RedPenRabbit,
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I love it when something I learned in a previous edit comes in handy. I just queried the use of "poisonous" where "venomous" seemed more appropriate, which I had learned about years ago for another edit, and I may or may not have squeed when I spotted it this time.

FYI:
venomous = toxins are injected
poisonous = toxins are ingested

Bite, sting, or barb? Venomous.
Dangerous to eat or touch? Poisonous.

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itobiasgray,
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@RedPenRabbit @edibuddies

It bites you, you die = Venomous
You bite it, you die = Poisonous
It bites someone else, you die = Correlation
You bite it, someone else dies = voodoo
Everybody gets bitten, nobody dies = kinky

cwwilkie,
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@RedPenRabbit @edibuddies What if an adventurous tourist ate something that contains venom? How would we describe the toxin?

Logophilius,
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@cwwilkie @RedPenRabbit @edibuddies "Fugu poisoning" (from badly prepared pufferfish sushi) is what it's usually reported as.

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