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> After investigation, Hurley found several culprits, including beetles, other insects, and red-legged pademelons, a type of small marsupial. I was going to as
by AltruisticGapHN 4y ago
> After investigation, Hurley found several culprits, including beetles, other insects, and red-legged pademelons, a type of small marsupial.
I was going to ask. I remember an old woman in my childhood, someone in the extended family, she could take nettles and crush them in her hands and felt nothing. I'm not sure but it may have been partly due to handling them to make soup and whatnot in those days.
So I was just thinking... there's gotta be a way to become immune.
Couldn´t some kind of lasers/radio break down the hairs?
- deafpolygon 4y agoAfter being cut and dying, nettle needles become soft. This is not the case with gympie-gympie as their needles remain hard and painful even after a long time.
- empyrrhicist 4y agoNettles hurt less when handled roughly. There's even a phrase about it: https://wordhistories.net/2019/01/28/grasp-nettle-origin/ https://wordhistories.net/2019/01/28/grasp-nettle-origin/
- foobarian 4y agoNettles don't really hurt on the palms of your hands. Nettles are also kinda not in the same club, after all we eat them. They taste like spinach.
- klyrs 4y agoI snack on nettles, there's a trick to it. The needles only grow on the underside of the leaves. If you handle them with care you can pluck the leaves barehanded, roll 'em in a ball and chew.