Dandelion is a terrific plant, you can sometimes get dandelion greens in some stores to go in your salad. Some people even make wine from dandelion flowers. Their name comes from the shape of the leaves, in French they're called, "Dent de lion" which means lion's tooth.
Pine trees are some of the oldest known tree species. They were around when dinosaurs walked the planet and can grow massively large, given the chance.
Holy smokes! Amanita Muscaria, known commonly as fly agaric, aren't good eats. They can cause all sorts of problems and land you in the hospital. They're a great reason for why the most people say that you don't collect mushrooms without an expert mushroom-hunter.
Vitis riparia, also known as riverbank grape, is a woody vine which can grow so large that it completely envelopes a tree.
But be careful! Another vine species that IS poisonous looks a lot like this tasty plant.
Opossums are immune to rattlesnake venom - isn't that awesome?
They're pretty impressive animals, and studies are currently underway to see if scientists can adapt their super-power to our own anti-venin needs.
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