One of these once grew somehow in the backyard of my building (Caracas) when I was a kid (I was about 8 if I remember correctly, but I'm not sure), I saw it ripe and it looked tasty, when I picked one my mom took it from my hand and told me they were poisonous then threw it away. When you mentioned the news article of children dying after eating it, my face turned pale for a second.
Knowing myself I probably would have tried it anyway. My mother would claim EVERYTHING was poisonous when I was a kid, so I learned to just ignore her warnings. Thank goodness I'm way up north on the globe where we don't have anything quite as dangerous >_>
@@aerisafoxfeather tbh most of the times I saw the fruits had been bitten by birds, and the building's garden wasn't so accesible, so I didn't go nearby the plant that often and it was rooted away after a while. I think I may have tried it if my mom wasn't around and the fruit was looking good. Also, don't be so sure of the latitude thing, the north isn't so safe of deadly plants either, there's for example Atropa belladonna.
I had some nuts growing in my backyard (discovered they were candle nuts) and ate them thinking they were one of the edible nuts. Ended up in the hospital with my husband puking for HOURS. Lesson of the story, regardless of age, don't put plants in your mouth unless you are able to 100% identify them as safe and edible! Also, you CAN eat candle nuts, but ONLY after cooking them first! Do NOT eat them raw like my stupid butt did!
I'm brazilian so I'm hope your family if still at least some in Venezuela are okay. I know the hardships of Venezuela and lack of freedom and collapse of economy because of Hugo and Nicolás maduro!!!(pretty sad situation😭💔😢)
Your level of respect for where you are is quite touching, and I don't know too many other people who would be quite as respectful. You're one of the good ones.
@@WeirdExplorer were you ok afterwards though? Looked in to it's medicinal record that being just asked an ai bot and it says even small amounts of the seeds or the fruit are toxic due to it's effect not being predictable for medicinal purposes.😂😅☠️
I like the fact that you pointed out what characteristics to watch out for when identifying the signs if the fruit is poisonous (bright red, latex, exc..).
These might be identifying factors of this fruit in particular but are not a reliable way of identifying poisonous fruits. I don’t think he was mentioning them as being evidence for or against it being poisonous but rather just describing his observations of its traits out loud
Right when I think you've covered every category of fruit, you come up with "And this one is kinda like bright red bull nuts, poisonous, it makes your heart pound, oh and it's white inside".
Love the channel! I grew up in Arizona and ive seen these growing in a cemetery in southern AZ. They got planted by a family that came from Mexico city a few generations earlier. They called them Bishop Balls.
That’s so interesting that this plant seems to have such a connection with cemeteries! I came to the comment section hoping to learn more about why people plant them there. It has to have some sort of significance and that’s super interesting to me. Thanks for adding to the info and for confirming that the plant being in this cemetery wasn’t just happenstance!
Like you tasting the fruit for science, Albert Hoffman sniffed his LSD-25 sample to see if it had a smell. It didn't. But he had one heck of a bike ride home that day.
If you get the chance to visit Alaska you should try soopolallie it’s a type of soap berry that is used to make something similar to a dairy free yogurt
One group of plants to really watch out for is Hippomane sp. All parts of the plant are extremely toxic, and even touching them can be bad. They are among the most poisonous plants in the world. Some say that standing under a tree when it's raining can also be dangerous, although I haven't looked into how true that is. The fruits themselves do look edible (like small apples or guavas), and they're found in Central America (including around Puerto Vallarta).
Yeah, a friend of mine tried to eat a fruit from that tree. The fact that the fruits initially taste sweet only makes it more dangerous. She immediately spit it out upon noticing the chemical flavor and washed her mouth, but still had to go to hospital to get treatment. Fortunately she recovered without getting any permanent problem.
Thevetia is related to oleander which is also extremely poisonous. One leaf can kill a horse. Some people are very sensitive to oleanders and by extension Thevetias. My sister who is allergy prone breaks out in hives just walking by one of these plants. The Thevetia Ahouai flowers are gorgeous and yellow. You can see an example of a Thevetia tree at the South Coast Botanic Garden (87 acres) in Palos Verdes Estates, CA. It's well worth the entrance fee.
If I knew gene splicing, I would try to get the Manchineel tree and the Acacia tree to crossbreed; the Acacia houses fire ants in its thorns, and the manchineel rains poisonous acid. So you'd have a tree that burns your skin, poisons you, infests you with fire ants, and stabs you.
I’ve got a local friend, a Mexican chef, messaging friends to find out why huevos de toro are planted on graves. Hopefully he can get an answer; it’s an interesting ethnobotanical question.
@@Xebelan I talked with a few people who had friends in PV, and nobody even knew about the plant. Also, a friend who lives there asked some people… Same thing. So if there is some specific purpose or significance, it doesn’t seem to be widely known.
I think Thevetia Ahouai (Bull's eggs) are planted in cemeteries because they require little to no care. The yellow flowers are stunningly beautiful. This plant is related to oleander and every bit as toxic. These plants contain cardiac glycosides that taste sweet which is another reason besides the bright red color children assume it is edible and eat enough for it to be fatal.
I giggled too. I thought of all the 70s and 80s game shows that sent people there. "And you'll be going to beautiful, exotic Puerto Vallarta!" Try the bull nut kaysadillas...
Yes, looked like an almond. They grow everywhere here in Jamaica. Great shade trees, salt tolerant so grow right along the coast as well as inland. Tiny little nuts, though. I can't believe you tried tasting the bulls-balls, man! I wouldn't have touched the interior without wearing gloves.
