a pretty insightful and interesting video. I have just one question regarding the last plant you covered. *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*

[@skyhime]

This deadly plant comes from... The answer is always Australia!

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Everything lethal comes from Australia. Or gets killed by something outside of Australia. Whole ecosystem of Australia either kills or gets killed - there are no niches to fill.

[@chrysalizubeth88]

My family has severe allergies to poison ivy, so I’m still scared of normal level villainy from Poison Ivy.

[@d-skullgaming696]

Jesus Christ... Screw horror movies, THIS is true horror

[@Veveritele]

D-Skull Gaming Support pewdiepie for the greater good PLS

[@rom65536]

0:42 "To be clear it would be incorrect to say that a plant was evil...." He's never wrecked a motorcycle into a cholla cactus.

[@ianyounie5440]

The best part of the suicide bush wasn't even told. A snipping of the plant was taken over 100 years ago. The snipping of that plant is dead but the toxin in the plant is alive and well.

[@deathbybacon4859]

Manchineel: The definition of *KILL IT WITH FIRE* 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕

[@cherrydragon3120]

Ha... no thanks. If we could burn it we would have already done it. Its that this tree is so unkillable and kills anything near it that we leave it be.

[@LucasMagnoZimmer]

How to kill the unkillable?

[@jacobhinton6178]

Cherry Dragon You CAN burn it, you just dont want to be there when you are. Just set up sone kind of triggerable contained fire bomb, and before you use it release major warnings about poison gas and staying inside. Or just use a hazmat or space suit with a chainsaw.

[@GlacialScion]

@@jacobhinton6178 Yeah, great idea. Set a controlled fire in a forest that you can't be anywhere near and thus can't fight effectively. In other words, start a forest fire and hope nothing bad happens. Apart from the forest fire.

[@christsdisciple3105]

Bulldozers. Take 'em down with bulldozers. They'll eventually shrivel up and die.

[@sreckocuvalo8110]

Earth. A result of 3.5 billions years of an arms race.

[@pauldank3453]

why does every plant hate us

[@cageybee7221]

@@pauldank3453 not every plant, aloe vera is very helpful, so are things like wheat and potatoes, and apples rely on being eaten to spread. 90% of plants are harmless or beneficial, but that other 10% doesn't fuck around. basically stay out of the tropical areas and you should be fine. don't wipe your ass with weird leaves.

[@KHMakerD]

Srećko Čuvalo Humans have an edge. Today made me think not enough of an edge.

[@steveno3141]

@@pauldank3453 vegans

[@zeekjones1]

@@cageybee7221 Aloe, potatoes, and apple's seeds ARE toxic, and wheat can potentially make you insane.

[@pjgarcia3492]

"Tell lady freeze I said hello" Kyle never change, ur doing great sweetie

[@brodygates7535]

I love the terrifying look on his face while he talks about the Manchineel. If you pay attention he isn’t scared.... he’s exited!

[@hypedog4598]

Huh, I was expecting the Sandbox Tree a.k.a the Dynamite Tree. Not only is it covered in poisonous spikes but it grows fruit which are essentially biological versions of Green Goblins Pumpkin bombs.

[@JDReC100]

Wait Wut!?

[@hypedog4598]

Yup there's an actual exploding poisonous plant out there and if I remember correctly it's found in Australia. Then again it pales in comparison to the gympie gympie which has leaves with what are essentially microscopic shards of razor sharp glass that when interacted with won't kill a person but it will cause an unbearable level of pain that can last for years due to the shards on the leaf getting stuck in the body. Some have even committed suicide due to how bad the pain is.

[@stormtrooper2425]

Bruh.... I want

[@gingermcgingin1733]

@@hypedog4598 Actually, if memory serves, the dynamite tree is native to South America

[@hypedog4598]

@@gingermcgingin1733 Huh neat, just looked this up and your right. Still Australia does actually have trees that explode under the right conditions, they're called Eucalyptus Trees.

