I Touched the Worlds Most Painful Plant - Gympie Gympie (The Suicide Plant)
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Have you ever been stung or burned from a plant before?
Many
no but i’ve been stung by a wasp
Bee sting - the sole of my foot
The sole became completely white and no sensation. Weirdly, I felt no pain.
Nope
got stung by a jelly fish and once I got stung by a wasp 11 times on the head
"[Something called "the Suicide Plant"] is native to Australia..."
Sounds about right.
YES
Everything in Australia wants to kill you. Fact.
Can relate I’m an aussie
he looks like the word greg
@@TheRisskee clearly you’ve never seen a quokka only thing that’s not tryna kill u there
"Zuko, remember that plant that I thought might be tea?"
"You didn't..."
"I did, *and it wasn't"*
Oof
Great episode lol
@@CreeseDF stfu
Shut up already
BRUH
My husband works in an Australian Botanic Garden and they had a Gympie Gympie in one of the glasshouses. Over the years he started to feel ill being around it, and then two other gardeners had anaphylactic reactions working near it. Turns out the ‘hairs’ shed, which made sense, and could enter the respiratory system. Husband called time on it and they torched it
i'm surprised they don't have a national program designed to remove the plant from areas frequented by humans.
...well who knows. Maybe they do. But considering how many things there are in Australia that will f*ck a human up... they've probably got there hands full.
@@the503creepout7 Down here we don’t kill indigenous plants. Even snakes are protected fauna.
Oh god I couldn’t imagine the pain of inhaling this plant
from what i heard/read....not only do they shed but they stay "active" for years even if they are dried etc.
like someone had them like pressed flowers and it still stung
@@HeartTheBacon i'm an american. So maybe that's why my first inclination upon hearing about the gympie gympie is to figure out how to weaponize it.
i wonder if there'd be a way to make it into a mace spray. F*cking brutal.
Im Australian and my husband got stung by one of these on his leg Gympie gympies. He went to the ER when he first did it to get something for the pain but there’s not much you can do for it. 7 months later, he still has excruciating pain, especially when cold air or water hits his legs. The pain can last years. You got lucky.
has to do with what the needles are made from. its mineral so the body wont absorb it, but wont treat it as foreign for some reason?
Heres what you did.
"I rwead on Gwoogle that this pwant can cause pain for sweven (its usually labelled as nine so you were lazy in searching), so I mwade up a stwory for internet likes 🍼👶"
It's been 6 months since this comment. How is he now?
Why do Australians have the most horrible things
I've read about cases where the pain is terrible for months even sometimes years. These guys either faked this or got incredibly lucky
Plant: *Evolves neuro toxin needles to keep itself safe*
Humans: "I like pain."
@nieooj gotoy Why'd you copy and paste a comment bruh.
plant: jeez all these animals wanna eat me... oh i know, i'll fudge with the pain receptors in living beings so they regret touching me
humans: huh, that stings bro
Same thing with hot spicy food That are made from plants
@@kachowgang808yt4 no one cares
@@vixen878 bogos binted 👽
I used to think you were tough. But losing a fight to a plant? Come on man.
Seriously, they can’t even walk
They fought back with flames
Am I rinsing machine or a filling machine?
How its grown
I know its a joke, still why dont you touch it
Back in Queensland, I saw a kid in a lot of pain after he brushed against some gympie gympie. An executive type bloke came over and asked what happened and as soon as we told him he inexplicably rubbed his hands on the leaf! I've never seen anyone go down so fast. I imagine a similar scenario played out every weekend.
I’m sorry but “executive type bloke tries to prove he’s tough and instantly regrets it” is just the perfect mental image ROFL 🤣
based
@@eroraf8637I'd like to imagine that he had a very important meeting he really didn't want to attend that day
I get stung by it occasionally and there's a lot of them where I'm from. It's not really painful and is no where close to the pain inflicted by a bee sting or a fire ant bite.
@@wokeydokey6885 do you eat it for breakfast too?
At the beginning I was so nervous at how casual he was around it thinking he would just touch it on accident while moving his hands and talking
same.
Well, I learnt my lesson working on some old woman's flower garden, she kept that thing in a small pot and whilst I was removing weeds near it, my hand and part of my arm took a good generous brash. Lets just say, I had to pause for sometime.
