I get the hate about The Happening for the plot structure, but the idea of trees releasing toxins and communicating is well-documented... that's probably the least far-fetched part of that movie lol.
That's even funnier though :D
But yeah it was pretty dumb of me to expect that it's the English word that matters. Then again, the people who are most likely to touch it are dumb English speaking tourists, not aborigines, so...
there's also a common backyard plant in australia that can be deadly if the sap is excreted. so much so a group of boy scouts unknowingly used them as skewers to roast marshmellows, all were hospitalised
But yeah it was pretty dumb of me to expect that it's the English word that matters. Then again, the people who are most likely to touch it are dumb English speaking tourists, not aborigines, so...