[@iandrewtv]

The number of names on the FBI's watchist for suspicious web search activity is about to skyrocket. 😎😏

[@JorganShow]

crushing apple seeds

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

1:55 The guy's just droning on 1:58 Video ratchets into high gear

[@malusso]

Lol, a tree so toxic that i even seeks revenge after being burned

[@TGHibiki]

Poison Ivy also made hybrid plants so what sort of hybrids would you create to make the ultimate anti hero plant? Nightshade with any of these plants abilities would be nearly unstoppable to me because it would impede the person from reacting to the secondary effects but that is just me.

[@kylestanley7843]

Dynamite trees mixed with Giant hogweed >.>

[@Maggie-dd2ph]

Aconite with the last plant. That monstrosity would probably potent enough to kill a whole elephant

[@martijncrawford4435]

hey look, a new set of toxins for ivy's lipstick!

[@cherrydragon3120]

Oh god...

[@ADAJ342]

Jesus, what would these do to her lips

[@TheEyez187]

Licks her own lips, subsequently bites her own tongue off!! >XD

[@martijncrawford4435]

@@ADAJ342 considering Ivy seems to be immune to the effects of most plants...nothing

[@TopaztheSpaz]

@@ADAJ342 Yeah Ivy is immune to every known DC toxin. So these would do nothing to her.

[@dunzerkug]

Fun fact about the urushiol in poison ivy, it's also in the skin of mangos so if you cut up a mango be sure to wash your hands with soap and warm water right after, also don't touch your face, your eyes can swell shut from the allergic reaction.

[@alexgochenour8740]

This is a lovely episode. Not often we see botany on Because Science xD

[@arbknight12]

But there’s one thing that can counter and succeed over any of Poison Ivy’s plants: Harley Quinn’s puppy-dog face and tears

[@Irish381]

Ah yes,, the nuclear option. 😭

[@DemonicEngineer]

Fucking loved that movie. And i hated Harley before i saw it!

[@KyriosMirage]

Superman: I draw power from the Sun! Poison Ivy: Oh, really...

[@artistwithouttalent]

10:17 I had heard of this plant before, but I wasn't sure if this was the same one. I Googled "Australian murder plant" and this was the first thing that came up.

[@SodakExotics]

Could you do a video on what Scarecrow's fear toxin is made of?

[@barrybend7189]

What about mixing plants together and make a very dangerous super plant?

[@GundamFranxx]

Or a giant venus fly trap?

[@kyiore6878]

Well she sorta does, actually.

[@justinriddell7648]

She's against GMOs😂

[@perfect_harmony4348]

Excuse my poor imagination but arent the plants discribed in this vid already superplants?

[@UmbraVolpes]

Well it could be possible without genetic modification but i don't know how practical. An example would be this art project in New York time.com/3086552/tree-of-40-fruit-sam-van-aken/

[@tylersmith5124]

Let’s talk other options that are maybe more dramatic and visual for comics. Dr Pamela Isley was a botanist and even before having super powers had the knowledge and skills to mutate super plants. So let’s say she wants to make giant carnivorous plants. One option for a nice horrific trap for hostages could be a giant pitcher plant. These under appreciated carnivorous plants trap insects, frogs, and sometimes rats in a slick sided pot shaped plant filled with digestive fluid which would trap and slowly dissolve the victim into a giant pitcher of person soup. Alternatively the more famous option is a giant Venus fly trap. Death by fly trap is way more horrifying than you may believe because the inside of a fly trap doesn’t crush its victims but instead the leaves become concave and form a watertight seal then fill with acid which frowns and then slowly dissolved the target. Either of these seem to me like excellent under used time sensitive plot elements for future Poison Ivy stories

[@chrishubbard64]

She has used venus flytraps before in the animated series at least,. Batman just kinda chops them down with batarangs. Or cuts his way out with the same tools.

[@TopaztheSpaz]

I think she has actually used both of these before in the comics over the years.

[@jaimie00]

I had the same kind of idea, only using genetically engineered "super sundews" with huge tentacles. The perfect way to hold a hostage, like whomever Batman is crushing on. You know, so he will show up to save the day, knowing it's a trap, but not caring, blah blah blah. The super sundews would also make great interrogation facilitators. You either tell her everything she wants to know, or be slowly (or not-so-slowly) digested by the plant. Aside from messing with the size of the plants, she could also make the digestive juices more potent so that they work faster. With the huge tentacles wrapped around your whole body, being eaten alive, I think most people would tell her anything she wanted. Then she'd probably leave them there to be eaten anyway...Because Villains.

[@nulllex0099]

May I suggest abusing the Dynamite Tree's seed dispersal method? That'd give her biological shrapnel granades, at least! Combine them with other plants, like a squirting cucumber at least, and it'd be some traditionally deadly addition to her arsenal ^-^

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

Personally I'd be more interested in mutant sundews or butterworts that have the ability to ensnare humans with natural glue and then crush them

[@doommuffinz5276]

"Aaaah my dermis" 🤣

[@rudysmith1445]

"It's got *sap* on iiiit"

[@ThunderSkull214]

7:05 takes fruit of the poisonous tree to a whole new level

[@ishratshaikh51]

"Cut your dongle off plant" "Dongle cutter plant" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@wayneigoe6722]

"If she wanted to get nasty"... She'd probably call harley... (If you know what I mean)

[@christianmcelrpy3376]

NO

[@aaronhumphrey2009]

Catwoman ? Meow ! This Kitty has claws...

[@tylerthemasturbator6729]

Wayne Igoe ahahahahaha

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

I don't

[@deinonychus1948]

*facepalm* "OH NO now I have sap on my face!! Ahhh this is what being Two Face must feel like ahhhh!!!!!"

[@mightyjohn8136]

"It can take paint off cars !" yeah, seems kinda bad

[@tenhirankei]

@3:30 Hogweed creates vampires!

[@Novyar]

Wait, does poison Ivy eat food or absorb sunlight like superman?😅

[@aaronbourque5494]

She eats food. For years, she was depicted as a vegetarian, despite her declared philosophies, but that's been reversing, lately, and she sometimes gets shown to exclusively eat meat.

[@Takao0815]

Freedom Anderson not only for his heat vision

[@giorgikatamadze3048]

Freedom Anderson no. Superman doesn’t have to eat. He mentioned once that he eats because it’s a habit but he can survive without it.

[@packman2321]

As far as I understand it Superman needs food for sustenance (or at least he eats it anyway) while sunlight just charges his superpowers. Hence why flying through the sun makes him more powerful but doesn't make him less hungry. That said the rules for his powers are pretty inconsistent so I wouldn't be surprised to find out there's a comic where he eats light or something.

[@SilverVolo]

She kisses men to get their life energy

[@squatchymcsquatchsquatch3015]

Dude, this is the scariest episode you've made IMO. Real life, and real life misery!

[@battlefieldcustoms873]

What would happen if poison ivy controlled Weed lol. it would turn batman back into adam west

[@breadiscool1872]

Imagine posion ivy uses her entire power and uses taht neddle plant to cover the entire world... suicide will go brrr

[@battlefieldcustoms873]

@@breadiscool1872 She could end the world by plummeting the opium prices all over the world. Skyscraper Opium plants in the middle of manhattan.

[@breadiscool1872]

@@battlefieldcustoms873 oh god. She could literally wait for it to rain then bam. Everyone deas

[@futurepig]

It would be the perfect weapon. Her enemies just relax, lose interest in fighting and go for a snack.

[@krazylevin]

Everything said here about the Manchineel tree is rue except the part about touching the tree. I live in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and we have these on some of our beaches. We've sat under them and touched them, hung our bags on the limbs etc. But we all know not to stand underneath it during rain, touch the sap or cut the bark. I love this channel by the way. Awesome content as usual.

[@firebladeentertainment5739]

heh, just realised that my favorite W40K meme is the best weapon against poison ivy: Brother... Get the Flamethrower... The HEAVY Flamethrower...

[@TankHunter678]

Its Flamer not Flamethrower.