Pain wise, my whole arm went numb and I thought I was going into shock and I was panicking because I did not know what I touched. Fortunately, I knew that unless sap had dropped from above me, then it had to be pins the plant below. I quickly rinsed my arm gently with soap and salted water to remove possible toxins on the arm and used light yellow light to check if I was pricked by something. It was easy to spot the problem on the boils.
My advice would be removing the pins as quick as possible, that's offers best relief than anything else but the pain tho. hmm
dude at the end I was so worried bro had t-shirts and shorts on and were chopping it with a machete what if one of the leaves or needles flew off and hit one of em.
@@samuelkundael3503 how do you remove the pins?
Also at the end when they destroyed the plant, could have breath something in or flicked it onto themselves.
I love the basic human experience of "this hurts" leading to "cool, let me try!"
That is not my basic human experience
They risked their life’s for the sake of RUclips content
"You've got to try this dude, it sucks!"
@@RandomPerson-nh3ch none of the plants they touched were lethal though, just painful
Yes
"Not only do these peptides activate pain receptors, but they prevent them from turning off, too." - Wow, didn't know plants understood the concept of spite!
My thoughts exactly. How do plants even know how to do this?!
@@JayJay-ki4mi witch's curse
@@JayJay-ki4mi The longer the effects, the less animals interacted, the more long term versions of the plant survived. Survival of the fittest. As they were evolving, versions that had the pain disappear more rapidly were trampled on, eaten, nested near, etc until they gradually died out.
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I read sprite
“What do you think it tastes like?” “PAIN” I laughed so hard
"I eated the purple berries!... they taste like burning!" thank you, Ralph Wiggum.
We went on a school trip to an area that had these. the guide showed us them and told us to stay away. Several kids thought it was a joke and had to have an ambulance called it was so bad. Also were it grows can have an impact on how bad it is. Growing it in a pot away from it's natural habitat probably made it a bit more tame than it is normally.
They had it coming,
You will be intrigued by the wilderness if your parents never take you on hikes
@@connergalles7106Hiking gang, assemble!
It's not as painful as a bee sting or a fire ant bite. I've been stung by it atleast 50 times throughout my life and the pain is easily manageable. My bike shed had them and i used to bump into them occasionally. Just leave it alone and it will go away in an hour. I never even cared enough to remove that plant either since it never bothered me much.
Note to self: Don't walk barefoot in your driveway.
*its a bad idea*
You ain't never been to Flordia then if you don't want to walk barefoot
oMg veRIFy?? must LiKe!!
@@rommosher He probably meant that as in the plants needles are now just littered over his driveway, that would hurt
Yep 👍
"Used leaf as toilet paper, shot himself"
"I'm going to touch this plant!"
All jokes aside this takes balls
Apparently, so did the plant...
It really does
@@The_Keeper im upset for laughing
Using this plant as toilet paper would probably make it so you feel like you're having constant explosive diarrhea
@@trashcontent4851
No, constant bullet ant pain directly on anus
My mom had this horrible cactus in the kitchen window that would sense your body heat, and "throw" its hairlike spines at you. It was also super itchy. This plant was also by the toaster, so sometimes it'd shoot you when you were grabbing your toast. I have no idea why she kept that thing.
What species? That’s pretty cool
This happened to me toooo!! My mom kept hers on the patio, so I would never go out
Thats like having an angry cat
My beloved pet cactus that hates me so much and shoots me with projectile attack
Thats terrifying and hilarious lol.
Im from Queensland, Australia and i lived in Gympie which is the town literally named after this plant, i got stung once trecking in the bush.. it must have been a big leaf and pretty bad because it was like being punched in the face, i fell down disorientated and later it became excrusiating for a few days.. it got kinda better after time, hot or cold water set it off again for like 2 years.. i got a coin sized numb spot on my arm that lasted almost 10 years and can still feel something wrong with my arm to this day.. super nasty and you would probly die from shock if you got too much
Can it be treated completely?
@@ButterBeanfromheavenFrom what Coyote has said, do not try to put water, duct tape comes first, if nothing is working, try the native strategy, if that doesn't work, seek medical attention.
