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minus-squarecmhe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·17 days agoWhat if I put poison on my teeth, bite someone and they die?
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 days agoUnlikely. You probably will injest the poison and die, and depending on if the poison also acts as a venom they may / may not. It’s probably more accurate to say "Venoms are injected. Poisons are injested. "
minus-squarecmhe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-217 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridatism But I also suspect that there are poisons which are deadly when injected and more mildly toxic when ingested. But I am not a chemist.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoThe poison from those frogs is deadly when injected. The natives use it to tip their darts and arrows.
What if I put poison on my teeth, bite someone and they die?
Unlikely. You probably will injest the poison and die, and depending on if the poison also acts as a venom they may / may not.
It’s probably more accurate to say "Venoms are injected. Poisons are injested. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridatism
But I also suspect that there are poisons which are deadly when injected and more mildly toxic when ingested. But I am not a chemist.
The poison from those frogs is deadly when injected. The natives use it to tip their darts and arrows.