[@infiniteaseem6523]

Ohk Kyle. Love the show. Now, I believe you missed the one way Poison Ivy could legit kill a whole lot of everything in this world. She can do this by acting on a microscopic level and she could literally hold the entire world hostage. Here's how: Phytoplankton. Yea, these hyper important microscopic plants (most phytoplankton are unicellular plants) produce 70% of the planet's oxygen. If Poison Ivy were to get entire populations of phytoplankton to stop reproducing ( i.e., leave the population in limbo or maybe just reduce the numbers of the phytoplankton very much; not telling them to commit suicide, just asking them not to reproduce; that way she doesn't hurt or harm any plant) it would reduce the planet's oxygen level drastically. ( *She wouldn't even have to actually go through with this (since she probably wouldn't want to do so either) but if she could just act like she's totally unhinged and crazy maybe the bluff could fool everyone who knows. But then again all that wouldn't matter coz **_HE'S BATMAN!!!_* )If she got all of the phytoplankton to stop reproducing until just about 5-6 isolated populations remained, the percentage of oxygen in the planet's atmosphere would drop to (30/100 x 21/100=) 6.3%!!!. It would destroy entire food chains in oceans. It would cause absolute chaos in the world because so many people will be choking to death. It could literally destroy the world as we know it and all that power in the hands of Ivy... She could theoretically just rule the planet this way if she wanted to : give me what I want or the plankton stop reproducing!!! Creepy isn't it?

[@madgeologist495]

Absolutely true, but...maybe I am wrong but wasn't her biggest concern to keep plants alive? I mean, sure; she could rule the world but wouldn't this particular move go against her core conviction?

[@infiniteaseem6523]

madgeologist she's keeping them alive, just asking them to not reproduce. That way they die natural deaths, but no second generation. I considered that myself when I thought up this scheme😁 edit : I did say in the latest edit that all she'd have to do is make the threat and act crazy, then hope to the plant gods that they all buy it

[@ahightechlowlife]

If she wasn't bluffing, though, I would think all of the animals producing the carbon dioxide that these plants need would die thus killing the plants, no?

[@infiniteaseem6523]

Travis No😂 plants respire too. They produce carbon dioxide themselves. In effect they could drive their own life forever, no animals required. Of course on very small levels there would eventually be n imbalance in the oxygen/CO2 balance but that would take a while. We're talking just literally a few days or weeks at most and that's gonna be enough to make tumult and chaos reign supreme

[@kommentorpostker3911]

Bees need oxygen. Flowers need bees. Ivy wouldn't kill the bees.

[@revampedharpy09]

8:05 is it just me, or does this tree just seem like a giant "fuck all you guys" from nature?

[@pancakeperson8905]

12:01 Rest in peace.

[@seanwalls1036]

I would fund poison ivy to terraform other planets...we know the JLA has starships.

[@TheAnimaAnimal]

When I was little I knew some berries nearby were poisonous and could kill you. Watching Justice League animated I always wondered why she didn't just use her vines to shove poisonous berries into people's mouths. My explanations were always lazy writing, non important or unpopular character just there to be eye candy etc. It would have been so cool to see Batman fight those plants in the video.

[@jagossone]

Are you sure those berries can kill you? I also believed as a kid some stories about some berries, turned out theyre just disgusting and harmless

[@TheAnimaAnimal]

@@jagossone oh no, these are the real deal. They are not a sure kill but they cause your stomach to pretty much collapse or something like that.

[@stuchly1]

@@TheAnimaAnimal more importantly, even small doses of some berries are more dangerous to children than to adults. That's why parents warn children not to eat them.

[@lafleurstudios]

The real reason she doesnt shove things in peoples mouths is because it is to close to porn..

[@scotthurr5925]

I'd love to hear your take on Swamp Thing... He's got quite the history and plethora of 'powers."

[@demongaming75]

I love how enthusiastic he is with his videos and how informative they can be. Cant wait for the next upload!

[@orionthegsp]

Thank you for your help this morning Kyle! I told my kids (7 & 9) they could watch this before school if they were ready in time. It worked a treat.

[@velquar]

The Hogweed (Heracleum Sosnowskyi) comes from the Caucasus and was imported to Central and Eastern Europe in '50 - '70 because it grew like crazy, and the amount of green mass and high acidity were perfectly suited for the production of cattle silage. It could not be eradicated. Even cut to the ground, it was able to grow. After the first euphoria, however, came a reflection. Acidity has begun to be a problem, as it has corroded agricultural equipment at an alarming rate. The cows did not want to eat it, and even if they ate it for unexplained reasons, the milk tasted of anise ... It was tried many times to eradicate it, but to no avail. He spread everywhere and at some time he took practically all of Europe. Now wherever someone sees it, it is removed immediately, but it's hard to kill it. The amount of herbicide needed to get rid of this hogweed was so great that all other plants in the area died, and the zone was no longer suitable for cultivation, and the hogweed had the chance to survive anyway. Kyle - I love the show. Seen ALL of the episodes (even back when it was on Nerdist). Keep it up!

