HW11 - Yew Tree Farm Traditional Cache
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The cache is a small plastic container.
Part of our Hannington Wick series
We knew that yew trees were poisonous, but assumed (wrongly) that it was the bright red berries. In fact most parts of the tree are toxic, except the bright red aril surrounding the seed. The major toxin is the alkaloid taxane. The foliage remains toxic even when wilted or dried. Horses have the lowest tolerance, with a lethal dose of 200–400 mg/kg body weight, but cattle, pigs, and other livestock are only slightly less vulnerable. Symptoms include staggering gait, muscle tremors, convulsions, collapse, difficulty breathing, coldness and eventually heart failure. However, death occurs so rapidly that many times the symptoms are missed. The wood remains poisonous after it is cut. Fatal poisoning in humans is very rare.
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