Everyone enjoys a good puzzle,or do they? I'm talking about what I had always heard called the Monkey Puzzle Tree,but it is also known as Monkey No Climb,Sandbox Tree and the Dynamite Tree. I thought they were interesting because they were so different from most evergreens. As it turns out not only are they different they are dangerous. It is classified as the most ferocious member of the tree world. Not only is its bark covered in dark mean looking thorns but its pumpkin shaped fruit explodes with a loud bang, launching seeds as far as 320 feet at speeds around 150 mph. If that isn't enough to make you think twice about this tree,the seeds (if ingested) cause cramping,diarrhea,vomiting,blurred vision and a fast heart rate,and more than a couple of seeds can be fatal. In earlier times the sap from the tree was used for making poison tips for arrows.
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