Most Dangerous Trees You Should NEVER Touch

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I have seen several of these trees in my work, and living in several African and Carribean countries. There is another tree not mentioned in this video that is also found in the Carribean. It goes by the name Christmas Bush, because the leaves look similar to Holly leaves. It causes painful burns and blisters on your skin several hours after touching the leaves or the sap. I found out the hard way when clearing some ground to build a zipline in St. Martin, I had some of the sap on my hands when I had to go pee, lets just say I had burns where it is the most sensitive, as well as my hands, arms, and face.

Thanks for the info! We have a Black Locust spling growing in our back yard. I did not know what it was till I saw your video. I transplanted it before knowing about tour video. As I picked it up to put it in the hole I dug, I got stuck lightly and briefly by one of it's thorns. I immediately put some disinfectant on my little finger and cotinued working. I had a small red / numbish / red spot for 3 days. Thankfully the thorn did not go deep at all. After researching the poison effects from this tree It could have been much worse. Another person who's report I red was stuck much deeper with a Black Locust thorn and their entire index finger swole up so they could'nt bend the finger. Thankfully an MD told them it's not fatal and can be treated with Antihistamine and pain killers. The SEEDS, in particular, Bark, twigs and leaves are fatal however if ingested in the right quantity. I would recommend in the case of getting stung by these thorns to immediately take Antihistamine and wrap the stung area with a slightly moist Activated Charcoal compress which will draw out the toxins.

I think my grandfather may have a tree similar to a Sandbox tree in his backyard garden. There’s always been this tree in his backyard garden that looks very similar to a Sandbox tree. It’s probably only about 20 or so feet tall, but it has small spikes all over the trunk. I’ve never touched it, but I have always wondered what kind of tree it was. I’ll make a point to ask him about it next time I’m over there.

We have Honey Locust trees all over the US Midwest, including my yard. Our son stepped on a thorn when he was 3 and it took several weeks to get it all out. Very painful!

so the best things to wear if you go to australia are a gas mask(for all the gasses) a knight armor(for all the thorns,and also the poisonus plants) and a jet pack(because running away from an animal is already difficult and the armor makes it even harder).

In Germany we have a tree that is locally called Vogelbeerenbaum / Eberesche (Sorbus aucuparia). It has red berries on it that almost fool you into believing they are red currants, but they are slightly bigger and a bit more orange. I was told they are very toxic, and they are very bad for your digestion system.

I've seen white trumpets that smell good but are sometimes toxic. this flower grows on Arizona Cacti and can make a fire smell good, just like oleanders, I heard that these can grow on thorny vines as well. some big ones that bees try to go in are proven to have pollen that could be fatal. so if you go near those flowers. Be careful.

When walking in forests and bushlands, the gympie-gympie is very common sight… I have never had the feeling to touch one though but thanks for letting me know why

I have many of the honey locust trees around my house on the property. They are very nasty to handle and yes they do cause a lot of trouble with tires! Makes mowing the grass frustrating sometimes.

Brugmansia plants are called Moon flowers where I'm from because they normally open their flowers from dusk. Quite a common sight in people's gardens though

These trees make me so glad that the only trees near me are safe oak maple and pine. I wanted to ask you how I order a be amazed tee shirt? I can't find them on the internet.

The thumbnail almost killed me cuz the holes is too much for me

I have a Bunya Pine in my back yard. My Dad found it as a seedling in a pot in a garbage fill. He brought it home to my Mom who loved plants. She had never seen a plant like that before nor did she know its name. What she did know is that she didn't like the spiky leaves. She threw the pot with seedling out the back door and there it took root. That was about 50 years ago and the tree is still growing, or so I was told a few years ago by a Horticulturalist. He said that you know when the tree is fully mature when the top flattens out. If that's true, my tree isn't fully mature, yet. The largest pine cone I've seen from this tree was about 6 inches in diameter and weighed about 1 to 1-1/2 pounds. It's rare to see a large one survive the fall. Smaller ones stay intact. When they hit the ground you can hear a very audible THUD. The leaves grow on small branches. When the leaves are green they are sharp but pliable. When the turn brown, they are stiff and deadly to walk on without proper shoes. The main thing people dislike about the tree is the mess they make with the leafy branches year 'round, but worse during the fall and winter. Because the brown leaves are so sharp, clean up requires heavy leather gloves. I had a crew come to take down some dying trees. The Foreman said that they had to take down a Bunya Pine and will never take on that task again for any amount of money. I never knew the proper name for the tree until I saw this video. I've always known it as a Monkey Puzzle Tree, named so because it is said that it's the only tree a monkey can't climb.

Thanks for these educative videos as always. Really chilling to watch.🤔

I've seen and probably stumbled into the gympie gympie. Either I repressed that memory or more likely I just don't feel that kinda pain because wasps, including paper wasps and fire ants don't seem to bother me... anyway, one that has bothered me from Australia is wait-a-while, a grasslike climbing palm vine with needle-like spikes all over it, and a long, thin tip (the width of a wire coat hanger) that grows several metres long and often runs along the ground (also covered in hooks), this just looks like a blade of grass but I want to emphasize... those spikes will either stick to and maybe rip your clothes as you run by, or shred your skin if you aren't wearing any... AND perhaps trip you over because it's pretty strong! I've nearly fallen over rock banks several metres where I would most certainly have died. The tip is like a whip, once you pull it off you need to be careful because it springs straight back... So add to your list: machete.

I had a client i did landscaping work for in florida who had brugmansia in his back yard, and i ate 2 of the flowers, they arent necessarily fatal (but possibly could be, especially depending on use of SSRI antidepressants) as much as they cause intense severe hallucinations of the paranoid delusional dissociative type. The plant is closely related to datura, and paralysis is i believe dependent on the individuals reaction to the compounds contained in the flowers. I ended up completely losing my mind, but never did i become paralyzed even after eating the flowers. The hallucination lasted for the better half of an entire 24 hour period, i didnt sleep for almost 2 days from it. At first it was intensely euphoric, but the effects kept getting stronger and stronger until i couldnt control my vision anymore, depth perception disappeared entirely and the world looked like a 2d image, and then i began to spout nonsense and scream really loudly. Luckily i was on a private beach when i ate it, i probably would have ended up in a psych ward had i been seen by any member of the general public... They definitely arent worth trying, i have always been curious about psychoactive compounds, and i never will trip brugmansias ever again. its basically the most uncomfortable hallucinations ever. Stick with mushrooms DMT LSD and peyote, those arent going to be 24 hours of mental horror and delirium.... Afterwards for about 2 weeks i had ptsd about the event which eventually faded, it is indescribable of how terrifying the effect of scopolamine can truly be.

The bird killing tree DOES enjoy an evolutionary advantage by it's seeds sticking to birds. I don't know how scientists can't see that the seeds being stuck to the birds causes the birds to perish due to the seeds weighing them down. Then the seeds are spread as far as that bird can get and if the bird dies the seeds have a source of nutrients needed for seeding. If the bird is eaten and the seeds survive the gastric tract of the predator then they also get nutrients for seeding when passed.

We've got two species of Angel's Trumpet (Brazilian and Indian) growing in our backyard garden here in India. No problem with any poisoning, accidental or otherwise, and the blooms are stunning. I guess they are deadly only if ingested.

I'm not sure if it was a honey locust tree or what, but I was removing a young specimen from my property and doing so by stomping the branches down. BAD idea, because one of those 10 cm long spikes went directly through the sole of my shoe and deep into my foot. Very painful, and the wound was infected for several months. Best way to handle the branches is to only touch them using pliers.