{"id":36801,"date":"2019-09-02T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=36801"},"modified":"2019-08-22T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T23:43:07","slug":"new-zealanders-warned-against-licking-sexy-pavement-lichen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/new-zealanders-warned-against-licking-sexy-pavement-lichen\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealanders Warned Against Licking ‘Sexy Pavement Lichen’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sexy-scientist\"<\/a>New Zealanders are being\u00a0warned\u00a0against consuming or licking a certain kind of lichen that grows on roads, pavements, and shaded rocky areas, after claims it’s a natural alternative to Viagra. It’s even earned the nickname “sexy pavement lichen<\/a>.\u201d The lichen’s discovered properties have led to multiple products being sold online purporting to enhance libido and cure erectile dysfunction \u2014 but an analysis showed one of these was “80 percent Viagra, and 20 percent grass clippings.\u201d<\/p>\n

While it grows abundantly throughout New Zealand as well as other areas, a sexy lichen<\/a> scraped right off the pavement is actually toxic, and will also apparently be high in lead, arsenic, mercury and zinc. As one person tweeted, \u201cBotanists: ‘Do not eat the sexy pavement lichen’; New Zealanders: ‘Eat the lichen Eat the lichen Eat the lichen Eat the lichen Eat the lichen Eat the lichen Eat the lichen Eat the lichen Eat the lichen Eat the lichen.’\u201d Pretty much…<\/p>\n

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