Day 5: Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) is a valuable food source for many birds. It was considered poisonous and/or medicinal by the Native American population of the Pacific Northwest, and may indeed cause nausea if eaten in any great number. Its pithy berries have served another unrelated function for many generations of children, however. Protected as they are by a tough skin, when squeezed between the fingers, the fruits make a very gratifying popping sound when they burst, the precursor to today's entertaining bubblewrap.
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