@@tonychen3368What is the native strategy?
@@TeaCup1940Nothing much, just get tougher. I'm not from AU but there's a lot where I'm from and I've been stung more than 50 times throughout my life. It doesn't even bother me (or anyone in my place), we just leave it at that and move on with our life. Kids here play by sticking it onto each others (including me when I was a kid) and even though it hurts, they all end up fine, they don't even cry. The irritation will go away within an hour (maybe because we're accustomed to it).
Don't come back to gympie, homeless people everywhere and you cannot walk through Mary Street without finding 10 needles
The madlad actually did it. I appreciate that the title wasn't clickbait.
They never fell in stinging nettles. UK has them
The fact that he could feel it for 2 months. That's commitment.
@@girlsdrinkfeck nettles aren’t that bad, they hurt but it’s probably like a 2-3
@@girlsdrinkfeck Denmark too
Someone did essentially call "The Gympie Gympie" Nettles on Steroids.
i live in australia... this plant.. its everywhere. its not. that. bad.
"Hey, that looks like a nice plant"
**touches plant**
"ᵒᵘᶜʰ"
Ball ruclips.net/video/KZfYkq0Moz4/видео.html
it do be like that
Ball :)
life
You hurt too rose Ms I have thorns
I walked into a gympie gympie bush last weekend while trekking up a mountain (Australia). For the past few days the pain could be described as an itchy, deep sunburn. Wax strips are the solution! I've used almost an entire packet but I can guarantee they work (unless you've been really itching and rubbing the affected area). To my knowledge the hydrochloric acid and water solution should be used in tandem with the wax strips.
Yes, I have brushed up against Gympie Gympie of Queensland Stinging Tree, it hurts for days, then is itchy for a week or so. Not as bad as some people make out but not pleasant. We have lots of them growing in the bushland near where I live.
I think the important part is how much you touch. Small prick on the arm, sure thats not to bad. If its your entire back or more then its a whole diffrent problem.
There was experiment in Russia to use hogweed as cow food. Well, it didn't go well. Milk becomes sour when cows eat this plant.
And now we have hogweed as one of the most cancerous weed in some regions. It grows fast and becomes HUGE. And it is REALLY hard to deal with it without using radical measures like glyphosate. It is not a type of weed that grows on fields. But ones that grows along roads, villages and at forest clearings.
When dealing with it you MUST wear full clothes, preferably ones that won't soak at all. Even under sun. Because if any amount of this plant juice touches your skin, you become "light allergic". Basically this juice is quite harmless as long as it doesn't see UV light (sunlight). But it is really hard to remove, and as soon as light falls on this place, it will turn into acid leaving rash, blisters and days of pain.
@@detachsoup6061 not to mention if that broad leaf looked good as toilet paper
Different ppl different reactions
You hurt for days from brushing on them. The stories of people using them as toilet paper or having the needles go so deep that is impossible to remove them or for them to get out naturally are one of the most terrifying things.
*puts itching buring welts in chemical laced pool water*
"I think that made it worse!"
Truly a scientist.
I would love to put a leaf from that thing in your bed to give you a goodnight surprise muhahahahahahaha
@@raven4k998 id accept it that way i can get into a chlorine pool after
@@raven4k998 Imagine someone accidently put it in a meal and ate it...
@@resphantom cooking probably deactivates the sting
@@annaa1773 no he's talking about like on a sandwich
“What do the berries taste like?”
“Pain”
missed opportunity to say "they taste like burning". . .
@@Femaiden this
Here ya go: 3:30
@@Femaiden I like what he said in the video better it was funny one word line
Agony even
I don’t understand how he kept saying he wasn’t worried because the Gympie Gympie only disturbs pain receptors, when it also causes severe anaphylactic responses in a high percentage on people who go near it.
Because they only touched it slightly and made sure to get the minimum amount on their skin?
I think that way of thinking actually saved them from a worse experience. It's kinda like it stopped their brain from understanding it could get that bad. Feel like that makes sense lol
"What do you think it tastes like?"
"Pain?"
“Don’t worry little buddy” *casually touches plant*
“What happens when you grow up and lose all your leaves” *dark music starts playing*
P
I also casually touch plant.