[@DocWolph]

Man humanity, you stupid!

[@luckiller019]

You left out the best part. In Central and Eastern Europe is for this qulities commonly nickname bolshevik.

[@Yasuk3]

The gimpy gimpy plant from Australia ( the last one mentioned) is so painful that some patients are strapped down to hospitals beds to prevent them from tearing their skins off. And some prolly have compared the pain to being set on fire and having acid poured on the affected area

[@trioofdominance1043]

I think there's even a tree in jungles that uses fruits with extremely tight and strong fibers that build up energy, and when the pressure builds up enough, it explodes like a grenade to send it's seeds a football field away from the initial tree.

[@softpaw6234]

I know certain types of peat do something similar, Matpat did a video theorizing that's what Minecraft creepers are made of

[@simplyaregularguy131]

The sandbox tree/dynamite tree

[@1993Shahid]

When I was a kid, hogweed used to grow just outside of town in a field where I liked to play. I knew that these plants were dangerous, so I stayed away from them. One day I wasn't careful enough apparently, so when I woke up the next morning, my left hand was covered in these ugly blisters. Strange thing though - I don't remember any pain.

[@cobalt1227]

Hey Kyle. How would Batman deal with those plants? I know he’s the worlds best problem solver, so what would he have to do to protect himself and Robin from Poison Ivey? Honestly I don’t think it would be that hard. Every thing you described in the video has to do with touching the plants or possibly inhaling them. A full body suit would keep you from touching anything, and a helmet would stop any potential air hazards for the Dark Knight. It’s not the coolest of solutions but, it’s seems to be a simple one. After the battle or apprehension, Alfred turns on the bat-decontamination shower and everything would wash off. I guess if you wanted to get cooler with it, Batman could use some kind of gas bomb that renders the plants useless...

[@fiend652]

Fire just fucking fire

[@gdsfgsdgsdfg]

@@fiend652 Machineel smoke is toxic to the point of making you blind for life...

[@MegaEricPham]

Fernando Guerrero not if you’re already blind 😎👉 sorry that was terrible

[@patrickvondersaar4836]

Easy herbicide some herbicide can take effect within a few hours

[@trellnebula]

Call Swamp Thing

[@benjaminroberson1967]

When Myth-busters tried to test 'cures' for Poison ivy (one was highly allergic and could not participate) but all the rest didn't have a reaction. They had to go to the film crew before they found someone who was allergic to do the test (for reference about 1 in 10 people will not have a reaction)

[@tenhirankei]

@6:50 There are people that will interpret the "red X" as either "X marks the spot" or as a "dare" to touch it there. They're commonly known as idiots.

[@ChloePricesNumberOneSimp]

0:49 check mate vegans. What're you gonna eat now?

[@angela_somanythings5670]

Not people.

[@Local_commentor]

Agent Orange versus manchinlle

[@NC_Isro_64]

Whats vegan?

[@ChaoticPers]

​@@NC_Isro_64 You poor soul

[@roguepotato5389]

Kyle with you being in the void, would a phototoxic touch really be that bad for you?

[@becausescience]

I'm illuminated, so I'm weary -- kH

[@AgeTemplar]

Illuminati confirmed

[@vladimirstefan8760]

Also Hashirama Senju or the druids from World of warcraft would get a hundred times scarier if they used plants like these :[

[@Chris-ug4zz]

3:45 Light does not curve! Get it right Kyle!

[@pyeitme508]

PLEASE make why Earth's firearms are WAY more deadly than Star Wars blasters during any battle or war Because Science?!

[@Gibbypastrami]

thats intentional, blasters were meant to be more humane weapons and the fact that they have way more 'ammo' in one cartridge than a standard firearms magazine, makes them far more sustainabke weapons, blasters usually cause surface wounds, bullets go right through ya

[@jimbutcher5712]

The projectile speed alone makes blasters sub par weapons at any range. Doesn’t matter how many rounds are in the clip if you can’t hit the target with any of them because they’re so slow. And ask Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru about how deadly blasters aren’t.