I use to do as you do w a new unknown possibly edible fruit or leaf. Then I read about HOGWEED. This, as well a tree w similar properties, and probably other plants as well, will literally dissolve your skin just by touching it ! Putting even a tiny bit in your mouth would be disasterous ... Yeah, they need signs for the Bulls Eggs, they look delicious.
Giant hogweed is the worst plant in existence, that I know of. It doesn't just dissolve your skin, it makes your skin extremely sensitive to light, especially sunlight. You get horrible burns from it AFAIK. It's horrifying. And you're right, just touching it causes the effect.
Hogweed is dangerous because it causes photophytodermatitis. It essentially makes you extremely sensitive to UV radiation, so people can get extreme sunburns after being exposed to it. Generally speaking though, the inside of your mouth isn't exposed much to UV radiation (the sun), so I doubt putting a tiny bit of it in your mouth would be "disastrous". That's just a guess though, and I certainly wouldn't try it myself.
Manchineel/Death Apple is probably the worst. Its native to the tropical parts of North and South America. Every part of the tree is toxic and the fumes from getting near it can give you trouble breathing.
Hell yes, information and slight comedy with a speck of seriousness dashed about. Thanks for the useful help my dude. First video and was recommended, got a sub and a like my guy. Keep it up 😁
I feel a sense of deja Vu. Didn't you find a poisonous plant in a cemetery before? Anyway, very informative. I like that you're educational but also very clear that you have to know what you're doing if you encounter wild fruit. And that you have no idea about medicinal properties so let other ppl cover that. P.s. grave gardens used to be pretty common.
I've got the Canadian commercial of the two puppies singing "Don't you put it in your mouth...unless you ask someone you love...if it's OK to eat...like a muffin or a beet..." LOL God I loved those commercials when I was a kid. I especially loved the House Hippo one ♥
I have done the same testing for wild onions, what I tasted was really bitter. Ran into the house and used vinegar and killed the bitter taste. chemically neutralized. ONLY taste tiny piece, spit out regardless, wipe tongue and rinse mouth. then ID before consuming.
I think it could be used to help assist people who suffer from fatigue and muscle exhaustion caused by congested heart failure. If the poison does what you say to the the heart. Because their hearts pumps more and has less force. I really would be interested if results from a study on the effects of people suffering from congested heart failure.
It has exactly the same effects as digitalin, but digitalin is well-studied and produced by pharmaceutial companies in very exact quantities which can be prescribed to the patient according to their exact requirements. This one would only be of use if a meteorite hit the parts of the Earth that have Digitalis plants and we needed to start again.
I really enjoyed the commentary on wild fruit. I would be interested in hearing a whole video about your thoughts in regards to foraging, toxic plants, medicinal plants, plant poaching/overharvesting, etc. Also, have you ever had sweetleaf galls (Exobasidium symploci) or beauty berry (Callicarpa americana) before? I could probably get you some if you would like.
That red border on the thumbnail caught my eye immediately, id try it out on a few more videos, same thickness just to see what happens with impressions!
By the way, I found a custard apple at a local market! Delicious! I looked it up for correct preparation because you have opened my eyes. They said don't eat the skin or seeds as they carry a neurotoxin🤔 thanks for the fruit adventures!
Great talk Yes its tricky with wild plants and mushrooms tasting and spitting is different but still can be harmful We tought our kids what they could eat and to show us anything they didn't know Not to try unknown wild food but we can learn more about it Its important but when a teacher told my son he couldn't eat choke cherries from the school yard because they were poisonous he tried to tell her but he was wasting his breath
Ah. The old style medicinal belief that if a plant looks like something, that must be what it does/ is for. Now, if you eat Bull's Balls, they will make you violently ill & you will scream, "Oh, Bull's Balls!"
You're probably already somewhat resistant to a lot of poisons due to how much you exposed yourself to them. So for you in particular it may be slightly safer than normal to just try tiny little bits of unknown fruit. Still not safe, but less unsafe than for most people.
@@anne-droid7739 Are you just saying that? Or is that based on research? Snake venom isn't just one type of chemical, it's an extremely complex group of various toxins. So I don't imagine that something known to apply to toxins in general, including most if not all snake toxins, wouldn't also apply to the chemicals in plants.
@@TheRealFlenuan "Toxins" are a complex group because the term is nonspecific--it can mean anything from simple two atom cyanide molecules to giant proteins with the kind of quaternary structure that makes chemists cry in their sleep. The plant-derived cardiac glycosides being discussed here--molecules like digoxin, which inhibit the Na/K ATPase--are effective for long-term use because the body does not build up a tolerance. As for research, I worked on Na/K ATPase for several years, if that is satisfactory to you.
I applaud you for consentrating for taste and nutrient side of the fruits. I read a lot of medical history for writing, but for every fact there are dozen lies and even more people who feed their families with selling these lies. I’ve gotten a lot of useful information from your videos and this was again FRUITFUL research on my part. Definitely a fruit that will appear in my stories.
fyi the non-testicular name for this plant is acotope other testicular names for this plant include huevos del obispo (bishop), huevos del tigre (tiger), huevos del perro (dog), huevos del gato (cat), and cojón de venado (deer, and interestingly this one uses a different, singular slang for testicle)
i just saw it on my way home this afternoon and wondering what kind of fruit that is.. it looks delicious. So grateful that i can find the answer really soon 🤣
Hey Jared, i have some fruit you could try Water chestnut (Pakistan) Papuan red fruit (Papua New Guinea) Red wine fruit (New Zealand) Buffalo Currants (North America) Quandong (Australia)
@@pattheplanter so i looked that up and it looks like trapas natans is not common in europe but apparently invasive and common in north america. Looks like what im eating is chinese water chestnut Eleocharis dulcis . Its interesting how many plant share a common name
@@meimei51793 Trapa natans is quite different, from the Eleocharis. The only place I have had them from is a Pakistani store, so I guessed it would be that one.
