AMAZING photograph

[PeaceNikki]

Abrus seed pod


Caption says:
"Abrus seed pod: "one of the components of this seed is one of the most toxic substances in nature. If it reach the blood few micrograms (1/1000000 g) is enough to die. It is similar to ricin (from castor oil plant) used to kill a soviet spy in London by an umbrella""

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Looks like Dick Cheney in seed form.

[Arugula Latte]

20. Please don't dis the poor seed.

:rofl: "Dick Cheney in seed form. :rofl:

[Lady Freedom]

31. I was thinking the same thing!

For some reason when I saw it Dick Chaney came to mind! That was before I read the caption!

[Duer 157099]

2. Wow, that's awesome

I wonder if it's natural or had been cut in half like that for the photo.

I love nature.

[PeaceNikki]

4. I am totally addicted to this website now...

http://pixdaus.com/

Pages and pages of sheer coolness.

[FloridaJudy]

8. Very cool. Thanks

I have a new desktop background now, and - no - it's not the poisonous seed pod.

[mikita]

9. unbelievable website

thank you for posting!

[PeaceNikki]

17. Innit??

I have a whole folder of saved images from there for my Google image screensaver.

[zingaro]

32. oh that is way cool. Thanks for

the link. I have a little thing for http://www.trekearth.com too. Think this qualifies as voyeurism? :)

[suninvited]

33. There are some great pictures there

I found this there

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. Wow !

thanks for posting this. utter coolness.

[PeaceNikki]

5. Check out this website for more incredible photos

http://pixdaus.com/

I can't stop paging through.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. Awesome pix! Thanks

Favorited for sure!

[Whoa_Nelly]

28. You should x-post this in the Photography forum!

Great site!!

Am bookmarking. Thanks! :loveya:

Oh!

And here's a photo from that site...not beautiful, but it says a lot

[FloridaJudy]

6. Cool! They're grown in Florida

Even in this county. I Googled it. There's new twist on the "exotic poison" theme if I ever get around to finishing that mystery novel I started writing back in 2002...

http://arcmapper.sc.egov.usda.gov/ReportMapper.asp?name=plants&h=306&w=400&cmd=newmap&state=12&county=12009_12011_12015_12021_12027_12049_12051_12053_12055_12057&county=12061_12069_12071_12081_12083_12085_12086_12087_12093_12095&county=12097_12099_12101_12103_12105_12111_12115_12127&symbol=ABPR3

[Skittles]

10. looks like me at work when I get a phone call from India

:o

[PeaceNikki]

18. Heh!

:D

[Skittles]

23. "H as in Hitler"

guy said that twice, referring to a job name that had two letter "H" in it.......if I had not been so busy at the time with weekend maintenance I think I would have tried to talk to him about that one.

[dolo amber]

11. Looks like hedges in the AM

:hide:

[PeaceNikki]

15. That's what *I* thought, too!!

:hide:

[dolo amber]

21. Hoooor.

x(

[PeaceNikki]

22. .

[Zuiderelle]

12. Holy crap. Do all poisonous seed pods look evil like that?

:scared:

I love the Mephisto goatee.

[PeaceNikki]

16. I saw more of a tongue than a Mephisto goatee. But now that you mention it...

And I sure do hope all poisonous seed pods look evil like that!! That'll keep my ass at bay!

[Cabcere]

13. Holy crap, that's freaky

and awesome! :D Thanks for the link to that website - now I'm never going to get any work done, lol. ;) :hi: Too cool!

[hippywife]

14. I don't think

that ricin was what killed Litvinenko. It was radioactive polonium-210.

[Mugu]

24. Polonium-210 was used to kill Litvinenko.

I believe that the post was about the 1978 KGB assassination of Bulgarian defector and BBC World Service commentator, Georgi Markov, in London.

Regards, Mugu

[DarkTirade]

19. You sure that's not a chinese demon?

's what it looks like.

[Mugu]

25. This is a photo I took last night of an uninvited house guest.

He's unavailable for any more photos.

I call it the "The last dinner."

[PeaceNikki]

26. Ooooo.

:o

[astral]

29. Aaaaaaah! But he's soo CUUUTE!

I guess that was a great last dinner!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Sometimes poisonous substances can heal...

like digitalis (foxglove) and belladonna (nightshade).

[lildreamer316]

30. Looks like an Oriental ceremonial mask.

Wonder if there's any connection?