The tiny blue flower can kill humpback whale

Humpback whale - one of the largest living creatures of the Earth: its average weight - 40 tons. And this whopper completely powerless before a small plant Aconitum delphinifolium (wrestler zhivokostelistny), which contains the strongest poisons: a neurotoxin and cardio toxins.



In ancient China, the poison of the plant was used as a biological weapon: they smeared combat tips of arrows. But in Alaska we found that a fighter can kill much more than a man: with the help of slaughtered whales. Whalers toxic flower mixed with human fat and smeared them copies of the tip-harpoons. Even if the spear did not kill the whale immediately poison completing the work within a few days, and then the carcass nailed to the shore.

via factroom.ru