Most Dangerous Trees You Should NEVER Touch 

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I have seen several of these trees in my work, and living in several African and Carribean countries. There is another tree not mentioned in this video that is also found in the Carribean. It goes by the name Christmas Bush, because the leaves look similar to Holly leaves. It causes painful burns and blisters on your skin several hours after touching the leaves or the sap. I found out the hard way when clearing some ground to build a zipline in St. Martin, I had some of the sap on my hands when I had to go pee, lets just say I had burns where it is the most sensitive, as well as my hands, arms, and face.

Thanks for the info! We have a Black Locust spling growing in our back yard. I did not know what it was till I saw your video. I transplanted it before knowing about tour video. As I picked it up to put it in the hole I dug, I got stuck lightly and briefly by one of it's thorns. I immediately put some disinfectant on my little finger and cotinued working. I had a small red / numbish / red spot for 3 days. Thankfully the thorn did not go deep at all. After researching the poison effects from this tree It could have been much worse. Another person who's report I red was stuck much deeper with a Black Locust thorn and their entire index finger swole up so they could'nt bend the finger. Thankfully an MD told them it's not fatal and can be treated with Antihistamine and pain killers. The SEEDS, in particular, Bark, twigs and leaves are fatal however if ingested in the right quantity. I would recommend in the case of getting stung by these thorns to immediately take Antihistamine and wrap the stung area with a slightly moist Activated Charcoal compress which will draw out the toxins.

In Germany we have a tree that is locally called Vogelbeerenbaum / Eberesche (Sorbus aucuparia). It has red berries on it that almost fool you into believing they are red currants, but they are slightly bigger and a bit more orange. I was told they are very toxic, and they are very bad for your digestion system.

We have Honey Locust trees all over the US Midwest, including my yard. Our son stepped on a thorn when he was 3 and it took several weeks to get it all out. Very painful!

The thumbnail almost killed me cuz the holes is too much for me

I think my grandfather may have a tree similar to a Sandbox tree in his backyard garden. There’s always been this tree in his backyard garden that looks very similar to a Sandbox tree. It’s probably only about 20 or so feet tall, but it has small spikes all over the trunk. I’ve never touched it, but I have always wondered what kind of tree it was. I’ll make a point to ask him about it next time I’m over there.

Thanks for these educative videos as always. Really chilling to watch.🤔

excellent video! i know for sure that all of the info on the manchineel tree is totally accurate. There have been people killed by this tree in the Virgin Islands.

12:20 wouldn't you think the seeds are extra sticky to prevent birds from pecking them off themselves and eating them? Also, how is it not beneficial to the progenity of the tree for a bird covered in seeds to be eaten by a predator? Wouldn't that predator then go forward and excrete the seeds elsewhere?

I've seen white trumpets that smell good but are sometimes toxic. this flower grows on Arizona Cacti and can make a fire smell good, just like oleanders, I heard that these can grow on thorny vines as well. some big ones that bees try to go in are proven to have pollen that could be fatal. so if you go near those flowers. Be careful.

I guess I have to rebook my vacation

so the best things to wear if you go to australia are a gas mask(for all the gasses) a knight armor(for all the thorns,and also the poisonus plants) and a jet pack(because running away from an animal is already difficult and the armor makes it even harder).

Thank you. This is very helpful to know in case something happens

Brugmansia plants are called Moon flowers where I'm from because they normally open their flowers from dusk. Quite a common sight in people's gardens though

These trees make me so glad that the only trees near me are safe oak maple and pine. I wanted to ask you how I order a be amazed tee shirt? I can't find them on the internet.

I know where a couple of honey locust trees are, and they look absolutely deadly! Huge thorns growing in clusters everywhere! Not the tree to find walking through the forest at night.

I did not know those existed, good to know so I can be more careful as I like exploring nature!

