STUNG BY THIRTY WASPS (GIANT STINGING TREE)

In this episode, we explore Australia’s infamous giant stinging tree (Dendrocnide moroides) and its neurotoxic hairs that cause agonizing pain. How fun(?)!

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by Nature Picture Library / Alamy

Additional Reading:

The Giant Stinging Tree (Dendrocnide excelsa)
Neurotoxic peptides from the venom of the giant Australian stinging tree
From In Defense of Plants
Some accounts of the sting
Stinging hair morphology
Gympie-Gympie: Once stung, never forgotten
Why do nettles sting?
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