They should put signs around these fruits saying that they are poisonous, especially in areas where lots of kid would be because I probably would eat one if I didn’t know they were poisonous
Having something growing in those raised type of graves is very common in Bosnia in Bosnian Muslim/Bosniak cemeteries. Usually it's a rose or some other ornamental plant. But sometimes wild stuff pops up and people let it grow. Some believe when interesting or beautiful things grow on a grave that it's a good thing and shouldn't be removed.
If you swallow them whole the cyanide precursor never becomes bioavailable, and even if you chewed them you’d need to eat anywhere from 15-140 apples worth of seeds to develop acute poisoning according to some sources. Based on what I could find in the literature, even assuming a very underweight person with low ability to process and eliminate cyanide (aka low resistance to the poison) eating a variety of apple with a particularly high cyanide content (which this particularly high content report was disputed by another paper), it would take them at least 7 apples worth of seeds (being careful to chew each seed) to experience acute cyanide poisoning. Which isn’t to say that it’s a good or particularly healthy idea to eat apple seeds, but it does mean that it’s hard to classify them as a ‘poisonous fruit’
I taste things like this all the time, not to eat, but to sample it’s properties. I think doing that and seeing what it tastes like, might give good information on why someone like a kid might be tempted to eat it and if a kid does and it hurts them or worse, it explains why they might have done it. And that’s useful to me. It provides context. I taste grass, I taste wood, I taste leaves, I taste flowers etc. and spit them right out and usually wash my mouth out. I’m 57 and have always done it, and it hasn’t killed me. I’m rarely sick. I’m relatively healthy and strong.
These grow all over PV, as well as the almond tree. They are generally used as sidewalk trees. Legend has it, that if you stand still long enough here in Puerto Vallarta, something will eventually start growing on or out of you!
There is plant that looks an onion, or garlic stalk. It grows in North America, and it so poisonous, that you can touch it, and then put your fingers in you mouth hours later, and you will die.
I can’t answer it for plants, but there are some mushrooms e.g. the death cap which is apparently quite tasty. A small piece won’t kill you, but it can(some say will) cause liver damage
Hey, I really enjoy your content. The Java blue banana video is the one I watched right away while searching for it. Any chance of uploading a review on densuke watermelon?
I wouldn't even dare to eat safer fruits from a cemetery, so you have my applause. I'd imagine fruits growing in cemeteries uses death as a nutrient. 💀
There is a mexican fruit i ate once but was never told the name could someone help me? It was a while ago but ill do my best to describe it. It was green. About the size of a peach. A smooth round appearance. But when you bite it and eat it it has such a strange texture. It felt rough almost and like it grabbed on to your throat as it went down. It was a little sour and bitter and plant like but it was somewhat sweet. It grew on a small tree that you could almost call a bush. I dont remember what it looked like inside but I dont remember seeing seeds they were probably in the center.
A double L is Spanish is pronounced as a y. A very very simplified version of how to say this town is "P-where-tow Vi-(as in vine)-art-tuh (as in ton)"
Dude. I love your channel and the places you show us as well. And Botanical Latin is confusing and not a real language anyway so a mispronunciation isn’t a big deal. But Spanish is real and very much alive, and all around you. How can you actually be in Puerto Vallarta and not know how to say Puerto Vallarta? It’s like going to Seattle and saying you’re in “Seedle.” In the time it took you to tell us you were probably saying it wrong, you literally could have just asked someone, “how do you say the name of this town?” 😜 I’m sure they’d have been glad to tell you!
We have poisonous berries and mushrooms where I live and education about safe and dangerous plants and mushrooms is a big part of children's education. Cases of poisonings are probably more common with adults than they are with children. A lot of espcecially older people pick mushrooms and sometimes mistake a deadly mushroom for an edible one. Kids don't really go to the woods let alone pick berries or mushrooms as it is pretty hard work.
Puerto (PWEHR-toh) Vallarta (vai-YAR-tah). In Spanish the "double L" sounds like a "Y" in English. You can just call it P.V. if you want. Cardiac glycosides are also found in oleander, which is extremely common in the USA.
eating a plants/seeds in small quantities generally can't kill you even if poisonous. if you were in a survival situation and you were worried, you could increase daily consumption 1 gram day 1, 2 grams day 2, etc, until you got sick (or not). also cooking or soaking usually removes some bad stuff
while yes the first half of this is fairly true and is essentially the core concept behind the universal edibility test advocating that people can continuously eat poisonous things is not the best advice; some poisons you can build an immunity to like you're implying but others accumulate in the system or at the least pass slower than they're being accumulated.
@@SIK_Mephisto im saying if you determine that it is poisonous, you shouldn't eat it. also, if it wasn't clear, i meant that you should intake "1 gram" or whatever amount and wait for it to pass out of your system before increasing the volume to the next step. what i mean by soaking/cooking is take raw peanuts for example. they are slightly bitter. If you soak overnight, some chemicals leech out to the surface of the nut underneath the brown skin. Once this occurs after several hours, remove the skin and rinse the nuts. the bitter flavor is gone so you know the chemicals have been removed. Acorn rinsing is similar. For cooking, take red beans for example. they are extremely toxic raw and will cause vomiting in only a small amount, but are completely safe to eat when cooked.
