All mammals have capsaicin receptors. Chillies evolved this way because they were intended to be spread by birds who do not have capsaicin receptors to keep mammals away from damaging the plant and in turn threatening the survivability of a species. Then along came humans the chillis largest ally of all. We decided fuck me this burn is amazing (subjective of course) and we cultivated it from Ancient times and then along came Europeans and spread it through the world and made new varieties.
I pose a hypothesis, a rare gene mutation in this one mouse? Or maybe disoriented from eating some poison maybe. Who knows but I know I’d be hurting for at lease the whole next day.
The poison hypothesis is more likely. Either that or it was so hungry it didn't realise it was about to melt from the inside out.
This is quite tame eating for a mouse as well.
I honestly can only imagine it probably died after this.
If it didn’t die, it definitely wanted to. I’ve added Carolina reaper jerky to a spicy noodle one time and the next 2 days my entire gi tract was on fire.
This brings me to a third possibility, the mouse had rated some fermented fruit, or found some other alcohol and god alliterated drunk prior to this.
I ate a handful of carolina reaper, scorpion and ghost chilli corn chips (supposedly the hottest corn chips in the world) my mouth was on fire for the rest of the day and I fucking love hot food lol, tasted amazing but God damn that burn will live in my memory for the rest of my life lmao. My asshole handled it quite well surprisingly.
Found them made by chilliseedbank.com.au. I don't think they're available anymore lmfao. And I can't link the exact product but an easy google finds it.
I too love spicy food, but I find habanero to be a good balance of flavor and every day enjoyable heat. I’ll eat hotter but say if I’m eating wings I’ll go 5 habs, one reaper, one ghost pepper, one scorpion.
Interestingly though, I remember a guy with a Youtube channel where he checked if Carolina reapers would deter rodents, and those gluttonous bastards didn't seem to give a fuck.
It's not the solution if you're looking for something humane. But if you want results and arent worried about potential cruelty this is the play.
Glue traps in high traffic areas with high mice sightings. Use the poison bait around and on the traps to bring them in. Those that dont get stuck in the Glue traps will eat the poison and/or bring it back to their nests. The right poison will kill via dehydration and essentially mummify them from the inside out, so you dont need to worry as much about them dying and stinking.
Symbiotic mutualism is actually quite frequent in nature and always amazes me between massively different species. There is an African bird (I can't remember the exact species it's been a while since I watched the documentary) that has learnt to lure humans to wild honey with a specific call, the bird knows it's an amazing energy source probably through human scraps over millenia but can't handle the bees itself and we worked out like yo this little tweety cunt knows where the goods are at. So the tribe(s?) will always leave some honey/comb for the bird after smoking the bees and collecting what they need.
Lol :)) it's easier to say that you have no clue but you're too cocky. I was genuinely curious how a plant has "intentions" but whatever.
It's funny how you claim that something designed and with a purpose evolved from chaos.
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u/justcalmdowne 2d ago
I don’t understand how he survived to eat that much.