He doesn't touch it
“Used the leaf as a toilet paper, ended up shooting himself”
Wow I felt that pain just by listening to it.
Gg bro. Gg
Ive also heard the same story for every plant leaf irritant.
Actually a true story sadly.
Hot needles every wipe and shower. No thanks.
@@bloodblade5860 No, it's just a myth.
On a family trip about 6 years ago I managed to get Mango sap on the back of my hand during a hike. It caused my hand to blister pretty bad and I still have a scar.
Mango sap is related to the poison ivy plant
From a mango tree like as in the juice I love to drink?
@@planes3333 The bad stuff is only in the tree sap, and they all know to keep the fruit free of that sap, so I wouldnt worry about it.
@@rideon6140 Oh ok thanks so much for clarifying, you rock!
Wait I ate mango sap yesterday!!
That office space reference was gold. Fun vid!
I love that phrase "locally saturated" - like, it really gets the point across that the pain is in a tiny area, so it's manageable. But that if it were in a larger area, it would not be manageable. Like, a 10/10 pain would leave most people unconscious, or at least unable to speak in complete sentences. They'd either be unable to say anything or they'd be screaming incoherently in agony. But I can see how this could provide a 10/10 pain in such a small area that it can give context to what that level of pain feels like, without feeling it over an area that would cause the effects a normal 10/10 pain would cause. While all the pain receptors on your whole arm going off at once might make you want to end it all, having all the pain receptors in one tiny spot on your arm going off all at once wouldn't make you lose your mind, but it WOULD probably let you imagine what feeling that over your whole arm COULD be like.
Well, he's not brave wilderness
Yeah, literally the smallest possible sting made them say that
Vs
falling on a whole bush of that stuff
@@KuramaKitsune1 you can apply topical anesthetic cream
and completely disable the pain
@@sourdough7818 *army officer who shot himself:* say whuh?
@@smaakjeks Isn't the skin around there pretty sensitive?
Apparently the collector didn't tell you not to set it on fire. Those needles don't burn easily, and can actually go airborne. You were very lucky not to breathe any in.
Damn that would be PAINFUL
Sounds fun☺️
@@christians4599 not the time with kinks lmfao
He would have got karma
@@zentryn7400 ok
Great White Shark: I'm a terrifying, top tier predator
Australian plants: hold our beer!
That ending was the most dominant thing I've ever seen.
"I felt really painful after touch that plant"
"So what did you do after that?"
"I punched it"
@HASAAN GROSS helling
One of my friends did this with barb wire
@@ainzooalgown7242 lol what
I once punched a Gympie bush by accident when I was cleaning up the forest around my driveway. It literally felt like a live grenade went off in my hand. The pain lasted for hours and could feel it month afterwards. 0/10 would not recommend
welp i guess that one used keeps
Reason #481 to not move to Australia
Coyote man, you were already up to the task, and your arm is already gonna be swollen bad thanks to that Sneak Peek of what's about to happen, man the aftermath just looks brutal.
8:32 Hey, I'm covered by hogweed sap already 💀
Also imagine being the dude who sold the gympie gympie watching the ending like: sadness = 100
I'm surprised when they "killed" it at the end their hacking at it and burning it didn't release juices onto their bare legs or particles into the air and their lungs. I remember trimming some bushes in the WINTER and there was poison ivy in there, and even with no leaves the sap inside somehow got on me and was the worst I ever got poison ivy.
@@jamescastelli I'm sorry for you 😞
@@nargacugalover Why? I haven't had any negative experiences with those plants, unless you are referring to the poison ivy incident.
@@jamescastelli I'm referring to the poison ivy incident
“What does it taste like?”
“Pain”
It tastes like purple
@@zagnut48219 nah more liek jepawk@pa ya know?
XD
@@zagnut48219 Wait, what color is "Pain"? Is it purple?
@@gabornemeth7174 According to Ralph Wiggum on The Simpsons, purple tastes like burning, burning = pain = purple
“What do you think it tastes like?”
*”P A I N”*
WITHOUT LOVE
@@lordreega8994 Pain, can’t get enough
The homage to office space at the end was nice 😂
He really earns the title of Florida man in every video
Be careful when you hit the plant, the needles can detach and suspend themselves in the air because they are so light. You can get them in your lungs that way and it would be terrible.