@@cezarcatalin1406 i just looked it up...the most ricin rich plant, castor, has seeds lethal at a minimum of 8 seeds. people have survived having over 20. so, the method i described still works in that scenario
Spanish double L is pronounced like English Y. Poo-er-toh (you said this correctly) Vah-yahr-tuh Also, I’m not sure what your video cycle is like, but assuming you’re still in Mexico, consider trying “aguamiel”. It’s not a fruit, but rather the sap from a maguey (related to agave) plant. It’s quite sweet, watery, but very much worth it. You’ll likely have to buy it from farmers as usually this sap is fermented into “pulque”, a Mexican drink.
i feel like it might not be a bad idea to put a disclaimer in the beginning of your vids where you try random fruits you are not 100% sure about maybe? just to try to help those who do not fully pay attention.
I tasted a single, tiny wild grape that was supposed to be poisonous. Maybe it required more to have any effect. Not a fruit, but the columbine floer has nectar vety much like honeysuckle, but also supposed to be toxic. You can guess I tried one of tjose, too. It was sweet, but I just didn't want any more, ever.
I forage and eat what are considered to be "poisonous" mushrooms. But I did a huge amount of research beforehand. I understood everything dangerous about the mushroom before I ever attempted to prepare them into edibility. Even after all of that, I am mindful about how much I consume so that if I have missed the mark in my preparation, I'm not risking serious illness. Many of us live cushy lives, but in reality the world is a harsh and dangerous place with death lurking around every corner. Everything should be done with thoughtfulness and an expectation that there is inherent danger in whatever we are attempting to do.
@@weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006 Source is i’m mexican, I live in México, and i’ve heard of it, which is what i claimed 🤷♀️ didn’t vouch for its efficacy.
One of these once grew somehow in the backyard of my building (Caracas) when I was a kid (I was about 8 if I remember correctly, but I'm not sure), I saw it ripe and it looked tasty, when I picked one my mom took it from my hand and told me they were poisonous then threw it away. When you mentioned the news article of children dying after eating it, my face turned pale for a second.
mother knows best
Knowing myself I probably would have tried it anyway. My mother would claim EVERYTHING was poisonous when I was a kid, so I learned to just ignore her warnings. Thank goodness I'm way up north on the globe where we don't have anything quite as dangerous >_>
@@aerisafoxfeather tbh most of the times I saw the fruits had been bitten by birds, and the building's garden wasn't so accesible, so I didn't go nearby the plant that often and it was rooted away after a while. I think I may have tried it if my mom wasn't around and the fruit was looking good.
Also, don't be so sure of the latitude thing, the north isn't so safe of deadly plants either, there's for example Atropa belladonna.
I had some nuts growing in my backyard (discovered they were candle nuts) and ate them thinking they were one of the edible nuts. Ended up in the hospital with my husband puking for HOURS. Lesson of the story, regardless of age, don't put plants in your mouth unless you are able to 100% identify them as safe and edible! Also, you CAN eat candle nuts, but ONLY after cooking them first! Do NOT eat them raw like my stupid butt did!
I'm brazilian so I'm hope your family if still at least some in Venezuela are okay. I know the hardships of Venezuela and lack of freedom and collapse of economy because of Hugo and Nicolás maduro!!!(pretty sad situation😭💔😢)
Your level of respect for where you are is quite touching, and I don't know too many other people who would be quite as respectful. You're one of the good ones.
Probably because you hang around death metal doofuses.
They look juicy and edible from the outside. 7 year old me would've ate that with no hesitation if I was to come acrossed it😭
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@@123495734 dont be sussy
I was horrified when he started tasting it right after telling us it is poisonous.
Yep….
Trying the poison so we don't have to. Thank you for your service!
Happy to be of service 😅
@@WeirdExplorer were you ok afterwards though? Looked in to it's medicinal record that being just asked an ai bot and it says even small amounts of the seeds or the fruit are toxic due to it's effect not being predictable for medicinal purposes.😂😅☠️
I like the fact that you pointed out what characteristics to watch out for when identifying the signs if the fruit is poisonous (bright red, latex, exc..).
These might be identifying factors of this fruit in particular but are not a reliable way of identifying poisonous fruits. I don’t think he was mentioning them as being evidence for or against it being poisonous but rather just describing his observations of its traits out loud
"I just want to prove to you that I'm not desecrating a grave" something I never thought I'd hear on this channel 😂
Right when I think you've covered every category of fruit, you come up with "And this one is kinda like bright red bull nuts, poisonous, it makes your heart pound, oh and it's white inside".
I love that youre a digital archive for obscure stuff like this! Otherwise wouldve never heard or seen this if it werent for you WFE! Love the vids
Love the channel! I grew up in Arizona and ive seen these growing in a cemetery in southern AZ. They got planted by a family that came from Mexico city a few generations earlier. They called them Bishop Balls.
That’s so interesting that this plant seems to have such a connection with cemeteries! I came to the comment section hoping to learn more about why people plant them there. It has to have some sort of significance and that’s super interesting to me. Thanks for adding to the info and for confirming that the plant being in this cemetery wasn’t just happenstance!
Like you tasting the fruit for science, Albert Hoffman sniffed his LSD-25 sample to see if it had a smell. It didn't. But he had one heck of a bike ride home that day.
LOL hell yeah. Bicycle day is coming up I think! April 19th 💐🌈🚲
@@foxmulder7616 or in that case.. maybe the day after..🥴
They are probably in the cemetery just because they look nice and self propagate. Cool looking plant! PS I always listen to what you say. lol
I'd assume animals also leave them alone for obvious reasons, though I'm curious what they do for seed dispersal.
