TackingIntoTheWind t1_jddz0gd wrote on March 23, 2023 at 6:34 PM Reply to TIL that the Hemlock Water Dropwort is the most poisonous plant in the UK. Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Use of this plant in Phoenician Sardinia for executions is the origin of the term "Sardonic Grin". by AspireAgain >Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Not unlike Tetanus then. Yikes. Permalink 148
TackingIntoTheWind t1_jddz0gd wrote
Reply to TIL that the Hemlock Water Dropwort is the most poisonous plant in the UK. Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Use of this plant in Phoenician Sardinia for executions is the origin of the term "Sardonic Grin". by AspireAgain
>Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin.
Not unlike Tetanus then. Yikes.