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Scientists have accidentally grown the world’s hottest chili pepper which is so spicy that eating even one may be fatal.
Named the Dragon’s Breath, researchers believe that the oil from the chili is so potent that it could act as an alternative anaesthetic for those allergic to conventional drugs.
The peppers measure a formidable 2.48 million on the Scoville heat scale, which is a measurement of the pungency (spicy heat) of chili peppers or other spicy foods.
Experts believe that anyone who attempted to swallow one of the chili peppers would be at risk of death from anaphylactic shock, The Telegraph reported. It is so powerful that one drop of its capsaicin oil would be detectable in 2.48 million drops of water.
Mike Smith, a Wales farmer who grew the chilli, has applied to Guinness World Records.
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