If you get the chance to visit Alaska you should try soopolallie it’s a type of soap berry that is used to make something similar to a dairy free yogurt
I think he’s done with soap berries after the last time 🤣😂
One group of plants to really watch out for is Hippomane sp. All parts of the plant are extremely toxic, and even touching them can be bad. They are among the most poisonous plants in the world. Some say that standing under a tree when it's raining can also be dangerous, although I haven't looked into how true that is. The fruits themselves do look edible (like small apples or guavas), and they're found in Central America (including around Puerto Vallarta).
Yeah, a friend of mine tried to eat a fruit from that tree. The fact that the fruits initially taste sweet only makes it more dangerous. She immediately spit it out upon noticing the chemical flavor and washed her mouth, but still had to go to hospital to get treatment. Fortunately she recovered without getting any permanent problem.
Thevetia is related to oleander which is also extremely poisonous. One leaf can kill a horse. Some people are very sensitive to oleanders and by extension Thevetias. My sister who is allergy prone breaks out in hives just walking by one of these plants. The Thevetia Ahouai flowers are gorgeous and yellow. You can see an example of a Thevetia tree at the South Coast Botanic Garden (87 acres) in Palos Verdes Estates, CA. It's well worth the entrance fee.
@@commenter4898 Did she mis-identify it as another plant or was she just doing the dumbest thing ever and eating a random fruit from outside...?
If I knew gene splicing, I would try to get the Manchineel tree and the Acacia tree to crossbreed; the Acacia houses fire ants in its thorns, and the manchineel rains poisonous acid. So you'd have a tree that burns your skin, poisons you, infests you with fire ants, and stabs you.
@@catpoke9557 She was starving in the middle of nowhere and underestimated the risks...
I’ve got a local friend, a Mexican chef, messaging friends to find out why huevos de toro are planted on graves. Hopefully he can get an answer; it’s an interesting ethnobotanical question.
I'm Mexican, living in Mexico and have no idea about that plant
@@fabzter Yeah it seems to be a particularly PV thing.
I would venture to guess it was to keep animals from digging up the body.
@@Xebelan I talked with a few people who had friends in PV, and nobody even knew about the plant. Also, a friend who lives there asked some people… Same thing. So if there is some specific purpose or significance, it doesn’t seem to be widely known.
I think Thevetia Ahouai (Bull's eggs) are planted in cemeteries because they require little to no care. The yellow flowers are stunningly beautiful. This plant is related to oleander and every bit as toxic. These plants contain cardiac glycosides that taste sweet which is another reason besides the bright red color children assume it is edible and eat enough for it to be fatal.
I really enjoy these vids, and so do my kids! They are entertaining and educational.
That was the wildest pronunciation of "Puerto Vallarta" ever! 😂
I giggled too. I thought of all the 70s and 80s game shows that sent people there. "And you'll be going to beautiful, exotic Puerto Vallarta!"
Try the bull nut kaysadillas...
Yes, looked like an almond. They grow everywhere here in Jamaica. Great shade trees, salt tolerant so grow right along the coast as well as inland. Tiny little nuts, though. I can't believe you tried tasting the bulls-balls, man! I wouldn't have touched the interior without wearing gloves.
He found a Graveberry but it turned out to be bollocks.
Jared picks the fruit. An ad starts playing: if you want to eat healthier, you have Got To Try Kachava! The douchiest boujie dust...
I use to do as you do w a new unknown possibly edible fruit or leaf. Then I read about HOGWEED. This, as well a tree w similar properties, and probably other plants as well, will literally dissolve your skin just by touching it ! Putting even a tiny bit in your mouth would be disasterous ... Yeah, they need signs for the Bulls Eggs, they look delicious.
Giant hogweed is the worst plant in existence, that I know of.
It doesn't just dissolve your skin, it makes your skin extremely sensitive to light, especially sunlight. You get horrible burns from it AFAIK. It's horrifying. And you're right, just touching it causes the effect.
Hogweed is dangerous because it causes photophytodermatitis. It essentially makes you extremely sensitive to UV radiation, so people can get extreme sunburns after being exposed to it. Generally speaking though, the inside of your mouth isn't exposed much to UV radiation (the sun), so I doubt putting a tiny bit of it in your mouth would be "disastrous". That's just a guess though, and I certainly wouldn't try it myself.
Manchineel/Death Apple is probably the worst. Its native to the tropical parts of North and South America. Every part of the tree is toxic and the fumes from getting near it can give you trouble breathing.
Yeah he'd have been dead a long time ago if he didn't do some research before eating.
@@eldiantre7346 The breathing part rang a bell, that's the tree.
Great psa. Thanks for showing your concern.
Hell yes, information and slight comedy with a speck of seriousness dashed about. Thanks for the useful help my dude. First video and was recommended, got a sub and a like my guy. Keep it up 😁
I feel a sense of deja Vu. Didn't you find a poisonous plant in a cemetery before? Anyway, very informative. I like that you're educational but also very clear that you have to know what you're doing if you encounter wild fruit. And that you have no idea about medicinal properties so let other ppl cover that. P.s. grave gardens used to be pretty common.
You: I’ll be respectful..
Mexico: HUEVOS… BALLS!!!!
🤣
Imagine burying someone and hating them so much that you give them poisonous balls forever.