Well that's terrifying
@@thecastlemouse3229 indeed.
Well, you dont have any pain receptors in your lungs at least
@@Tyrain3 its literally made of glass
@@jonathanodude6660 Still wont feel any pain tho :D
May be very bad in regards to lung cancer however, similiar to aspestos but Im no expert on that field
This feels like something Coyote Peterson from Brave Wilderness would do lol
Probably too much for him
They would sleep in it peacfully
Edit: peacefully, not leacfully
"Today, we're going into the suicide zone... with the suicide plant!"
AHHHHHHRH AAAAAARH AH SHOOOT
@@lynx_ice7352 you ok?
William: what do they taste like?
Kevin: Painnnnnnnnnnn?
The ending made me actually LOL. But now that area you were beating that plant is completely contaminated.
"Are the berries edible?"
"NO"
"What do you mean by no?"
I like his answer of
“What would it taste like?”
“Pain.”
@@Pixel3572 not to mention the needles are made of the same material kidney stones are made of
G’day I live in Gympie Australia. The berries are similar to a mulberry bush but acquiring them is perilous so most sane people don’t attempt it. Hope that answers questions.
@@colintupper6410 They were quoting the video in the section about the fishtail palm. Though the Gympie berry stuff does seem interesting. Maybe they should regrow it for the fruit!
Explosives:need a license
Self-replicating Pain Machine:allowed
Crush, toss at enemy, run.
probably still classified as assault if thrown at someone and i bet you'd be charged a lot of money for the pain caused. -10/10 would not reccomend
@@UnicaLuce Crush, mix with delicious smoothie, hand smoothie to enemy and pretend to want to be friends. Maybe take a fake sip. Then run?
@@amymoriyama6616 you are an evil genius 👍
I can’t even bring banana tree seeds over a border
I recently went camping at Gympie in Qld and was looking into the history and the name of the town is based of the local indigenous name for this plant, the stinging tree.
Soooo glad that i never accidentally brushed against it in the wild after learning more about it!!!
so happy to have stumbled on this channel. here from jacks world of wildlife!
Next episode: "I'm the backyard scientist and I'm about to enter the sting zone."
lmao
@@DyslexicMitochondria now thats a video i would watch
he should try the lagunaria patersonii cow itch aka itchy bomb tree because when you get those fibreglass like hairs in your skin it's the most itchy thing in the world and you cannot get the hairs out lol
“I’m going into the Chernobyl reactor!”
Haha Coyote Vibes
"I'm william osman and this is the world's most dangerous salad!"
*softly* don't
please dont
Cursed salad
@Potatosalad ??? You good?
The last part where you destroy the plant is absolutely hilarious. Gave me office space vibes and I laughed for awhile haha. Good video
Cracks me up every time I watch this. That Office Space ending, love it.
plants: millions of years of evolution for protection and defense
humans: ooooh it hurty hurt
plants: am i a joke
*that resulted in protection and defense.
Evolution isn't something an organism does on purpose. That would be along the lines of Lamarckism/Lysenkoism.
yes, yes you are
I know this is a joke but just saying, I'm pretty sure it would deter most people or animals from eating it
@@creepersans9257 Yea but unless you're trying to get hurt most people wouldn't purposely touch it. Also evolution isn't worried about being touched, it's about survival. It would deter most things from harming it. Same way a poison dart frog has its toxins
666th like.... you're welcome
As someone from the town of Gympie, named after the gympie gympie plant, I found this quite entertaining. Gladly, I've never had a significant encounter with one, but we were always on the lookout when bushwhacking through the forest. I did test out a different species of stinging tree on the back of my hand one time, and found that the pain in my lymph glands quickly matched the localised pain on the skin. And for a month or two after, every time I reached into a vending machine, it would disturb the spot on the back of my hand again, and give me another little dose of the pain.
Back in the 60s, a man touched the gympie and allegedly felt the full extent of the pain for 2 years. That’s sounds like nasty stuff. Australia is a beautiful place but there are some nasty things to look out for.
You washed the Fish tail fruit "needles" in a swimming pool...
Great way to transfer the pain from your hands to your eyes...
