I Touched the Worlds Most Painful Plant - Gympie Gympie (The Suicide Plant) 

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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

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

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

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.

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

*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 👍

Oof

Great episode lol

@@CreeseDF stfu

Shut up already

BRUH

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?

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.

That is not my basic human experience

They risked their life’s for the sake of RU-vid content

"You've got to try this dude, it sucks!"

@@RandomPerson-nh3ch none of the plants they touched were lethal though, just painful

Yes

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

"I eated the purple berries!... they taste like burning!" thank you, Ralph Wiggum.

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.

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

@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 👽

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

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.

“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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Ball ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KZfYkq0Moz4.html

it do be like that

Ball :)

life

You hurt too rose Ms I have thorns

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

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!!

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?

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?

WITHOUT LOVE

@@lordreega8994 Pain, can’t get enough

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

Damn that would be PAINFUL

Sounds fun☺️

@@christians4599 not the time with kinks lmfao

He would have got karma

@@zentryn7400 ok

hell yeah lmao

i live for this comparison lol

@@aightchou I found my people

Will's definitely the Bam Margera of this show

Perfect

*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

pls no

@@GrandpaStories826 no

@@saggingzebra2578 k

@TheBackyardScientist gotta do it for the content

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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

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

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.

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 😭

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!

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.

@HASAAN GROSS helling

One of my friends did this with barb wire

@@ainzooalgown7242 lol what

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

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 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KZfYkq0Moz4.html

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

welp i guess that one used keeps

Reason #481 to not move to Australia

*softly* don't

please dont

Cursed salad

@Potatosalad ??? You good?

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.

hes lying it was a 1 a 10 would have him crying like a little girl

I would rank 10 as something that results in loss of motor skills and coherent communication. Like getting stabbed through the kidneys.

Well pain is reletive if 10 is the worst pain he has felt, then he hasnt really done much

@@raven4k998 fading in and out of consciousness, to endure pain so great you pass out again.

@@tonyravioli1982 maybe he just tough

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

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

😂😂😂😂😂

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

*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

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.

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

Don't forget reddit mods!

and twitter users

And genshin impact players

@@PanzerkampfwagenausfTschechosl and people that insult games just because they dislike one person

@@TheMrsYWilson ok genshin impact player

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 :)

341 likes, no replies. wth

@@edia6855 423 likes, 1 comment. Wth

@@cmoore9664 463 likes, two comments, wth

@@jeffreyflores3094 475 likes, 3 comments, wth

481 likes 4 comments wtf

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

That is some clever word play my dude

xDDDDDD

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

"Florida Man Behaves like Florida Man with Australian Wildlife"

Imagine being a florida man "can't be me" he he lol

This video is basically: FLORIDAMAN.

I mean.... that's basically what a bat is.

Flordia man hurts himself on part of Australia

Y E S

☑️ These remind me of stinging nettles, which also have tiny hairs that inject formic acid and other chemicals that cause itching and burning and bumps. People avoid them like the plague. BUT, they also EAT stinging nettle soup! You have to fully cook them first, which destroys the stinging hairs and the chemicals. Look up stinging nettle soup....

Pain

@@HighlanderNorth1 if I'm not stupidly making false claims here i think recognise that plant its abundant here in Sweden (and i assume other places are full of the nettles too) its not dangerous or anything you just regret that you ran through the woods without thinking of what you where doing and it itches for a few hours or so. The itching rarely lasts a day or 2 but its not gonna get worse after that and making soup out of them are not weird at all its just common knowledge that gets shared around from stranger to stranger and "avoiding them like the plague" is a far cry from reality and in my opinion *(Echium vulgare)* or more commonly referred to as *"Blueweed"* (i will just call it *Blåeld*) is much more painful then the nettles just a slight feel from it and you start grasping your arm or wherever the plant touched you and you will soon refuse to move because of the itching pain /Edit feel free to correct me if I'm wrong

@@TheFagerlund Yeah, I may have exaggerated the significance of the effects of stinging nettles when I said that "people avoid them like the plague". Thats a well known cliche in America. I wasn't comparing nettles to plague, I was just pointing out that people who know how to identify nettles, will avoid walking through them. Here's what an extreme case looks like: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MnBEYmbjdic.html They have different degrees of effects on different people. The first time I experienced nettles, was when I rode a mountain bike through a patch of them in the middle of a trail that wasn't well used at that time. I felt the stings immediately, then burning, then raised bumps formed, then itchiness. It lasted maybe an hour or so, gradually decreasing in severity. But every time I've been stung by them since, the effect has been much less significant. I barely get the bumps anymore, and the pain and itching are greatly reduced.

As soon as a saw suicide plant I bought one online for *AHEM* research purposes. *cough*

Check out the Alnwick garden in England. It's nothing but a poisonous garden. You can RU-vid it up.

@@jer6162 That's probably the garden I just googled while finding information on my new favourite plant. The Manchineel.

If you want to hear the history of the gimpy-gimpy from a hilarious point of view This is the video for you 😂

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mg-GLwJ8Emk.html Fact Fiend channel w/ Karl