When spring arrives, hundreds of flowers bloom in parks all over the world, attracting many people to go and take pictures.

Among them, there is one flower that is especially loved by everyone, it is the tulip.

Tulips bloom from March to April every year, and their bright colorful, elegant flowers are perfect for taking pictures.

However, some people have questions: tulips are not toxic? Is it not too safe to get too close?

The tulip is a perennial bulbous flower of the genus Tulip in the lily family, and it is the national flower of the Netherlands.

Can you imagine? Tulips such small and lovely flowers, but in the 17th century in the Netherlands can set off an unprecedented bubble of economic events.

It happened in the Netherlands in the 17th century, when the Renaissance in Europe and the rise of the great voyages began to raise the standard of living of Europeans, laying the economic foundation for the subsequent tulip fever.

At that time, the tulip was a beautiful ornamental plant loved by many people, especially the nobility, and the prices of some popular tulip varieties began to rise.

The high revenue prompted local flower farmers to expand their planting areas and actively breed good varieties of tulips, which led to tulips becoming less scarce and prices beginning to fall.

Within a few months, the price of tulips rose and fell dramatically, triggering the world's first economic bubble, known in economics as "Tulip mania".

Interestingly, most of the tulip varieties that were highly sought after during this boom had a gorgeous special pattern.

However, later research revealed that this pattern was actually due to the tulips being infected by a virus called the Tulip breaking virus, which is transmitted through aphids.

Tulips are indeed poisonous, but they do not affect humans much and are mainly lethal to animals such as cats and dogs.

The toxin of tulips mainly comes from the alkaloids in their bulbs, but these toxic alkaloids are not volatile unless they are directly touched and eaten, then poisoning will occur.

Under normal circumstances, people will not accidentally eat the flowers, while small dogs and cats may indeed tear the plant flowers, resulting in poisoning by accidental ingestion of toxic alkaloids.

Therefore, as long as you do not come into contact with tulips for a long time, especially if they are broken, you will not be poisoned.

But if you have children or pets at home, you need to pay extra attention, it is recommended not to cultivate tulips at home, to avoid children and small animals accidentally eating these "poisonous flowers".