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minus-squarecmhe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoWhat if I put poison on my teeth, bite someone and they die?
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 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-up8·edit-28 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.
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.