Thanks lot for sharing ❤❤❤

Thanks for your advice

I would add hazmat suit to my packing list 🤣Thank you for sharing I love this channel 🥰

Living in Southern California you see many Brugmansia or Angel Trumpets. I discussed the poisonous nature of their Angel Trumpet with a neighbor that has one in her front yard, but she didn't care because it is so beautiful. She just keeps pruning it without gloves or protection anyway. Every time I see her doing yard work around her Angel Trumpet, I cringe.

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We've got two species of Angel's Trumpet (Brazilian and Indian) growing in our backyard garden here in India. No problem with any poisoning, accidental or otherwise, and the blooms are stunning. I guess they are deadly only if ingested.

I have a Bunya Pine in my back yard. My Dad found it as a seedling in a pot in a garbage fill. He brought it home to my Mom who loved plants. She had never seen a plant like that before nor did she know its name. What she did know is that she didn't like the spiky leaves. She threw the pot with seedling out the back door and there it took root. That was about 50 years ago and the tree is still growing, or so I was told a few years ago by a Horticulturalist. He said that you know when the tree is fully mature when the top flattens out. If that's true, my tree isn't fully mature, yet. The largest pine cone I've seen from this tree was about 6 inches in diameter and weighed about 1 to 1-1/2 pounds. It's rare to see a large one survive the fall. Smaller ones stay intact. When they hit the ground you can hear a very audible THUD. The leaves grow on small branches. When the leaves are green they are sharp but pliable. When the turn brown, they are stiff and deadly to walk on without proper shoes. The main thing people dislike about the tree is the mess they make with the leafy branches year 'round, but worse during the fall and winter. Because the brown leaves are so sharp, clean up requires heavy leather gloves. I had a crew come to take down some dying trees. The Foreman said that they had to take down a Bunya Pine and will never take on that task again for any amount of money. I never knew the proper name for the tree until I saw this video. I've always known it as a Monkey Puzzle Tree, named so because it is said that it's the only tree a monkey can't climb.

I had a bunya pine in my front yard in Portugal for 23 years, it grew to about 20m tall and started giving pines (the size of melons) in the last 4-5 years. Had to have it cut down because it bent so much due to its fibrous trunk and the strong winds in my region, given that it was just about 5 meters from the house...

I've seen and probably stumbled into the gympie gympie. Either I repressed that memory or more likely I just don't feel that kinda pain because wasps, including paper wasps and fire ants don't seem to bother me... anyway, one that has bothered me from Australia is wait-a-while, a grasslike climbing palm vine with needle-like spikes all over it, and a long, thin tip (the width of a wire coat hanger) that grows several metres long and often runs along the ground (also covered in hooks), this just looks like a blade of grass but I want to emphasize... those spikes will either stick to and maybe rip your clothes as you run by, or shred your skin if you aren't wearing any... AND perhaps trip you over because it's pretty strong! I've nearly fallen over rock banks several metres where I would most certainly have died. The tip is like a whip, once you pull it off you need to be careful because it springs straight back... So add to your list: machete.

Thanks for the input.

I had a client i did landscaping work for in florida who had brugmansia in his back yard, and i ate 2 of the flowers, they arent necessarily fatal (but possibly could be, especially depending on use of SSRI antidepressants) as much as they cause intense severe hallucinations of the paranoid delusional dissociative type. The plant is closely related to datura, and paralysis is i believe dependent on the individuals reaction to the compounds contained in the flowers. I ended up completely losing my mind, but never did i become paralyzed even after eating the flowers. The hallucination lasted for the better half of an entire 24 hour period, i didnt sleep for almost 2 days from it. At first it was intensely euphoric, but the effects kept getting stronger and stronger until i couldnt control my vision anymore, depth perception disappeared entirely and the world looked like a 2d image, and then i began to spout nonsense and scream really loudly. Luckily i was on a private beach when i ate it, i probably would have ended up in a psych ward had i been seen by any member of the general public... They definitely arent worth trying, i have always been curious about psychoactive compounds, and i never will trip brugmansias ever again. its basically the most uncomfortable hallucinations ever. Stick with mushrooms DMT LSD and peyote, those arent going to be 24 hours of mental horror and delirium.... Afterwards for about 2 weeks i had ptsd about the event which eventually faded, it is indescribable of how terrifying the effect of scopolamine can truly be.

