• daddy32@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    TIL, ‘venom’ and ‘poison’ are not the same thing.

    Poison is a toxin that gets into the body via swallowing, inhaling or absorption through the skin.
    Venom is a specialised type of poison that has evolved for a specific purpose. It is actively injected via a bite or sting.

    • Ryan@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 months ago

      What would you all reply to Alice Cooper, then?

      I wanna love you but I better not touch (don’t touch) I wanna hold you but my senses tell me to stop I wanna kiss you but I want it too much (too much) I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison