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I wonder if these trees are intentionally used as a perimeter protection around houses or other buildings.
by fauria 6y ago
I wonder if these trees are intentionally used as a perimeter protection around houses or other buildings.
- ur-whale 6y ago> I wonder if these trees are intentionally used as a perimeter protection around houses or other buildings. Which, in a typical lawyer-happy US context, would raise interesting questions about liabilities.
- hansjorg 6y agoIt would raise questions about liability anywhere. People generally dislike e.g. the building of deadly traps that kids or others who are unaware can wander into.
- tantalor 6y agoThe stinging trees "can grow taller than 100 feet, are found throughout the rain forests of eastern Australia" so aren't booby traps, which have to be obscure/hidden.
- anonAndOn 6y agoHave you ever traveled through the southwestern US? Ocotillo, Mexican Fencepost cactus, cholla bushes, and other plants with wicked thorns are all used as border plants.