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Started August 05, 2018 by @yeetus

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….Wow
It's actually helpful for me because the villain group is called the Nightshade

I’m actually interested in it’s use in medicine. That part could definitely be helpful in my story.

Yep

I have more :D Like 16 more, but I have all this for poisons, not herbs. I can give a link if you'll like (So I don't post the whole 28 page doc right here)

Is there a poison that can taste like almonds

Just looked this up right now-

Poison that tastes like bitter almonds
It's cyanide. Cyanide occurred naturally in the bitter almond and could be broken down by cooking, which is why people would roast almonds before eating them until we managed to guide the evolution of the almond tree until the bitter form, formerly 70% of almond trees, is now nearly extinct.

K thank you

Lol yes. Cyanide. Takes me back to this “murder mystery” we had to solve in chemistry.

Do you know - "It can take as little as 4 horsepower to rip a human limb off. It takes 7 pounds of pressure to rip off an ear."

Do you know - "It can take as little as 4 horsepower to rip a human limb off. It takes 7 pounds of pressure to rip off an ear."

@ George Weasley

Do you know - "It can take as little as 4 horsepower to rip a human limb off. It takes 7 pounds of pressure to rip off an ear."

@ George Weasley

stop

I just love this tree, perfect for murder(ing a character) :)

Manchineel
Info about plant-

The manchineel tree (Hippomane mancinella) is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). It is native to tropical southern North America and northern South America.
The name "manchineel" (sometimes written "manchioneel") as well as the specific epithet mancinella is from Spanish manzanilla ("little apple"), from the superficial resemblance of its fruit and leaves to those of an apple tree. A present-day Spanish name is in fact manzanilla de la muerte, "little apple of death". This refers to the fact that manchineel is one of the most dangerous trees in the world. Manchineel is also known as the beach apple.

Toxicity
All parts of the tree contain strong toxins, some unidentified.Its milky white sap contains phorbol and other skin irritants, producing strong allergic contact dermatitis. Standing beneath the tree during rain will cause blistering of the skin from mere contact with this liquid (even a small drop of rain with the milky substance in it will cause the skin to blister). The sap has also been known to damage the paint on cars. Burning the tree may cause ocular injuries if the smoke reaches the eyes. Contact with its milky sap (latex) produces bullous dermatitis, acute keratoconjunctivitis and possibly large corneal epithelial defects.
The fruit is possibly fatal if eaten; however, "fatalities from ingestion are not reported in the modern literature" and "ingestion may produce severe gastroenteritis with bleeding, shock, bacterial superinfection, and the potential for airway compromise due to edema. Patients with a history of ingestion and either oropharyngeal burns or gastrointestinal symptoms should be evaluated for admission into hospital. Care is supportive."
When ingested, the fruit is reportedly "pleasantly sweet" at first, with a subsequent "strange peppery feeling …, gradually progress[ing] to a burning, tearing sensation and tightness of the throat". Symptoms continue to worsen until the patient can "barely swallow solid food because of the excruciating pain and the feeling of a huge obstructing pharyngeal lump".

You said 4 horsepower, I pictured that old torture/execution method where they would attach a horse to each of the four limbs and have them run in different directions.

Well thank you for showing you imagination.

It’s a dark, scary place, and I apologize

You said 4 horsepower, I pictured that old torture/execution method where they would attach a horse to each of the four limbs and have them run in different directions.

It’s ‘Being drawn and quartered’

It’s a dark, scary place, and I apologize

Same

You said 4 horsepower, I pictured that old torture/execution method where they would attach a horse to each of the four limbs and have them run in different directions.

It’s ‘Being drawn and quartered’

I laughed too hard at that why

And sometimes they attach a fifth horse to your neck

gasp
That's so perfect

I mean
It's terrible
But like
Inspiration

You said 4 horsepower, I pictured that old torture/execution method where they would attach a horse to each of the four limbs and have them run in different directions.

It’s ‘Being drawn and quartered’

Ah, thanks. I couldn’t remember the name.

Feline like-
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Winged Lion- A Winged Lion

ball-tailed cat - A cat with similar traits to that of a mountain lion, except with an exceedingly long tail to which there is affixed a solid, bulbous mass for striking its prey

Nekomata - a kind of cat yōkai

Mngwa or Nunda - A gigantic, ferocious, dark gray or black nocturnal feline , said to stalk Tanzania . Described as, "the size of a donkey.

Tatzelwurm - a stubby, lizard-like creature. It takes the appearance of a cat with the hind-end of a serpent with no hind legs. Manticore - A mythical beast with a lion's body and a human's head.

Nemean Lion - The giant lion with impenetrable hide who becomes the constellation Leo.

Sphinx - The half-human, half-lion that forces those it meets to answer its riddles, or die.

Mngwa - Oversized and out of control, deadly tabby cat
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Sea creature like-
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Mermaids - Sea creatures with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish.

Sirens - Man-eating beautiful women whose song compels men to them.

Kraken - Gigantic squid or octopus

Mokele-mbembe - Large water creature with a flexible and long neck

Ogopogo - Large sea serpent with horns and flippers

Kappa- Typically depicted as green, human-like beings with webbed hands and feet, with a turtle shell like carapace on its back.

Nian- A large Armored Tiger with horns.

Each-uisge - It usually takes the form of a horse, and is similar to the kelpie but far more vicious.

Kelpie (Water-horse) - It has usually been described as appearing as a horse, but is able to adopt human form. Some accounts state that the kelpie retains its hooves when appearing as a human.

Afanc- Its exact description varies; it is described variously as resembling a crocodile, beaver or dwarf-like creature, and is sometimes said to be a demon.Abaia- a huge, magical eel in Melanesian mythology.

Aspidochelone - a fabled sea creature, variously described as a large whale or vast sea turtle, and a giant sea monster with huge spines on the ridge of its back.

Cirein Croin- large sea monster in Scottish Gaelic folklore.

Taniwha - At sea, a taniwha often appears as a whale or as quite a large shark;compare the Māori name for the Great white shark: mangō-taniwha. In inland waters, they may still be of whale-like dimensions, but look more like a gecko or a tuatara, having a row of spines along the back.

Thank you!

Uchchaihshravas - a seven-headed flying horse

longma - a fabled winged horse with dragon scales.

Hippocampus - typically been depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of a fish.

Alicorn - The name for a winged unicorn.

Kelpie - Deadly shape-shifting water horse

Unicorn - A magical horse with a single horn on its forehead.

Satyr - Half-men, half-goats who were wild and lustful. The god Pan was one of these.

Centaur - Half-men, half-horse creatures that ran wild and unruly.

Minotaur - The creature with the head and legs of a bull and the torso of a man, who guarded the exit to The Labyrinth.

New Jersey Devil - A flying creature with a high-pitched scream and a horse-like head native to the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

Pegasus - Technically the proper name of Bellerophon's winged horse, which became the general name for winged horses.