| ▲ | zahlman a day ago | |||||||
That explains the words "venomous" and "poisonous" used of creatures. It's different for the actual substances. Although it relates: a venomous creature that bites you will release its venom into your bloodstream. | ||||||||
| ▲ | anonym29 a day ago | parent [-] | |||||||
>a venomous creature that bites you will release its venom into your bloodstream unless it's a bee, wasp, hornet, scorpion, stingray, jellyfish, man-of-war, platypus, lionfish, stonefish, sea urchin, or catfish, which all have venom instead of poison, but the delivery mechanism of said venom isn't biting | ||||||||
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