There is a difference between poisonous and venomous. Poison is secreted through the skin; venom is injected with fangs, spines, stingers, and the like. They're often used interchangably, but it just bugs me.
And the Komodo dragon is techinically neither poisonous nor venomous; Komodo's have thousands upon thousands of bacteria living in their saliva, and the bacteria are the harmful creatures. It is a very symbiotic relationship.
Poisonous: Golden Poison Dart/Arrow frog: death through cardiac arrest. Then again, they don't produce their toxins themselves either...
Venomous: Inland Taipan, which, for all non-venomous snake freaks out there, is the most venomous and deadly of all the terrestrial snakes. Glorious death by asphyxiation due to respiratory paralysis (i.e. You can't breathe so you die). Barring that, a box jellyfish, undoubtubly the most venomous animal, but no where near as interesting to me as the taipan.
Originally posted by Dawson
There is a difference between poisonous and venomous. Poison is secreted through the skin; venom is injected with fangs, spines, stingers, and the like. They're often used interchangably, but it just bugs me.
And the Komodo dragon is techinically neither poisonous nor venomous; Komodo's have thousands upon thousands of bacteria living in their saliva, and the bacteria are the harmful creatures. It is a very symbiotic relationship.Poisonous: Golden Poison Dart/Arrow frog: death through cardiac arrest. Then again, they don't produce their toxins themselves either...
Venomous: Inland Taipan, which, for all non-venomous snake freaks out there, is the most venomous and deadly of all the terrestrial snakes. Glorious death by asphyxiation due to respiratory paralysis (i.e. You can't breathe so you die). Barring that, a box jellyfish, undoubtubly the most venomous animal, but no where near as interesting to me as the taipan.