And using a hand grinder to turn the gympie gympie into vapors, wow... that's next level... Coyote Peterson
I feel extremely bad for that 1 dude who used it as toilet paper.
You know it’s bad when Will acts and talks like a normal person
"It is native to australia"
To the surprise of absolutely no one.
everything in Australia is huge, poisonous, homicidal, and/or sounds like satans indigestion
@@A_Dimension_Hopper that's how you breed a society that enjoy marmite
@TwoCentsforCharon as an Australian, nobody eats Marmite it’s a disgrace
@@A_Dimension_Hopper You should not talk about our women like that.
@@boooster101 Aussies eat Vegemite, it's the Brits that eat Marmite
"What do they taste like?"
"Pain!!!"
This video was awesome!!! Love the Office Space vibes!!
Ahh yes the Florida man in his natural habitat
😂😂😂😂😂
Agreed
Meanwhile Gray...
What is it with people being obsessed with this whole “Florida man” thing. Like you know there are regular people in Florida too like you and me.
@@Antares-rt5ub Its just a joke fam dont take it too seriously just keep calm and chill
Hahaha, that ending. Office space. Loved it 🤣🤣
bro, that was the most entertaining ad read i have ever seen. well done i think
"the pain goes up to a 9 like a wasp sting"
Coyote Peterson: Really?
Note: Coyote is holding a Bullet Ant while looking at Backyard Scientist
Pain scales are relative. I've had 3 hornet stings in an inch sized area on my foot once. Would I rate it a 9? No. I've had my thigh, right below my hip, smashed by a large truck against a cement filled steel pole, had a hematoma the size of a grapefruit right where the thigh bends. That's MY 10. When I was a child a honey bee sting was my 10, which was then replaced when a nest of hornets got me for shaking their tree. I also ate a ghost pepper off a bush when I was 5. A wasp sting is about a 6 for me. I still don't like anything over a 2.
@@usonumabeach300 You know that is actually really true. I was in a near fatal car crash that broke a bunch of bones, shattered my pelvis and elbow and yet the worst pain I have ever experienced was an infected tooth. It was the most unbearable pain I have ever felt. Funny how the body reacts to pain.
@@chriss.9398 Abscessed teeth are rough, bliding, thought breaking pain
I had an abscess and nerve die and that was the most excruciating thing I’ve ever experience
This is probably about a 10 on the pain scale, but since they only stung such a small area, they were completely fine, had they stung a larger area or even fallen into it, they would've most likely wanted to live up to its name.
Imagine if it got on a sensitive area, like that poor guy who used it as toilet paper...
@@shaggyspade2468 Did he use it as toilet paper on accident or on purpose? No disrespect to him at all, just curious
@@murasakino101 accidentally, probably didn´t realize what plants he was using till it was too late
I think it's also because it was a baby gympie gympie plant and not a large one
@@JoelLopez-gq4uu that's really sad. I had no idea this plant existed until now myself 😭
The poor plant out here minding its own business, super proud of its incredibly effective defense mechanism, and the two human bozos who *willingly* touched it a few hours ago just came by and cut it up and torched it.
I would've givin it a taste of the 2nd ammendment.
You know it’s a plant right?
They gave it life and then as soon as they were over it, they took it away.
@Wylder Watkins nah bro plants are real, gta aint
@Wylder Watkins Interesting thing to say but I think you're wrong, first of all I think you mean, sentience/conscious instead of life. Life is simply a set of criteria like the ability to reproduce, mutate and stuff, and plants match all those. Assuming you refer to sentience/conscious , things that are important when talking about human or animal life a GTA NPC is specially designed to imitate those. When you hear emotion in their voice it's the voice actor. Whether a plant has some for of sentience/conscious is not really known, they have no brain which is what seems to be the primary or only source of sentience/conscious in humans and animals, still there are some scientists that think plants might have some for of sentience/conscious. So we don't really know, I hope they don't, plants are cute and all (well this one isn't but many are) but I prefer them not to have any form of feelings as I eat them and step on them and stuff.
