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- KevenM, on 10/10/2007, -11/+93So this'll take care of the neighbour's loud dog?
- Renton, on 10/11/2007, -3/+72So it doesn't pop out of pipes and spit fire?
- GvnMcCld, on 10/10/2007, -4/+59Knowing this...I kind of want to buy one.
- hisXenocide, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36"Of course you and I wouldn’t just yank off a chunk of this plant and gnaw on it"
I don't know about you guys but I chew on random plant and tree growth. excluding funguses of course - WiseWeasel, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30Won't anyone think of the children?
- xatrak, on 10/10/2007, -3/+24This plant will kill your dog (and maybe your kids). Details at 11.
/newscaster voice - nomadito, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21I have had a few of these palms in my house for 4 years. I didnt realise that the seeds we so poisionous!!
- JohnnyBoy117, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19So this'll take care of the neighbour's loud kid?
- puddpunk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16People for Erotic Treatment of Animals?
- xXJAGXx, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18This article is so sensationalized it's not even funny. Pretty much every wild plant is toxic to a dog or some other animal, that's why you're supposed to train your dog not to eat them, or just fence them off in a grass only area. Hell, even some grass is toxic in enough quantity. I to had many of these plants in my yard when I lived in Florida, and I can agree to them being a bitch to deal with. They are pokey and unpleasant to be around. However, I also don't remember seeing any kind of super colored seeds on the plant...
Try reading a book on almost any small pet and you'll see about 90% of all vegetation is toxic to some degree to something. I just can't stand by the "THIS PLANT WILL KILL YOUR DOG! *AND YOUR KIDS!!!!!!*" thing - it's just BS. - puddpunk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Everything is poison. It just depends on how much it takes to make you ill. Even Water is poisonous.
- AriaStar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13You're more likely to have a pet eat poinsettia or a child suck on a peach pit. Both are deadly. The peach pits contain cyanide.
Also rhubarb leaves.
A lot of things are deadly. - frieddonuts, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13I'm a member and I found that funny (my neighbor has a ***** loud dog).
- garrettnb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12People for the Eating of Tasty Animals more like.
- zachshmack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Something about a PETA member using "***** and "dog" in the same sentence made me chuckle.
- Mudger, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10dugg because the dog is okay.
- Hoxie, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10I have a huge one of these in my yard. Everyone does in florida.
I've never seen such brightly colored seeds, however. I must look harder. It's a nasty plant, really. The leaves are hard, the ends are quite pokey. Not real fun. - NaziHatinChimp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I do landscaping in South Carolina and half of the houses I work at has at least one of these. This is ridiculous. This is poisonous and so is hemlock and so is oleander. And Holly, and a ton of other plants.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Yeah, that is crazy. I just had all this landscaping done to my house and I didnt ask a thing about poisonous plants - probably should go back and check tnite.
- NSMike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8A few of my uncle's puppies ate some of this stuff. They didn't survive.
- ClOlD, on 10/10/2007, -4/+11Nice. The remaining neighborhood dogs don't seem that interested in baker's chocolate anymore.
- Prospero424, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I grew up with several massive sago palms in the back yard and with dogs. We were aware of their toxicity, but never had a problem.
Then again, ours didn't release those seeds, either, and they were way, way too big for any dog or child the even think about chewing on. - UtahApocalyse, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10I could use those seed for something
- shoutsmurmurs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Let's not jump to conclusions. Often the fatal dosage is many times greater than you will encounter under normal circumstances. Take, for instance, apple seeds. You'd need to ingest hundreds for the effects to be fatal. Yes, a lot of things are "deadly," but only in copious amounts.
Also note that contrary to popular belief, poinsettias are not poisonous. Look it up. - notsleepy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7"you're supposed to train your dog not to eat them"
Puppies chew on everything you tard. You can't train your 1 year old to avoid 'that plant in the corner'.
"some grass is toxic in enough quantity"
Yeah and so is orange juice but this plant will drop a dog dead in a hurry and few people are aware of this. - theOster, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9also, sharks riding on elephants just trampling and eating everything they see.