[@akizeta]

I don't think that's comparing like with like. You shouldn't be comparing Star Wars weapons with real-world weapons, you should be comparing them with _movie_ depictions of real-world weapons. And at that, with weapons in similar genres. In some thrillers, forex, nearly all weapons work better for the protagonists than for their opposition.

[@vroomzoom4206]

Lmao, but they aren't.

[@ruyman90]

Is not because there are more effective but blasters in the SW universe are more obtainable and affordable. They have learn to harvest energy so effectively that is easier to get energy to heat up normal hydrogen gas and blast it than to mine to find minerals, create powder, have an assembly line and create bullets.By the way normal bullets exist in SW but most people and ships would not use them because they add a lot of weight and simply carrying a blaster that makes mostly the same effect is more comfortable and they can recharge it almost everywhere instead that look for an specific caliber of bullet to work with your gun. Aside blasters make more damage to things such as energy shields (well at least that's the in universe explanation)

[@Seamus.Harper]

"Cut-Your-Dongle-off plant" is the actual scientific term. 🤓

[@itsyaboiiobi]

DC Comic book writers watching this: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@avelinodearriba9130]

He forgot about the "dynamite tree" which is completely covered in large poisonous thorns, poisonous sap, leaves and fruit which literally explode spreading poisonous seeds at 160 mph.

[@rythan5444]

In batman Arkham city game ,poison ivy literally made some criminal and police officer to Zombie like creatures my making a pod like plant.

[@01oo011]

Would be hilarious if a plant just got up and walked away.

[@ethandonnelly1973]

G r o o t

[@flaurel]

There needs to be a lot more content regarding plants on KZbin or the internet in general! As an aspiring botanist and hobby content creator myself, I really appreciate it whenever I find someone else finally giving plants some attention!

[@aryanreshi831]

There is actually a similar looking plant in Kashmir region and the teachers there used to stung them to the students who didn't study well. The cure was to apply wet clay on the affected area.

[@GTKermit]

At 5:55 who looked up pictures of bloodroot injuries? I know I did and I know I regret it.

[@raaston9761]

i did and did not regret it i have seen worse injuries

[@michaelDcrawfordjr]

🙋🏻‍♂️ I was surprised to find that people are using it as a home remedy for skin cancer, leukemia, breast cancer and prostate tumors.

[@izabella6891]

Michael Crawford PROSTATE TUMORS?!?! No! Not down there!

[@michaelDcrawfordjr]

Izabella Terry Yup. There are websites and everything. No thanks. I’ll take my chances with properly tested studies and medicine, thank you.

[@rakshith7002]

Poison ivy used vine whip Batman is dark type It's not very effective

[@dragonarchive7443]

LOL XDDDD

[@seanm4095]

I live in florida I know the Machneil tree it's like the whole tree is made of poison! Ugh it gives me shivers just thinking about them!

[@Phoenixesper1]

"plants are earths dominate life form" And right off the bat the plane has crashed before it took off. The correct answer is Bacteria. but thank you for playing. :P

[@wheelerdealer8337]

You must be fun at parties

[@lunarfalacy2662]

He probably meant Eucaryotic life form

[@alecsmith3448]

How exactly do Poison Ivy's plants move so fast. They are plants they don't have muscles.

[@WAMTAT]

Plants can move. Some of them quite fast.

[@alecsmith3448]

@@WAMTAT yes but not the ones she normally uses

[@ladykoiwolfe]

I always kinda figured it was due to her ability to excelerate their growth, but that never seemed a good answer for how they contracted or withdrew.

[@Imajicka1]

Plants move bio-chemically. One could say that she can accelerate and enhance those chemical reactions.

[@sidders_3275]

Gotta love me a new because science vid!

[@Ginger_bit]

I just knew the gimpy gimpy would be on this list

[@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human]

Thanks for the terrifying biology lesson. Pure nightmare fuel. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go curl up under a blanket and try to forget this litany of horror and agony.