Either that, or Maria really loved balls… 🤣
Says Maria x)
I fell asleep reading this comment the other day and I was so sure I dreamed it 😂
I've run across several of your videos and I just think it's fascinating and I enjoy all the information you gather
I've got the Canadian commercial of the two puppies singing "Don't you put it in your mouth...unless you ask someone you love...if it's OK to eat...like a muffin or a beet..." LOL God I loved those commercials when I was a kid. I especially loved the House Hippo one ♥
I have done the same testing for wild onions, what I tasted was really bitter. Ran into the house and used vinegar and killed the bitter taste. chemically neutralized. ONLY taste tiny piece, spit out regardless, wipe tongue and rinse mouth. then ID before consuming.
there is a deadly look-alike to wild onions/field garlic
I think it could be used to help assist people who suffer from fatigue and muscle exhaustion caused by congested heart failure. If the poison does what you say to the the heart. Because their hearts pumps more and has less force. I really would be interested if results from a study on the effects of people suffering from congested heart failure.
Digitalis has a similar effect, which is how the plant protects itself. But people can use it in a measured way.
It has exactly the same effects as digitalin, but digitalin is well-studied and produced by pharmaceutial companies in very exact quantities which can be prescribed to the patient according to their exact requirements. This one would only be of use if a meteorite hit the parts of the Earth that have Digitalis plants and we needed to start again.
In Panama there is a common mango that turns red when ripe and is common referred to as Huevo de Toro.
I really enjoyed the commentary on wild fruit. I would be interested in hearing a whole video about your thoughts in regards to foraging, toxic plants, medicinal plants, plant poaching/overharvesting, etc. Also, have you ever had sweetleaf galls (Exobasidium symploci) or beauty berry (Callicarpa americana) before? I could probably get you some if you would like.
beautyberry yes he has
Always tell my kids not to eat anything unless I tell them it's ok. Fortunately there is only one deadly fruit growing near me.
Bumped my knee on the desk as you did that fast-forward thing, suddenly thought I was watching you on a VCR
That red border on the thumbnail caught my eye immediately, id try it out on a few more videos, same thickness just to see what happens with impressions!
Same here, and the font worked too
And I almost skipped the video because I thought it was the red bar indicating that I've seen this already
@@Tsuchimursu thats also what happened to me at first, but then it turned up again i thought oh that looks cool
Ah.. I didn't think of that. I'll try a different color border next time
@@WeirdExplorer you have a thousand and one other things to think of and keep in mind when making videos so it's understandable... xD
By the way, I found a custard apple at a local market! Delicious! I looked it up for correct preparation because you have opened my eyes. They said don't eat the skin or seeds as they carry a neurotoxin🤔 thanks for the fruit adventures!
Great talk
Yes its tricky with wild plants and mushrooms tasting and spitting is different but still can be harmful
We tought our kids what they could eat and to show us anything they didn't know
Not to try unknown wild food but we can learn more about it
Its important but when a teacher told my son he couldn't eat choke cherries from the school yard because they were poisonous he tried to tell her but he was wasting his breath
Ah. The old style medicinal belief that if a plant looks like something, that must be what it does/ is for. Now, if you eat Bull's Balls, they will make you violently ill & you will scream, "Oh, Bull's Balls!"
You're probably already somewhat resistant to a lot of poisons due to how much you exposed yourself to them. So for you in particular it may be slightly safer than normal to just try tiny little bits of unknown fruit. Still not safe, but less unsafe than for most people.
You might be thinking of things like snake venom. Unfortunately, cardiac glycosides don't work like that.
@@anne-droid7739 Are you just saying that? Or is that based on research? Snake venom isn't just one type of chemical, it's an extremely complex group of various toxins. So I don't imagine that something known to apply to toxins in general, including most if not all snake toxins, wouldn't also apply to the chemicals in plants.
@@TheRealFlenuan "Toxins" are a complex group because the term is nonspecific--it can mean anything from simple two atom cyanide molecules to giant proteins with the kind of quaternary structure that makes chemists cry in their sleep. The plant-derived cardiac glycosides being discussed here--molecules like digoxin, which inhibit the Na/K ATPase--are effective for long-term use because the body does not build up a tolerance. As for research, I worked on Na/K ATPase for several years, if that is satisfactory to you.
I applaud you for consentrating for taste and nutrient side of the fruits.
I read a lot of medical history for writing, but for every fact there are dozen lies and even more people who feed their families with selling these lies.
I’ve gotten a lot of useful information from your videos and this was again FRUITFUL research on my part. Definitely a fruit that will appear in my stories.
Ralph "i eated the purple berries!"
Bart "how are they Ralph, any good?"
Ralph "Tastes like... BURNING!!!"
...Eating the fruit of the grave sounds like a great way to get some kinda curse.
Another excellent episode
I saw these in Nicaragua for the first time.. thanks for the video
whoa, they look really cool. so bright and shiny and red, and then so bright white inside.. amazing. definitely tempting for kids i would think.
I see you've changed about the "poison" subject. Glad to see you overcame your fears
fyi the non-testicular name for this plant is acotope
other testicular names for this plant include huevos del obispo (bishop), huevos del tigre (tiger), huevos del perro (dog), huevos del gato (cat), and cojón de venado (deer, and interestingly this one uses a different, singular slang for testicle)
Huevos rancheros.
"Grave Desecration WIth Jared" is a whole 'nother channel🖤🖤🖤
I think it is good that you tasted it enough to document it and were clear that other people shouldn't do that
This guy looks like someone famous .
i just saw it on my way home this afternoon and wondering what kind of fruit that is.. it looks delicious. So grateful that i can find the answer really soon 🤣
most people come to puerto vallarta to chill at the beach but this man heads straight to the cemetary
Hey Jared, i have some fruit you could try
Water chestnut (Pakistan)
Papuan red fruit (Papua New Guinea)
Red wine fruit (New Zealand)
Buffalo Currants (North America)
Quandong (Australia)
Are water chestnuts not common? Ive had them my whole life (canned) growing up in hawaii. I havent had fresh though
@@meimei51793 i’ve lived in central illinois and i’ve never seen them, so defiantly in more southern states or countries.