I have learned so much- ty for teaching the less informed about these trees.

Excellent educational video. Thank You!

thanks for the advise

Re: the Honey Locust: it has been said that in the early days of the USA, the thorns were used as a substitute for nails. I've seen it in person on a trip growing near Houston Texas. Not surprisingly, it was fenced off.

When walking in forests and bushlands, the gympie-gympie is very common sight… I have never had the feeling to touch one though but thanks for letting me know why

Thank you so much for sharing this

Brave Wilderness did a video on the gimpie gimpie and they did say in fact the stinging caused by it was very painful

I have many of the honey locust trees around my house on the property. They are very nasty to handle and yes they do cause a lot of trouble with tires! Makes mowing the grass frustrating sometimes.

Fun fact: Pokeweed is fairly common in the country and unkept backyards of Kansas. I've seen a total of 7 separate plants. And 4 for one area and generation. 2 for the next gen in the same area, and the last one on someone's backyard.

Pokeweed and night shade are common in Illinois they can grow anywhere even in your back yard

My grandparents have a beautiful bunya pine and you should’ve mentioned a Kapok which we have at our house because they have spiked trunks

Honey locus are beautiful trees, we have a ton in our backyard. I did grab a branch once; hurt a good amount wasn't a big thorn though.

The bird killing tree DOES enjoy an evolutionary advantage by it's seeds sticking to birds. I don't know how scientists can't see that the seeds being stuck to the birds causes the birds to perish due to the seeds weighing them down. Then the seeds are spread as far as that bird can get and if the bird dies the seeds have a source of nutrients needed for seeding. If the bird is eaten and the seeds survive the gastric tract of the predator then they also get nutrients for seeding when passed.

Now i don't think i want to sit under a tree.

Thanks for the tip

i live in australia and go to bunya mountains ever so often the seeds (which ive never seen) look dangerous but the leaves are fine as long as you dont do something like fall onto them

that one that makes holes in your hand was the most terrifying trypophobic thing ive seen

Using this stuff for my jungle based D&D campaign

You forgot a shield

Wonderful videos. With yet more reasons why I will not be visiting Australia without a full suit of power armor.

What isn't deadly or trying to kill people in Australia? Lol! Honestly love this video. People used to think Botany was boring... wait till I show them this video.

15:03 Reminds me of That TV Show' the Pirates of Dark Water' and 17:09 Reminds me of 1 Turtle Episode from the Late 1980s' as in TMNT...

The Angel Trumpet tree has been a major problem in my hometown in Puerto Rico, where young people make tea out of the flowers to get the "hallucinogenic" effect. The DEA and the Police developed a task force to eradicate the ornamental plant from houses and farms to control the situation. I have seen the Angel Trumpet in many yards in the South area of Georgia and Florida. I know about a dozen cases where one ended up like Zombie. Others died of the overdose. This guy walked day and night nonstop. He lost the skill to talk, and gesture, and never interacted with anybody. His family had to take care of him until he got lost and died of possible starvation. Another case was this coworker who got a strange condition where he was talking day and night non-stop. Sometimes aggressive if you tried to interact with him. He demolished his mom's concrete house with a sledgehammer and several chisels working it day and night.

Thank you for letting me know this. One of the trees at my school are a Mancholee I forgot how to spell that. But it is really dangerous so thank you!

I felt an odd overpowering urge to admit myself to the hospital just by watching this vid lol. Thank you! Tons of useful and lifesaving information!

Once when I was in Costa Rica, a coconut hit the ground only inches away from me, making a very loud sound that made me jump. (This was a while ago, so I don’t remember much of the details.) I think I saw some type of monkey that threw it, but I’m not 100% sure. It could’ve just fallen on its own, but, either way, I could’ve been seriously injured.