No insult intended btw, just wanted to engage with the thing you said.
this is the perfect mix of jackass and mythbusters that I never knew I needed in my life
hell yeah lmao
i live for this comparison lol
@@aightchou I found my people
Will's definitely the Bam Margera of this show
Perfect
I really dig the influence that William's had on the channel. I feel like he's really helped you express your fun side a lot more. Like way less stiff and you seem more relaxed.
Same! Great chemistry
Now if William can also just start making more videos again then that would be great..
@@juanbrits3002 RIght? by the time a video comes out ive forgotten this channel exists.
I gotta say I didn’t love your channel during its earlier years, but I really enjoy what’s it’s become, keep up the effort
This is like a Hot Ones episode but with plants
It's like "Jackass" for scientifically inquisitive people.
My thoughts exactly.
The only difference between science and messing around, is proper documentation
Nah, fam. It's Coyote Peterson.
He even kinda looks like Tony Hawk if you squint
Ball ruclips.net/video/KZfYkq0Moz4/видео.html
I walked through a field of stinging nettles once. My crotch was on fire for 20 min.
Why were you pantless
what
I’m sorry what…and how…
Bro you are everywhere
If it ever happens again, put on some white vinegar. It actually helps against the itching and pain.
I like how this video brought together a bunch of people who live in gympie
Its nice seeing william doing all sorts of things off his main channel
"It's native to Australia" of course it is because if the animals don't cause enough excruciating pain then the plants will...thanks Australia.
excuuuuuse me but you bloody seppo’s take the cake for NIGHTMARE PLANT of the century - impossible to find here in Australia.
Salvia Divinorum anyone?
It’s true but the blue-ringed octopus is still super cute 🥰
If you think that's bad, Australia also gave us Ken Hamm and Rupert Murdoch.
you're welcome >:)
You're welcome other country :)
Ya'll should have come down and tried out some bull nettle. Fun stuff. Oh and it can even get you through your levis, yep it is that fun. Burns for a good bit. Note that these plants are less effective on red heads.
so you're telling me i have some level of innate resistance to bull nettle?
@@kalenipclaw5683 Could relate to how anesthesia is less effective on us.
The mob movie bit at the end was the most dangerous thing in the video lmfao. This was hilarious. Respect for subjecting yourselves to that.
this is everyday stuff for him at this point
pls no
@@GrandpaStories826 no
@@saggingzebra2578 k
@TheBackyardScientist gotta do it for the content
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"I am William Osman, and this is the worlds most dangerous salad". I am dead.
That is some clever word play my dude
xDDDDDD
Aaah the nostalgia of falling into these as a kid
So what we learned from this, is that any pain caused by stingy plants can be cured with gympie gympie, because as soon as you apply it, you basically won't feel those anymore 🤷🏻♀️
My younger brother when he was four or five years old fell with his bike in ditch filled with nettle. It was terrible, he was red and in pain.
*ouch*
I did that aged 30. Stung about 50% of my body and didn't sleep for days! Lol
In my country i never met someone who hasn't at least once 😂 totally awful experience
not relevant: i heard that nettle helps with circulation and also saw ppl like hitting their backs and legs with that plant not sure if thats true tho
also not relevant: i like nettle pie
Ya nettle can help circulation. I used to play in it lol me and my friend world see who could take more XD kinda silly now that I think about it. We had a joke for people who don't know about it and told them native Americans used to use the plant to tell who would be a good Leader if they were picked by the plant. Everyone thought they were special because they got stung :D
Fun fact, the poison from the Gympie Gympie has through convergent evolution become structurally similar to the proteins in spider venom :)
Thats a cool fact thank you Fact Man :)
@@dahweebzy1227 yeah the world is a simulation, nothing is real
@@dahweebzy1227 oh boy here we go The cultists are at it again
@@dahweebzy1227 quite incorrect
@@dahweebzy1227 lol look whos talkin bout fairy tales
"I'm william osman and this is the world's most dangerous salad"
Got me 😂😂
The best story i remember about the gympie gympie (the suicide plant), a soldier (think it was the group leader) was in the bush and needed to use the bathroom. He separated from the group so he could do his business, a few minutes later they hear a gunshot, the group goes looking and find the leader had shot himself. Why? Cos once he was done going to the bathroom, he picked up a random leaf which happened to be the gympie gympie, wiped his butt, couldnt take the pain and shot himself instead of having to endure it on his butt hole for who knows how long.