@@meimei51793 Depends which water chestnut. This one is probably Trapa natans, not so commonly found in the west.
@@pattheplanter so i looked that up and it looks like trapas natans is not common in europe but apparently invasive and common in north america. Looks like what im eating is chinese water chestnut Eleocharis dulcis . Its interesting how many plant share a common name
@@meimei51793 Trapa natans is quite different, from the Eleocharis. The only place I have had them from is a Pakistani store, so I guessed it would be that one.
They should put signs around these fruits saying that they are poisonous, especially in areas where lots of kid would be because I probably would eat one if I didn’t know they were poisonous
Like FL. where there are "Do Not Eat the Colliander" signs everywhere.
Edit: another post mentioned Oleander. Might be that. I'm not eating either.
Love the content.
Having something growing in those raised type of graves is very common in Bosnia in Bosnian Muslim/Bosniak cemeteries. Usually it's a rose or some other ornamental plant. But sometimes wild stuff pops up and people let it grow. Some believe when interesting or beautiful things grow on a grave that it's a good thing and shouldn't be removed.
Another great video! Yeah just looking at them, bright red shiny and strangely shaped to me screams poison. Thanks for the cautionary statements.
Strawberries are not poisonous however...
Lmao apples like
@@someone16234
Apple seeds beg to differ
If you swallow them whole the cyanide precursor never becomes bioavailable, and even if you chewed them you’d need to eat anywhere from 15-140 apples worth of seeds to develop acute poisoning according to some sources. Based on what I could find in the literature, even assuming a very underweight person with low ability to process and eliminate cyanide (aka low resistance to the poison) eating a variety of apple with a particularly high cyanide content (which this particularly high content report was disputed by another paper), it would take them at least 7 apples worth of seeds (being careful to chew each seed) to experience acute cyanide poisoning. Which isn’t to say that it’s a good or particularly healthy idea to eat apple seeds, but it does mean that it’s hard to classify them as a ‘poisonous fruit’
I taste things like this all the time, not to eat, but to sample it’s properties. I think doing that and seeing what it tastes like, might give good information on why someone like a kid might be tempted to eat it and if a kid does and it hurts them or worse, it explains why they might have done it. And that’s useful to me. It provides context. I taste grass, I taste wood, I taste leaves, I taste flowers etc. and spit them right out and usually wash my mouth out. I’m 57 and have always done it, and it hasn’t killed me. I’m rarely sick. I’m relatively healthy and strong.
These grow all over PV, as well as the almond tree. They are generally used as sidewalk trees. Legend has it, that if you stand still long enough here in Puerto Vallarta, something will eventually start growing on or out of you!
Thanks for the end warning saving ppl lol
I'd argue they tend to be planted /grow in cemetaries to prevent street dogs & wild animals from digging up the bodies
Wouldn't be surprised if this is where the tradition started, or at least encouraged.
are there fruits out there that are so poisonous that doing what you did, having a bit of a taste and spitting it out, is still dangerous?
If you’re allergic to a chemical yeah definitely. End up dying from suffocation.
Manchineel tree?!..😰
Short answer, yes.
There is plant that looks an onion, or garlic stalk. It grows in North America, and it so poisonous, that you can touch it, and then put your fingers in you mouth hours later, and you will die.
I can’t answer it for plants, but there are some mushrooms e.g. the death cap which is apparently quite tasty. A small piece won’t kill you, but it can(some say will) cause liver damage
Can you try the manchineel apple?
Maybe putting them in the cemetery is a way of teaching that they're poisonous?
Hey, I really enjoy your content. The Java blue banana video is the one I watched right away while searching for it. Any chance of uploading a review on densuke watermelon?
I wouldn't even dare to eat safer fruits from a cemetery, so you have my applause. I'd imagine fruits growing in cemeteries uses death as a nutrient. 💀
I feel like actual scientists don't taste unknown fruit they picked out of a grave yard without doing some tests first.
There is a mexican fruit i ate once but was never told the name could someone help me? It was a while ago but ill do my best to describe it.
It was green. About the size of a peach. A smooth round appearance. But when you bite it and eat it it has such a strange texture. It felt rough almost and like it grabbed on to your throat as it went down. It was a little sour and bitter and plant like but it was somewhat sweet. It grew on a small tree that you could almost call a bush. I dont remember what it looked like inside but I dont remember seeing seeds they were probably in the center.
oh goodness one of my neighbors has one of these and i walk past it every other day. i wondered what on earth it was
mystery solved
A double L is Spanish is pronounced as a y. A very very simplified version of how to say this town is "P-where-tow Vi-(as in vine)-art-tuh (as in ton)"
Dude. I love your channel and the places you show us as well. And Botanical Latin is confusing and not a real language anyway so a mispronunciation isn’t a big deal.
But Spanish is real and very much alive, and all around you. How can you actually be in Puerto Vallarta and not know how to say Puerto Vallarta? It’s like going to Seattle and saying you’re in “Seedle.” In the time it took you to tell us you were probably saying it wrong, you literally could have just asked someone, “how do you say the name of this town?” 😜 I’m sure they’d have been glad to tell you!
You can add a bar of text at the top of the video after you mention the toxicity of the plant so it’s there the entire video.