11:01 Yes, you forgot the protective suit.

The place I'm staying at has several "Angel's Trumpet" trees. & I've been having a hard time convincing anyone here that they're EXTREMELY DANGEROUS & toxic!! Especially cuz the rats around here routinely eat the stalks! Why they're immune to it confuses me, but they really seem to be! I'm really glad to see this clip tho, cuz maybe now, they'll believe me! Thanks for this informative upload!

I'm not sure if it was a honey locust tree or what, but I was removing a young specimen from my property and doing so by stomping the branches down. BAD idea, because one of those 10 cm long spikes went directly through the sole of my shoe and deep into my foot. Very painful, and the wound was infected for several months. Best way to handle the branches is to only touch them using pliers.

Honey locusts were a popular replacement for shade trees that were decimated in the Dutch Elm Disease that ransacked my city 60 years ago. Occasionally those honey locusts sported those horriffic thorns, like the Kowal's locust. And yeah, those thorns are huge and sharp!

I live on the coast in Mississippi. Angel Trumpets thrive here. I never grew them,but my neighbor did for a short time. She eventually had them removed because the flowers kept getting stolen. We both eventually learned the theives were stealing them due to the hallucinating effects. Some people still do this knowing of the potential danger

This was frightenly educational. Thanks for the video!

Thanks for the phobia warning, had autoplay on, and was not expecting to see a hand covered in holes...

Brugmansia toxicity is highly hallucinogenic and quite commonly used as mind altering substance with risk of death being minimal unless you consume around kg of mature plant matter (I myself consumed approx 300g in one session when having fun while younger) Greatest risk to your life is consumers own action during the hallucination phase or accident during comedown sense impairment. However it's perfectly safe to consume in safe environment under observation of non partaker and causes between 8-16h long hallucinations followed by 4-12h senses impairments such as vision distance disruption, smell confusion, etc.... Another risk associated with brugmansia consumption is extreme level of suggestiveness where consumer becomes pretty much a yes person to any requests or demands (telling someone they should fly out the window on 30th floor is done deal and consumer jumps before you can open the said window to fly around a bit) Also consumer is only aware of the hallucination itself, completely unaware of what happened in reality while they were hallucinating.

We had the honey stabby tree in our back yard in Detroit. I used to harvest the thorns to inscribe candles instead of using porcupine quills.... They are seriously sharp

That Angel's Trumpet is one I went near on a tour in Hawaii. The tour guide said they are extremely poisonous and not to get too close. And they are related to the Nightshade plant. I never really looked into the poisonous effects, but I see from this vid, it can really warp your mind as well as kill you.

such a beautiful contact , well elaborated

you forgot something: a hazmat suit.

I had a beautiful pink angel trumpet in my garden. It would freeze back to the ground during any winter hard freeze. Not often here in the Deep South. Never had any issues with it. I did know about it’s ‘drawbacks’.

A must watch. It`s got everything you need to know about dangerous trees. Great to keep note of whenever you go on a trip. Well done, keep it up, @BE AMAZED!

Ton and a lot more to come in this year especially

Thanks for coming across this weekend

I’ve seen the whistling tree, never knew that it was called that or why, thanks 👍🏻

My experience was stinging nettle. On a hike. Very interesting I totally enjoying watching this video. Thanks.

Maybe we shouldn't go into forests without a hazmat suit and a paramedic standing by.

The city and society never seemed like such a good idea. Thanks for the heads up. People need to know just how dangerous nature can be.

Thanks for the warning on these kinds of trees. If I’m by chance I take my family to go on a a hike in these places, I’ll be sure to give fair warning because if someone is behind me or in front of me, it looks like a branch would slap back and punch holes in me or somebody behind me if not properly wearing clothes that are puncher proof. Like even snake proof clothes I.e. Viper, rattle snakes and other areas. I think we just won’t take a chance and go to a different hiking trail. Makes sense to me.

