The Tree That Will Leave You Blind 

"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. Except that one. That one speaks for itself."

You'd think a radiologist would be smart enough not to eat a random fruit they found lying on a beach, but I guess not...

I love how some people see a random fruit and go "mmm _FROOT_ " and proceed to eat it

No wonder people in the ancient world have all kinds of terrifying lore. The world they lived in had threes like these and they had no way to explain the circumstances, other than will of a deity or some cursed spirit.

A man woke up, he died an hour later

This tree is endangered AND endangering

1.) Don't touch it 2.) Don't let the sap get on you 3.) Don't eat the apples from it

I'm surprised it isn't in Australia. No wonder Florida Man has so much power.

The tree said "respect my boundaries" and meant it

“Oh look a tree” *starts climbing “Aaahhhhh”

The trees aren’t harmed when the Lorax is armed.

Fun fact, they are related to Poinsettias which are also poisonous. In fact just about every member of the Euphorbia family is toxic.

I applaud the medicinal use of pina coladas.

00:01 that’s how I run in dreams.

I live in Florida. When they take people on airboat tours they warn about that tree and its fruit.

I ate the apple of death in Nayarit México and by a miracle I survived. I asked an old man sitting outside of his heart if these little apples were okay to eat he said "si" but immediately after I swallowed one my stomach burned and I was throwing up. Luckily there was a doctor that gave me a pill after I told him what I ate. I spent most of the day throwing up. But thank God I didn't I

technically every tree can leave you blind if you jam one right into your eye

You're not supposed to shelter under a tree anyways during a storm because of a thing called lightning. Plus hiding under a tree isn't really going to keep you dry. It can provide some protection from the wind, but that opens the door for another threat. By that, I mean getting crushed by the falling tree.

Who on earth finds a random fruit on the beach and is like "oh let me take a bite". 😒

This tree: "I'm here to protect the coastlines, but only for myself. F all you guys! Except for THAT tortoise and THAT lizard; you guys are cool."

I remember when Thoughty2 covered this a few years back. This tree is basically Earth's fury and hatred in a tree. Seriously a messed up tree.

I usually listen to this type of video like they're podcasts, but's really nice to see Brew animated in this one.

“Ummm a random froot. Better eat it” so this is how American cheap horror coming from

"Forgive the jest if I say that it is the only tree that can carve its initials in you." ~ quote about the manchineel from _Wind Across the Everglades_ (1958)

(Off topic) BUT THE CHARACTERS ARE COMING BACK SLOWLY BUT SURELY IM SO HAPPY

It is technically possible to burn the tree's wood - but it's not really worth the effort. It takes draining the wood of its sap for months.

“Luckily this tree will probably be on the other side of the earth” … “Well, I’m frightened.”

What's scary is from the picture it looks similar to a weeping willow, which is probably the gentlest tree you can find, so it's not like a lot of plants which looks extremely toxic.

Watching the beginning of this video, I was literally saying “MANCHINEEL? MANCHINEEL? MANCHINEEL?” after every single word he said. Manchineel trees are my favorite trees of all time. I just think it’s cool, might seem kind of weird considering how dangerous it is.

4:54 thought it was my youngest cat, Raven making that noise at first, he's always making that noise when he's watching bugs/reflections on the ceiling, wanting treats, etc(mainly treats)

"A tree that will leave you blind if you look at it" Impossible. "You run under a tree-" Oh yeah thats possible

If I'd eaten one and it caused that much pain I'd go to the hospital to get it tree-ted.

I swore not to watch ur videos until Brew came back and I am now happy because this means I get to watch your videos

First, The beach that'll make you old and, now, the tree that'll make you blind

Der Manchinelbaum, auch Manzanillobaum oder Strandapfel[1] (Hippomane mancinella), ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Wolfsmilchgewächse (Euphorbiaceae). Er kommt in Florida in den Vereinigten Staaten, auf den Bahamas, in der Karibik, Zentralamerika und im nördlichen Südamerika vor.[2] Er wurde auch in Westafrika und auf den Galápagosinseln eingeführt.[3][4] Der Name „Manchinel“ (auch „manchioneel“) kommt vom Spanischen manzanilla („Äpfelchen“) und von der oberflächlichen Ähnlichkeit seiner Früchte und Blätter mit denen eines Apfelbaums. Der heutige spanische Name ist Manzanilla de la muerte („Äpfelchen des Todes“). Dies bezieht sich darauf, dass der Manchinelbaum einer der giftigsten Bäume der Welt ist.

The Lorax hath blinded thee!!

Manchineel tree? Edit: CALLED IT! My science nerdery pays off!

People should NEVER shelter under ANY tree in a rainstorm anyway.

me in the beginning: hopefully i never have to deal with this tree speaker: it is most cencentrated in the florida everglades

"Are you blind now?" "Yeah I looked at the tree that makes you blind." "There's no such thing as a tree that makes you blind." "I don't know what to tell you, I looked at a tree and I'm blind now. I think it's the sap." "That's preposterous." "Look I'll give you directions to the tree if you don't believe me." "Sure. And I won't go blind." "Look what happened to me! You will go blind!" "I will not!" ... "Hey I'm back." "Hey." "I got blind."

