• Melochar @lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    2 months ago

    Poisonous: will make you sick if you eat it. Venomous: will make you sick if it bites or stings you.

    • CatsGoMOW@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      Wait. So what if you ate the snake… wouldn’t that mean at that point it could be poisonous? Checkmate.

      • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        2 months ago

        If you consume venom and don’t have any open sores, you should be fine in most cases.

        Source

        Poison, however, will probably still kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream. Then again, most things will kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream.

      • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Yes, venom is poisonous. It is a subset of poisons that are injected via bites or stings.