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yorkshirehornet said:
Is it this one:

Pseudoliparis swirei
And it is the deepest fish ever caught. Scientists today formally documented the world's newest, deepest fish, Pseudoliparis swirei, an odd little snailfish caught at 7,966 meters in the Mariana Trench—
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That's the one - known as Swire's snailfish. It's amazing to think that something so small could withstand the pressure of all that water bearing down on it.

Back to you.
 
It appears that there are more answers than one <doh> However - the one I am thinking of was used in Europe, despite being an import from the Ottoman empire. Next to Saffron they may even have been the most expensive plants ever in terms of weight. Another clue is that they are not edible.
 
The financial bubble was more of a speculative one in as much as people were purchasing these for higher and higher prices, intending to sell for a profit. Some single plants sold for 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsworker. So, comparing this to Saffron, you could even say it was the most expensive plant ever traded. The speculative bubble burst but this had little effect in what was, at the time, the richest nation in the World per capita. There are many cases where it replaced money altogether and could be used for transactions for land or houses - a few handfulls of the right ones would have easily bought a house and land at one stage.
 
Bolton's Boots said:
Tulips?
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You've got it BB. In the Netherlands in the early 17th Century they became something of speculative item with individual bulbs selling for vast sums of money - known as Tulipmania which led to a speculative crash which ruined many people at that time. Literally a handfull of bulbs of the right strain could buy you a house and land at one time. Over to you.
 
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colognehornet said:
You've got it BB. In the Netherlands in the early 17th Century they became something of speculative item with individual bulbs selling for vast sums of money - known as Tulipmania which led to a speculative crash which ruined many people at that time. Literally a handfull of bulbs of the right strain could buy you a house and land at one time. Over to you.
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Cheers cologne - must remember to go to the bank tomorrow to count my bulbs...

What form of bush medicine do some African tribes use to heal cuts?
 
Ant pincers as sutures I recall seeing from way back? They get the ant to bite around the wound then break its head off with the pincers in fixed in place?
 
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