Gympie gympie: horses literally throw themselves off cliffs when they touch me and man fears me.
Backyard scientist: Ouch.
Backyard scientist is beyond the power of horse and man.
@@drunkenskunkproductionsdsp8094 wayy beyond
i mean the reason you cant compare the 2 too much since backyard scientist brushed a very specific and controlled area where as the horse and other incidences would've been not nearly as tame and controlled ie instead of a small patch of skin it'd be more akin to a whole arm or in the case of a horse they'd get it along their legs and along their underside. how hard they brushed the plant against themselves compared to say a horse riding through the plant or a person walk through a forest plays a factor into how much the needles of the plant will impale you too i imagine
2 dudes casually poisoning themselves while one dude runs on crutches. I live for this.
Peter Sripol it was, and rather amusing indeed
@@wayfa13 lol oh I know who he is lmao I fuccin love Peter.
This would be why I have no faith in humanity anymore
@@MadScientist267 this is science. How else would we have milked a cow or smoked a bowl or drank water. A couple dudes have been poisoning themselves for the future since the beginning of time.
@@justintyler4814 That's not where my issue is lol
kevin's proffesional scientific conclusion: plant hurt us, us hurt plant
Great video! I dont wanna mess with it... but yet I want one just to also do the Office Space printer scene as well😁
A brave man once said, “Be brave, stay wild; we’ll see you on the next adventure”
Yeah but that's NOT Kevin and Co, and Coyote actually knows what he's doing. 🤦🤦🤦🤦
A bloke who makes thermite in "safety sandals" isn't one whose credibility is up to much. 🔥
@@Adam-326 At least it's real.
@@Adam-326 coyote is way more into nature than any scientist.
@@rickmortyson4861 fax
Lmaoo
"I've read multiple articles saying that water and change in temperature makes it worse"
*"so let's try that instead"*
Okay, I love the Office Space homage at the end.
These leaves could be harvested and make a syrup-thick liquid or foaming water filled with these poison mineral spikes. I bet spraying that with water cannons would break even the worst riot and giving a real penalty at the same time.
Interesting... as an Aussie who lived amongst these plants my whole life, and has had the misfortune to feel their wrath while hiking -- I've never before seen/heard them called "The Suicide Plant". We just call them "Stinging Trees".
The clear difference between Aussies and Americans.
@@almxnds Australians are just built differently
Different countries do have different names for different plants
@@Mizu-AM And that's fair enough for plants that are native to those different countries -- but it's certainly not native in the USA -- and in Australia it's certainly not commonly known as "The Suicide Plant"
@@procrastinator1727 true true, I don't disagree with you one bit
"the stinging persisted for two years and recurred with cold showers"
holy toledo...
@john doe Yup, you are right. Still a long time but not quite 2 years haha
@john doe i think this comment is referencing 07:10
@john doe nope just checked. It definitely says 2 years. That’s crazy
You'd think he would've tried taking warmer showers
@@levsco_ water would still cause the pain to shoot up regardless of temperature
gympie gympie, bullet ant, and box jellyfish: all worst stings.
the only thing i can compare this too is getting poison oak while wildland fire fighting. it started on my foot and managed to spread basically everywhere. i was severly reactive to it. and when i say everywhere, i mean it lol. it wasnt painful at all, just unbearably ichy. it took me nealry a month to completely get over it and i wouldnt wish that on my worst enemy. i can only imagine what this cursed plant would be like.
Plant : *evolves a way to defend against virtually everything*
Mankind : *domesticates fire*
Plant : gg wp
Poison Ivy: Congratulations, Humans, you just aerosolized my poison! Muahahahahahahaha...
@@MrOarson well it’s useless if the plant is dead since it doesn’t prevent
@@theslamjamfrincisco2820 The poison ivy will return from seeds or come in from a nearby area again.
Burning Poison ivy causes swelling inside of the throat, quite deadly.
It grows as a result of an open canopy in the wet tropics. Gympie Gympie protects the next generation of trees from being eaten.
@@haydenjardine9178 interesting
Plankton: "What are they made of?
Spongebob: "Hatred!"
No, what are the ingredients, what are the stinking ingredients?
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