#poisonous

[rosieandthemoon]

Datura

[thethingsiveseen-photography]

Alnwick castle poison garden, Northumberland.

[ourslutfactory]

The tasty type of poison

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[hyprmobile]

— BLINKIE SET #1 . . . SPOOKY

happy october, everyone! 🕸️

[nemfrog]

Panther Cap or False Blusher. Edible and poisonous fungi. 1945.

Internet Archive

[maimoncat]

Where I live, we always have to watch out during summer for pine processionaries, and our teachers in elementary school put an undying fear of those fuckers in me. So anyway, when I saw this post by @bamsara, inspiration struck

bonus panel of the aftermath:

[jadafitch]

Amanita muscaria, pencil & watercolor

[nightshadefairy]

[undead-knick-knack]

His skin may be toxic but he's pure of heart 🐸

[rosieandthemoon]

[reality-detective]

They put unknown poison in everything 🤔

[herpsandbirds]

Hello friend! I love your blog!

Can you tell me about poisonous birds? I trust you way more than Google, especially with its new unreliable AI...

POISONOUS BIRBS:

Hey there, so I know about Pitohuis (there are 8 species), Blue-capped Ifrit, Regent Whistler, Rufous-naped Bellbird, Arafura Shrikethrush, Rufous Shrikethrush sequester Batrachotoxins in their feathers and skin (as well as in some internal organs), obtained from their diet (most likely beetles in the genus Choresine). All are endemic to New Guinea.

Red Warblers, Spur-winged Geese, European Common Quail, Bronzewing Pigeons, and Ruffed Grouse also sequester toxins form various insects, seeds, and berries (depending on the species), and can be toxic.

Hoopoes have bacteria in their uropygial glands that produce toxins.

Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous), family Oriolidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Knud Jønsson

Blue-capped Ifrit (Ifrita kowaldi), family Ifritidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Frédéric PELSY

Rufous Shrikethrush (Colluricincla rufogaster), family Pachycephalidae, order Passeriformes, emdemic to New Guinea

photograph by JJ Harrison 

Regent Whistler (Pachycephala schlegelii), family Pachycephalidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Bradley Hacker

Rufous-naped Bellbird (Aleadryas rufinucha), family Oreocidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Jerry_Oldenettel

[ourslutfactory]

Mmm a tasty treat

[lindagoesmushrooming]

Amanita muscaria