“Grows in the various regions betweens Northen South America,and in Southern North America” Phew “But are most concentrated in the Florida Everglades” WHY,WHY MUST IT BE IN MY FAVORITE PLACE TO GO

This reminds me of that one episode of original star trek with planet where the trees and even grass caused acid burns just touching it.

This sounds like an scp

Haven't been here for a while and am totally happy to see Brew and his crew again ^^

"oh no, a storm! i better take cover under this tree in the water."

You told us a lot about the fruit being poisonous except what causes it to be poisonous. Was curious about the chemical.

Magine not just using the sap on your arrows but also using fresh wood of it as the Arrow itself

Ngl I'm a Floridian and I've never heard of this tree

Don’t look at any tree: ❌ Don’t look at the certain species of a tree: ✅

that floridian looking for the 20 footer python better be carefull :P the trees are out to get us

Considering the amount of danger surrounding the tree, i'm surprised there hasn't been any documented case of people making weapons from it.

"yo bro look at this cool tree" "What is-? OH GOD I CANT SEE

I'm from Trinidad and Tobago. Most likely they were on a beach near the Buccoo area. Down in Buccoo Beach, which is close to the reef, is literally literred with those trees whenever I go across on vacation. There's signage everywhere too. Kinda weird they'd eat fruit from that. 😂

Good to know, surprised it was not from Australia.

yep, there are a lot of these in florida where i live

I've walked through so many of these trees without even knowing how dangerous they were. I'll be more careful now. Thank you for this. - Salty Florida man.

Wow a mustard gas tree

It makes poison ivy a saint (but itchy) by a comparison.

That tree is exacting revenge for all the other trees humans chopped.

New Fear Unlocked: Going To Rest Under A Tee And Loose Your Eyesight, Especially If You Live In Florida LIKE ME

I saw these trees one time when I went to Costa Rica, I kept my distance as I heeded the warnings.

Southern North America and northern South America threw me for a sec ngl

I've lived in SWFL my whole life and I've never heard of this danger tree.

I never thought a tree could give you cancer

Geez, you can't even destroy it using fire as it will still harm you >_

As an evil genius thought experiment; I wonder what you’d get mixing it with the exploding thorn tree. Straight weaponized nature there.

Nice to see you back Brew

How was I born and raised in SWFL and never taught about this tree?!? We used to fish by the mangroves.

New fear unloked never comeing near a tree even some tree is safe

Yeah let's protect something harmful to us.

Who in his right mind would take a bit from an unfamiliar, or familiar for that matter, fruit he just happened to find on the beach? That reminds me of a movie called The Stuff. lol

The tardigrade got you my subscription

I'm curious how the natives were able to get enough of the sap to coat their arrows with it being so dangerous

It is so weird how nature makes something that looks so beautiful, so deadly

Wow…a literal Poison Tree…

I'll never understand why people on vacation in foreign lands decide to just up and eat foreign things they aren't familiar with without having a local there confirming if it's safe or not... Or to swim, alone, on some strange beach, again, with no local being there to tell them if there are Jellyfish or conesnails or something.

I really wonder what caused this tree to develop this type of defense system.

Eating a random fruit is forgivable if you are really hungry and there's no other food around, but eating it out of curiosity is a different story.

This tree evolved to survive against humans

Bro this tree is like villains in manhwa's, dangerous but needed for the plot😂

I'm glad I'm in Australia where we only have venemous spiders, snakes and wild pigs!

The worst part is the fact the fruit apparently tastes good, isn't our sense of taste supposed to *_prevent_* us from injesting poison!?

Interesting that Juan Ponce de Leon died thanks to an arrow whose tip was poisoned with Manchino sap 🤔

Yikes, sounds like this trees fruit is its LEAST dangerous aspect.

"Oh, look! It's some random fruit on the ground that I've never seen, imma eat it!" FAFO

That tree really doesn't like anyone.

Leaf me blind.

Wait a minute,there’s black spiny tailed iguanas down here also!Hmmm

Interesting video. I wonder if the voynich manuscript contains details on this tree.

hey. thats one way to fortify an frontline

"IT IS NOT RELE-VANT WETHER OR NOT I BELEIVE YOU"

They should have called it the Lorax's revenge.

"Grade-A Tardigrade"

Funny thing the place where I am is currently having a downpour 😂

if its all deadly like that, why havent we done a human thing and made it extinct yet?

does that mean swimming around the edge water of where this tree grow can potentially get us in danger? the sap might be around the water

It kind of reminds me of the oleander tree, everything about it is dangerous.

It's like that tree from the original star trek on the paradise planet. We should have listened...

... Eating random fruit ... Ironic.

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