Calling all plant people, this episode is for you! We are doing our very FIRST crossover episode with the evergreen Matt Candeis of the In Defense of Plants podcast, blog, and now BOOK! We couldn't be more excited to put our minds together to bring you an episode all about the deadliest plant in the world - Abrus precatorius, also known as, the Rosary Pea. Praying with your rosary beads isn't going to save you this time! 

In this episode:

• Matt Candeis of In Defense of Plants podcast 

• @indefenseofplants on Instagram

• Blog: https://www.indefenseofplants.com/

• Book: In Defense of Plants: An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants

• Matt's antidote of the week: the incredible findings by the lovely Cariad Williams, Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois, on the flight mechanism of Pterosaurs. Check it out below!

• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/science/pterosaurs-necks-azhdarchids.html?smid=url-share

 

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Episode Sources:

• Image 1: Rosary Pea (via The Survival Gardener)

• https://www.poison.org/articles/are-rosary-peas-poisonous-194#:~:text=The%20entire%20plant%20is%20toxic,%2C%20abdominal%20pain%2C%20and%20diarrhea.

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672262/

• https://missouripoisoncenter.org/is-this-a-poison/rosary-peas/

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