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  2. Conkers - Wikipedia

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    The game of conkers is played with a horse-chestnut seed with a string threaded through it. Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded ...

  3. Aesculus hippocastanum - Wikipedia

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    But conkers were found to be a poor source, and the factory only produced acetone for three months; however, they were collected again in the Second World War for the same reason. [21] A selection of fresh conkers. The seeds, especially those that are young and fresh, are slightly poisonous, containing alkaloid saponins and glucosides. Although ...

  4. List of poisonous animals - Wikipedia

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    The hooded pitohui.The neurotoxin homobatrachotoxin on the birds' skin and feathers causes numbness and tingling on contact.. The following is a list of poisonous animals, which are animals that passively deliver toxins (called poison) to their victims upon contact such as through inhalation, absorption through the skin, or after being ingested.

  5. Substances poisonous to dogs - Wikipedia

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    Food products and household items commonly handled by humans can be toxic to dogs. The symptoms can range from simple irritation to digestion issues, behavioral changes, and even death. The categories of common items ingested by dogs include food products, human medication, household detergents, indoor and outdoor toxic plants, and rat poison. [1]

  6. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    They are poisonous to dogs and cats as well as humans. [72] Calla palustris: marsh calla, wild calla, water-arum Araceae: The plant is very poisonous when fresh due to its high oxalic acid content, but the rhizome (like that of Caladium, Colocasia, and Arum) is edible after drying, grinding, leaching, and boiling. [73] [failed verification ...

  7. List of poisonous fungus species - Wikipedia

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    Poison pie unknown North America, Europe and Australia Calocybe gambosa. Clitopilus geminus. Lepista irina. Hebeloma sinapizans: Rough-stalked hebeloma unknown North America and Europe Calocybe gambosa. Clitopilus geminus. Lepista irina. Helvella crispa: Elfin saddle unknown Europe Helvella dryophila: Oak-loving elfin saddle unknown North ...

  8. Rodenticide - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] This phenomenon of poison shyness is the rationale for poisons that kill only after multiple doses. Besides being directly toxic to the mammals that ingest them, including dogs, cats, and humans, many rodenticides present a secondary poisoning risk to animals that hunt or scavenge the dead corpses of rats. [6]

  9. List of highly toxic gases - Wikipedia

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    Highly Toxic: a gas that has a LC 50 in air of 200 ppm or less. [2] NFPA 704: Materials that, under emergency conditions, can cause serious or permanent injury are given a Health Hazard rating of 3. Their acute inhalation toxicity corresponds to those vapors or gases having LC 50 values greater than 1,000 ppm but less than or equal to 3,000 ppm ...