Lethal Beauty

Like food, water, shelter and clothing; protection is also a basic need for every living thing on this earth. Humans protect themselves with weapons; animals protect themselves with their sharp claws and teeth; but what about plants? Plants can’t move. They also can’t escape from their predators. They are stagnant, so how do they protect themselves from herbivores including human beings that feed on them?

The riposte is that some plants may have bodily defense like thorns or spines but some plants have poisonous chemicals and substances that makes their predator to stay away from them. Thus, being dangerous for any one whop consumes or be in any kind of contact with them.

Pretty but Mischievous:

Talking particularly about flowers, they seem very colorful, attractive and appealing to the eyes of everyone. But like every other picture, this bright and lovely picture too has a darker side of the canvas too. People should keep the fact in mind even before sniffing them that they can contain poisons odor that can even knock you down. Few of the most deadly flowers can be:

Lilly:

Particularly, the ones grown on a valley; these are tiny little yet alluring creatures that might look totally appealing and sweet but in real are highly poisonous and can cause many diseases like diarrhea, malaria, stomach infections and many more when human gets contacted with them.

Conium:

These are also trivial white flowers mainly grown in Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia. Unlike their looks they are toxic, dangerous and disastrous containing poisonous alkaloids that is detrimental for both human and animals.  When being in contact with them they can cause severe muscular paralysis followed respiratory systems paralysis causing shortage of oxygen to brain and heart eventually leading to coma or death.

Dutra:

Dutra is a flower that has around nine different variations, and is found in the gardens of Mexico and USA. They contain toxic alkaloids directly leading to death. The flower has been used for making poison in ancient times and is send flowers to Philippines still banned in number of countries for the same reason. It is a murder accomplice making it beauty and the beast at the same time.

Angle’s Trumpet:

The Angle’s Trumpet contains critically harmful toxics that may not just hurt the human beings but the poor animals too, making it an Angle of Death. It was also used in ancient time by Amazonia people in their spine-chilling rituals. 

 So now I suppose it would have been clear that these most pretty and beautiful creations of nature are not just beautiful but deadly too. Indicating the datum that most appealing things come with charge and harmony too at times.