Nature-inspired memes

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Does this picture imply that there is a minority of squid and crabs that are literate

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Of course not. We have no reason to learn how to read.

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Nearly died of laughter :rofl:

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Ugh. Hate to minorly derail, but this always annoys me. Everything that is venemous is also poisonous. Poisonous is just a synonym for toxic. It means something possesses poison. Venom is just hypodermically-injected poison. While origininally the word “poison” comes from Latin for something drank, at this point it’s a synonym for toxin. Ironically the word “toxin” comes from Greek for arrow poison - literally hypodermically-administered poison, which would technically make it venom. Also the original Latin for “venom” also means juice or potion (lol). So technically, the etymologies are totally backwards. Remember this the next time a pedant tries to “well actually” you about these terms. It is perfectly okay to call venom poison.

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Blockquote but like many fashionable trends in the life sciences, it’s become a conviction that is rigorously enforced with zero tolerance for deviation, despite being 100% wrong.

In all due respect but could you exactly prove how it’s 100% wrong @blue_lotus? You mentioned that doctors do not agree with herpetologists/entomologists, by doctors I presume you mean medical doctors, what exactly do you mean by that? Like they do not agree that venom and poison are two different things? Because to my knowledge, Natrulist and Scientists alike use the term venom and poison to describe an animal’s toxin delivery, as there is a big difference between a venomous snake and a poisonous frog, you cannot just put them under the general term ‘‘poisonous’’.

There are poisonous snakes but I’m going to politely disagree with everything else in that statement and so would almost everyone else in the scientific community. Toxins on an arrow have little to do with animal biology so saying a snake is poisonous because a Greek person used to level up his arrow killing-power isn’t especially helpful. Poisonous isn’t a synonym for toxic it’s a description of the delivery system for that toxin.

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It’d be correct if you were referring to the tiger keelback, which is actually both poisonous and venomous.

Also, I agree with what WildEdges is saying, venomous and poisonous are used differently, and the scientific community would likely not have it the other way around.

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They’re used incorrectly. And people get very flustered about making sure you also use them incorrectly.

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It really isn’t. Is chlorine gas poison? What about mercury absorbed through the skin? People are very insistent about this topic, but always wrong and that’s why it annoys me. I will amend my statement though. Venom as used today, isn’t just any poison injected hypodermically. If you inject cyanide into someone, it doesn’t become venom. The implication of “vemon” is that it’s produced organically. That’s about the only qualifier. But all venom is still poison, because it’s a sub-set of poison. Even doctors don’t agree with herpetologists/entomologists on this, but like many fashionable trends in the life sciences, it’s become a conviction that is rigorously enforced with zero tolerance for deviation, despite being 100% wrong.

Alright, enough thread derail.

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Various specialty fields often take general use words and assign specific definitions to them. Endemic means one thing to an infectious disease specialist and something different to a biologist.

Venomous vs poisonous is a field biology use. https://www.nps.gov/cabr/blogs/venomous-versus-poisonous-same-thing-right-wrong.htm I’ve seen better graphics explaining it but these are cute.

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Even then, it doesn’t always fit perfectly. Cane toads are considered venomous because they secrete a toxic substance rather than it being contained in their tissues.

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I must agree, well put.

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Even doctors don’t agree with herpetologists/entomologists on this, but like many fashionable trends in the life sciences, it’s become a conviction that is rigorously enforced with zero tolerance for deviation, despite being 100% wrong.

In all due respect but could you exactly prove how it’s 100% wrong @blue_lotus? You mentioned that doctors do not agree with herpetologists/entomologists, by doctors I presume you mean medical doctors, what exactly do you mean by that? Like they do not agree that venom and poison are two different things? Because to my knowledge, Natrulist and Scientists alike use the term venom and poison to describe an animal’s toxin delivery, as there is a big difference between a venomous snake and a poisonous frog, you cannot just put them under the general term ‘‘poisonous’’.

It’s much easier here with a single word for both situations.)

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Lol, I should have known there’s no such thing as a “minor” derail.

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Come on, people. Almost a month without new memes!





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“I caribout you” :laughing:

The bat one is amazing

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