Hey all you Nature Nerds! This week Megan shares some not really new-new science news on walking sharks. Then Jen starts off with the story of the life of Elizabeth Blackwell (thanks to listener and Patron, Val Webb, for this suggestion!), and finishes with info on the top 10 most poisonous plants! Enjoy!

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Links:

https://valwebb.wordpress.com/2015/09/03/remembering-elizabeth-blackwell/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackwell_(illustrator)

https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/about-elizabeth-blackwell.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricin

https://www.megainteresting.com/health/gallery/the-worlds-most-poisonous-plants-241576508287/3

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6701-suicide-tree-toxin-is-perfect-murder-weapon/

https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/the-manchineel-tree-how-even-standing-near-the-worlds-most-dangerous-tree-could-kill-you.html

https://www.poison.org/articles/are-rosary-peas-poisonous-194

https://imss.org/2020/05/01/a-note-from-the-collections-from-assassinations-to-witches-brews-the-troubled-history-of-the-belladonna-plant/

https://gizmodo.com/10-of-the-worlds-deadliest-plants-and-how-they-kill-y-5841540

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/the-12-deadliest-plants-in-the-world.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura_stramonium#:~:text=Datura%20stramonium%2C%20known%20by%20the,introduced%20in%20many%20world%20regions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_sickness#:~:text=A%20notable%20victim%20was%20Nancy,the%20animals%20most%20often%20poisoned.

https://www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/plants_and_gardening/monsters_magic_and_monkshood#:~:text=Frightened%20folks%20turned%20to%20growing,could%20actually%20cause%20shape%2Dshifting.

https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/france-hiker-dies-wolfsbane-poison

https://www.britannica.com/list/7-of-the-worlds-deadliest-plants

https://www.kremp.com/blog/flowers-that-kill/#:~:text=Deadly%20Nightshade&text=The%20toxicity%20of%20belladonna%20has,deadly%20part%20of%20the%20plant.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/plant-that-produced-ritual-death-smiles-mayve-given-homer-a-neat-phrase

https://sunday.com.pk/pick-of-the-day/a-deadly-plant-causing-death-with-a-smile/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20strange%20poisonous,flowers%20in%20the%20plant%20kingdom.