the last point may explain excessive pepper consumption, it doesnt merely cover the rotten meat it kills the worms

That would be significant evolutionary pressure. This is an interesting list, and most of them seem risky. Ingested tobacco can make people really sick. But most pesticides are nicotine based, so it seems plausible.

ribbit@meowdy.club are you familiar with missipian black drink/black tea?

ribbit@meowdy.club its holly leafes(the forbidden bay leaf) amd some other plants brewed extremely thick, they drink it during festival and before war and drig induced ceremonies all along the gulf its so toxic the vomit and sometimes hallucinate this was being done all along the gulf and up the mississippi during contact with the spanish and french

@djsumdog@djsumdog.com @gav@cawfee.club Clearly the intention is to non-lethally poison yourself and in turn poison the things infesting in you

@Sultry@poa.st the bear that was in the polish army in ww2 liked to eat cigarettes, maybe it depends on the quality

@gav@cawfee.club ribbit@meowdy.club Yaopon?

@GapYoukai@cawfee.club ribbit@meowdy.club yes but i think one of the versions had them mixing in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex_cassine as well, i dont remember to well though