Charlie:
Victoria over in the second ward, quick and short to the point, is an entire Sago palm poisonous?
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Tom:
No, but the nuts on the palm are poisonous to whoever eats them. Unfortunately, dogs like to play with them and no, it’s … I had a call on the show once, I still cry when I think about it. He just thought it was funny his puppy was playing with this thing and the kidneys shut down and the dog died at the end of the day. After they took him to the vet, the vet couldn’t do anything. It shuts the kidney down.
Charlie:
Real knee-slapper you got there, Tom.
Tom:
I know. If you have pets and you like to play with your puppies, just cut that Sago palm, get it out of there. Put a different palm in.
Charlie:
Poisonous to kids too.