- DeathMarcher, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Kids say the darndes't things..
- MikeWanDo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Why exclude fungi?
- Terr01, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7When I lived in Hong Kong there was one neat little place where you could get all kinds of Sago fruit desserts. Think "tapioca", but the size of BB's, translucent white, and less beany.
It comes from the trunk of the tree rather than the seeds. - devin_mm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5What did you say?
- jegerpenge, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Let's feed all of the Sago Palms to all of the Pit Bulls, then all of the alarmists will be happy.
- Godlike, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8C'mon Frylock, grow us some sweet mary jane!
- frostmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6i just stick to mushrooms.
- zachshmack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I didn't think peach pits were exactly "deadly." You'd have to eat a ridiculous number of peach seeds to have any effect.
- jcaino, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5sorry. my dog has never eaten her own leavings. nor has any dog i've ever owned.
additionally, if i am letting my dog run loose, she is within the confines of my yard - i can control what she has access to for the most part (critters excluded) and that includes making sure that there is nothing poisonous to her. It's called being a responsible pet owner. Same goes if your dog/pet is in your neighbors yard. - devin_mm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Give them one for the holidays. Thanksgiving and Festivus are all good times to give.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+9Dogs eat their own poop
- nastajus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3her dog almost died. it's not supposed to be funny. the fact about 90% of most plants being poisonous is quite useful to know. thanks.
- wastelander, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3There are LOTS of nasty plants out there..
I few months I saw a patient in the ER who was extremely ill with abdominal pain, nausea, sweating and lightheadedness. He worked as a landscaper and had missed breakfast, so he decided to dine on some "wild carrots" he found while working outside. Obviously whatever he ate wasn't a carrot, so I did a GOOGLE search for "wild carrot poisoning" (gotta love GOOGLE) and found this: http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic875.htm
..he lived.. - chillmandan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3There are actually quite a few poisonous plants that people don't realize are so toxic. While not on the same level as this plant, Oleander can make you pretty sick.
- jcaino, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2go get a labrador retriever. teach it not to chew things. let me know how that goes for the first...eh, lets say 3 years, when a lab is still very much a puppy.
- bubba9999, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"I've also heard Spider Plants can cause cats to hallucinate"
How can you tell the difference? - nbcaffeine, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I got these seeds at the ratdog show
- Elranzer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"This plant doesn’t carry a warning label and is becoming popular in Walmart, Lowes, and Home Depot so spread the word."
Ah, so that's how it begins... - ktulu1115, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yup. Not just this but many common houseplants are poisionous to pets (and humans). Some others I can think of quickly are the Heart-leaved Philodendron (Philodendron Scandens), Peacy Lily (Spathiphyllum), and Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei). I've also heard Spider Plants can cause cats to hallucinate, not sure the level of danger though.
- Tarnum, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What about the Oxygen, this very corrosive substance, that makes even iron rust?
- vastrightwing, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Now that we're getting rid of cigarettes, guns, fat, SUVs, cell phones, etc. deadly plants make a lot of sense. But I say, we get rid of cars first, they kill more people and children (want to appeal to the "what about the children" crowd) than almost any other thing in the world. Also, H2O is extremely deadly to humans when it is improperly mixed with many other easily obtainable substances. It can turn into toxic acids and burn your skin. Germs and bacteria all thrive in water and many people drink this polluted water and die from waterborne diseases and being poisoned. Every year, millions of defenseless children drown in it in what must be a horrible death. When H2O is mixed with sodium, it can cause massive explosions and the list is too long to write here. So please, help me write letters to support banning the chemical H20 now before anymore children die needlessly!
- clothmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Be wary of people using rhyming slogans.
- silversalute, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I guess you think the government should regulate all plants and the nurseries that sell them.
Sorry, I don't need a nanny!
By the way, there are a lot of plants that are toxic. That is a defense mechanism.
Hell, the pits, wilted leaves, and twigs from a peach tree are poisonous! - zachshmack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I heard hemlock is great for cleaning out ear wax buildup.
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