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What are the effects of poisonous venom?
It can trigger lots of tiny blood clots and then when the venom punches holes in blood vessels causing them to leak, there is nothing left to stem the flow and the patient bleeds to death. Other venoms can increase blood pressure, decrease blood pressure, prevent bleeding or create it. They are all bad news.
What is the difference between venomous and poisonous?
Poisonous: it’s when you ingest the toxin – and this is probably less common. Like, for example, you lick or eat a poison dart frog. Poison is a toxin that gets into the body by inhaling, swallowing, or absorption through the skin. Venomous: it’s when the toxin is injected into you.
Is venom and poison the same?
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.
How do you tell if a snake is venomous or not?
Venomous snakes typically have broad, triangular heads. This may sound odd because most snake heads look similar, but the difference in shape is seen near the snake’s jaw. A venomous snake will have a bulbous head with a skinny neck because of the position of the snake’s venom sacks underneath its jaw.
Are all snakes poisonous True or false?
yes it’s true and few are edible too!!!
What is the difference between something being poisonous and venomous?
According to biologists, the term venomous is applied to organisms that bite (or sting) to inject their toxins, whereas the term poisonous applies to organisms that unload toxins when you eat them.
What is the difference between toxic poisonous and venomous?
POISONOUS is used to describe something that’s toxic if you ingest it. So, if you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous. VENOMOUS creatures produce poison. If you’re bitten by a venomous snake, you could die.