7 Deadliest Arrow Poisons on Earth

Feuer Frei! · 06-29-11, 08:17 AM

Our hunter-gatherer societies have known for millennia what modern science discovered only later – namely the poisonous properties of certain plants and animals, and how to turn these natural toxins to their own use. Most of us have heard of the poison dart frog, but there is much more to this story than just this one toxic amphibian.

There are at least six other substances, five of them extracted from plants and one more from another animal, that have been used by hunting tribesmen to tip their arrows with and thus kill their prey more quickly.
For the tribes in South America, Asia and Africa, the use of poison on their arrows was of direct benefit, as they did not have to go chasing after monkeys or other prey that they injured with an arrow, often in dangerous areas. The paralyzing properties of most of these substances would bring their targets down very quickly, if not immediately.

7. Aconite
6. Acokanthera oblongifolia
5. Curare
4. Strychnos-nux vomica
3. Sandbox Tree
2. Poison Dart Frogs
1. Diamphidia

For descriptions of these 7, see source below:

SOURCE

I thought it makes for some very interesting reading

Rockstar · 06-29-11, 08:28 AM

Around the time I was 14 or 15 years old I had been given as a present a 6 foot blow gun, it shipped from the House of Weapons in Provo, Utah. It came with darts and instructions how to make poison from cigarettes of all things, I think it was called nicotine sulfate. Never made the stuff as it required an inordinate amount of tobacco and nobody would sell it to me at that age.

Feuer Frei! · 06-29-11, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockstar

It came with darts and instructions how to make poison from cigarettes of all things

No need for instructions nowadays,
just go ahead and light one up

06-29-11, 08:17 AM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	7 Deadliest Arrow Poisons on Earth Our hunter-gatherer societies have known for millennia what modern science discovered only later – namely the poisonous properties of certain plants and animals, and how to turn these natural toxins to their own use. Most of us have heard of the poison dart frog, but there is much more to this story than just this one toxic amphibian. There are at least six other substances, five of them extracted from plants and one more from another animal, that have been used by hunting tribesmen to tip their arrows with and thus kill their prey more quickly. For the tribes in South America, Asia and Africa, the use of poison on their arrows was of direct benefit, as they did not have to go chasing after monkeys or other prey that they injured with an arrow, often in dangerous areas. The paralyzing properties of most of these substances would bring their targets down very quickly, if not immediately. 7. Aconite 6. Acokanthera oblongifolia 5. Curare 4. Strychnos-nux vomica 3. Sandbox Tree 2. Poison Dart Frogs 1. Diamphidia For descriptions of these 7, see source below: SOURCE I thought it makes for some very interesting reading __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

06-29-11, 08:28 AM	#2
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Around the time I was 14 or 15 years old I had been given as a present a 6 foot blow gun, it shipped from the House of Weapons in Provo, Utah. It came with darts and instructions how to make poison from cigarettes of all things, I think it was called nicotine sulfate. Never made the stuff as it required an inordinate amount of tobacco and nobody would sell it to me at that age.