You should team up with crime pays botany doesn’t 👌👍go on a weird fruit adventure ❤️keep up the good work love your channel 💪💪
We have poisonous berries and mushrooms where I live and education about safe and dangerous plants and mushrooms is a big part of children's education. Cases of poisonings are probably more common with adults than they are with children. A lot of espcecially older people pick mushrooms and sometimes mistake a deadly mushroom for an edible one. Kids don't really go to the woods let alone pick berries or mushrooms as it is pretty hard work.
Have you tried Solanum integrifolium, also called pumpkin on a stick or ornamental eggplant?
Puerto (PWEHR-toh) Vallarta (vai-YAR-tah). In Spanish the "double L" sounds like a "Y" in English. You can just call it P.V. if you want.
Cardiac glycosides are also found in oleander, which is extremely common in the USA.
eating a plants/seeds in small quantities generally can't kill you even if poisonous. if you were in a survival situation and you were worried, you could increase daily consumption 1 gram day 1, 2 grams day 2, etc, until you got sick (or not). also cooking or soaking usually removes some bad stuff
Remember ricin ?
Yea, no thanks, it’s deadly even is small amounts.
while yes the first half of this is fairly true and is essentially the core concept behind the universal edibility test advocating that people can continuously eat poisonous things is not the best advice; some poisons you can build an immunity to like you're implying but others accumulate in the system or at the least pass slower than they're being accumulated.
@@SIK_Mephisto im saying if you determine that it is poisonous, you shouldn't eat it. also, if it wasn't clear, i meant that you should intake "1 gram" or whatever amount and wait for it to pass out of your system before increasing the volume to the next step. what i mean by soaking/cooking is take raw peanuts for example. they are slightly bitter. If you soak overnight, some chemicals leech out to the surface of the nut underneath the brown skin. Once this occurs after several hours, remove the skin and rinse the nuts. the bitter flavor is gone so you know the chemicals have been removed. Acorn rinsing is similar. For cooking, take red beans for example. they are extremely toxic raw and will cause vomiting in only a small amount, but are completely safe to eat when cooked.
@@cezarcatalin1406 i just looked it up...the most ricin rich plant, castor, has seeds lethal at a minimum of 8 seeds. people have survived having over 20. so, the method i described still works in that scenario
I love how you're convinced you're saying it wrong with every word you don't know 😆
I didn't know this was edible, thanks!
I hope this is satire
@@weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006 Yes, it is, in fact, exactly the statement he used in the video.
"Don't monkey around with fruit you find in the forest." Quote for the next Weird Explorer T-shirt
Foxglove also contains cardiac glycosides, it should also be avoided for medicinal purposes by poorly-informed individuals.
cool!
Yep those are very common in that area, but I think it is just a ornamental plant
There are definitely varieties of mushroom (some quite common) that if you just tasted them like that, you might end up in the ER. Stay safe!
Wow, those really look delicious, too bad they don't taste that good. Oh, and the poison and stuff
Spanish double L is pronounced like English Y.
Poo-er-toh (you said this correctly) Vah-yahr-tuh
Also, I’m not sure what your video cycle is like, but assuming you’re still in Mexico, consider trying “aguamiel”. It’s not a fruit, but rather the sap from a maguey (related to agave) plant. It’s quite sweet, watery, but very much worth it. You’ll likely have to buy it from farmers as usually this sap is fermented into “pulque”, a Mexican drink.
i feel like it might not be a bad idea to put a disclaimer in the beginning of your vids where you try random fruits you are not 100% sure about maybe? just to try to help those who do not fully pay attention.
Hi, I sent you the Goumi berries a couple of years ago. I want to send you some apios americana.
Can someone identify the fruit at 8:46 ? I've never seen something like it?
I am guessing to ward off wild animals from messing with the graves
could be!
Thought I watched this already but it was the red boarder in the thumbnail
Didn't you ever watch Love Boat? They were always going to Puerto Vallarta and they pronounced it "Porto Voyarta".
I tasted a single, tiny wild grape that was supposed to be poisonous. Maybe it required more to have any effect. Not a fruit, but the columbine floer has nectar vety much like honeysuckle, but also supposed to be toxic. You can guess I tried one of tjose, too. It was sweet, but I just didn't want any more, ever.
I forage and eat what are considered to be "poisonous" mushrooms. But I did a huge amount of research beforehand. I understood everything dangerous about the mushroom before I ever attempted to prepare them into edibility. Even after all of that, I am mindful about how much I consume so that if I have missed the mark in my preparation, I'm not risking serious illness.
Many of us live cushy lives, but in reality the world is a harsh and dangerous place with death lurking around every corner. Everything should be done with thoughtfulness and an expectation that there is inherent danger in whatever we are attempting to do.
Oh yeah, I’ve heard of those being used *topically* as an analgesic, like on bruises or for muscle and joint pain. You just kinda rub it on.
source? Do herbal analgesics have something in common because most other I've seen aren't this poisonous
@@weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006 Source is i’m mexican, I live in México, and i’ve heard of it, which is what i claimed 🤷♀️ didn’t vouch for its efficacy.
Mexican Garcinia grows in that area. Keep a look out for it!
If you haven’t already could you show and maybe cook and eat ostrich egg
I'm pretty sure he's vegan
@@h.Freeman oh
@@h.Freeman he's vegetarian, but not vegan.
I'm vegetarian. i eat eggs but I think even so that much egg would probably kill me haha
@@WeirdExplorer not all of it just sample. Keep up the amazing informative content
Double L is pronounced close to Y in Spanish.
Puerto Vayarta would be a pretty decent pronunciation.
Hey :)
"Bull's balls!" makes a great expression.