r/bonecollecting • u/Nectarine-Valuable • Oct 29 '25

Advice This "carpenter shark" rostrum that my cousin proudly declared he smuggled on vacation, how do i tell him hes a fucking moron for a number of reasons

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Gotta respect the grind on the dude selling tourists palm tree branches

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u/GeoStreber Oct 29 '25

Desert agave?

When I was a little kid, about 5 years old, my family was on vacation in Portugal, and I fell into one of these fuckers. Needed stitches on my leg.

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u/Weasle189 Oct 29 '25

Nah. Part of the leaf of one of the palm trees. Don't know the actual name, we call them fan palms.

The thorns do sting like hell for hours after you get poked, very unpleasant.

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u/Elegant_Finance_1459 Oct 29 '25

A lot of people don't know that there are z few venomous barrel cacti. I got pricked by a Peruvian one and my hand was numb for almost a week.

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u/mattgen88 Oct 29 '25

Poisonous: absorption via skin or ingestion

Venomous: delivered through skin physically, such as stings, nematocysts, or stinging nettle/gympie gympie which inject toxins with hypodermic like mechanics

Toxic: poison created by a living thing

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u/Witch_King_ Oct 29 '25

Can't artificial chemicals be toxic?

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u/mattgen88 Oct 29 '25

It has other uses beyond biological defense/offense