I pay respect to all the unlucky people who had the misfortune to experience what we saw in the video, so the rest of us may avoid it.

Hey Be Amazed, Can You Tell What Caused About Hanahaki Disease.

Thanks for telling me!

Thank you so much for making this video, it was awesome!

When I was in Diego Garcia the crews were bunked in beach huts. Kinda cool until the coconuts fell on the tin roofs in the middle of the night. That will wake up the dead. The coconut crabs were another interesting animal to meet going to the head at night. What a place.

7:34 This image is both fascinating and disturbing.

Back in the '80's I went for a walk to get some exercise. Unfortunately I walked under a honey locust tree and stepped on a thorn that had fallen to the ground. It pierced the sole of my shoe and deeply punctured the arch of my foot. IT HURT REALLY BAD! I stood on my uninjured foot and pulled the thorn out of the other one immediately. I was shocked at how long that thorn was! I was able to limp home and luckily it healed without medical attention. I still watch for those trees when I'm out walking.

I was brought up on the Bunya Nuts fruit when it was in season mum would get a lot of them. You can boil the segments in salted water and just eat them, very nice nutty flavour.

Fun fact though the shipworms or otherwise known as "tamilok" in the philippines people eat these wood eating mollusks either raw while mixing it in vinegar and salt or eating it as is, some even dip it in a vinegar/alcohol called "tuba" (this alcohol can function as a vinegar and is extracted from a coconut tree.) just because its delicious. I tried some and it was not that bad if you just ignore the fact that it looks like a worm and sometimes you can chew some wood chunks in it... I think its a decent meal and it's surprisingly goes well with beer...

Totally awesome I love mysteries facts

Sandbox trees r also in the caribbean. I remember seeing them on st. croix

I never realized how many dangerous trees are out there

Every time I think about spending my holiday in Australia I stumble across such videos and question my idea. I didn´t know the angles trumpet is so dangerous. I see it often in green houses, even saw it on a balcony once.

We have lots of manchineel trees on the beaches in Barbados but I don't recall ever seeing red paint on their trunks to deter people. I must have a closer look sometime.

Wow I never knew. Thank you for the info. Luckily I haven't seen any. Sandbox tree looks hellish.

Grew up with Jaboticaba in Brazil, the fruit has a large pit but a delightful taste! Also saw Angel’s trumpets in a butterfly garden I used to volunteer at, they had signs near it basically telling people not to suck on the fallen flowers! 😂

I'm so thankful for the total honesty and factual explanation of each of these demonic trees because if I had to watch one more lying photo shopped human hand with crater like holes and filled with eggs of beetles being represented as a skin disease I'll go crazy.

In some remote places here in Brazil the Brugmansia is known by locals as The Night Maiden. I always wondered why.

Brugmansia is similar to datura. Beautiful flowers. Don’t consume unless you’re in the supervision of a master shaman

Coconut trees are almost a staple plant & food in South East Asia, including my country Malaysia. We make foods & beauty products out of it. The more dangerous plant to touch than coconut you didn't mentioned in this video is the "King of Fruits" Durian tree. A tree that gives off spikes all round it. Farmers wear helmets to avoid the falling durians on their heads. The fruit inside is pungent like jackfruit but generally more sticky, bittersweet & heaty. Usually eaten during cooler season like monsoon. Some species - e.g.: the premium Musang King - can fetch up to USD15 per pound, depending on its grade.

I grow sandbox trees in my back acre. The wood is lovely, turns out amazing pens and plaques, and the bursting seed pods are an absolute riot. Just not something to mess about with unaware of what you're dealing with there.

for the alstralian visit youll need some protective gear too

This is why you don't mess with mother nature you're not mess with her creation this living beings are not meant to be mess with.

Didnt know pinecones could get so big. Those ship worms look like a real problem. Was fun and informative to watch. Great video