<story><title>Do Not Eat, Touch, or Even Inhale the Air Around the Manchineel Tree</title><url>http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whatever-you-do-do-not-eat-touch-or-even-inhale-the-air-around-the-manchineel-tree?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=theatlantic</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>riebschlager</author><text>Every spring I google &amp;quot;poison ivy&amp;quot; so I can remember exactly what it looks like. And every summer, I get a poison ivy rash.&lt;p&gt;Now that I know this tree exists, I have little doubt I&amp;#x27;d die after a hike in the Caribbean.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tom_mellior</author><text>&amp;gt; Now that I know this tree exists, I have little doubt I&amp;#x27;d die after a hike in the Caribbean.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s really not that big a deal. On most islands they are clearly marked with a red band. Don&amp;#x27;t touch them, don&amp;#x27;t eat strange fruit off the ground, and don&amp;#x27;t stand under them in the rain and you&amp;#x27;ll be fine. Even if not marked, just don&amp;#x27;t go groping trees. Don&amp;#x27;t worry about breathing the air, that part is sensationalist bullshit.&lt;p&gt;What&amp;#x27;s more dangerous, as tour guides will be happy to tell you, are coconut palms: Falling coconuts are responsible for more deaths per year than shark attacks. (Although that says more about the rarity of shark attacks, I guess...)&lt;p&gt;Oh well, atlasobscura seems to need the clicks.</text></comment>
<story><title>Do Not Eat, Touch, or Even Inhale the Air Around the Manchineel Tree</title><url>http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whatever-you-do-do-not-eat-touch-or-even-inhale-the-air-around-the-manchineel-tree?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=theatlantic</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>riebschlager</author><text>Every spring I google &amp;quot;poison ivy&amp;quot; so I can remember exactly what it looks like. And every summer, I get a poison ivy rash.&lt;p&gt;Now that I know this tree exists, I have little doubt I&amp;#x27;d die after a hike in the Caribbean.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>devbug</author><text>Have you tried not googling &amp;quot;poison ivy&amp;quot; in the spring?</text></comment>