The art of eating poison
What if I tell you there is a place on earth where people are eating poisonous trees since many decades. Surprising !huh! There is a unique Island in Japan named AMAMI OSHIMA ISLAND with a population of around 75000 people and here people actually eat various parts of a deadly poisonous tree. About this poisonous tree Often this Island is nicknamed oshima and and the poisonous tree the consume is called cycad tree . If you visit this amami oshima Island you will be surprised to see the enormous range of flora and fauna on this Island but than why do the people inhabiting here are wishfully eating the poisonous cycad tree since many generations that too with respect and gratitude towards the cycad tree. Possible dangers of cycad tree People eat the wood, leaves, Bark, stem and fruits of cycad tree in spite of the fact that this deadly tree is an extremely poisonous tree which can cause internal bleeding, full liver and kidney damage and quite often death. The ancient story behind consu...

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