I bet he was like, You're ******* lucky I was in snorkeling gear instead of scuba gear, otherwise I would've smacked your **** till you released my lil buddy.
Wikipedia:
The fields of medicine (particularly veterinary) and zoology often distinguish a poison from a toxin, and from a venom. Toxins are poisons produced by some biological function in nature, and venoms are usually defined ** as toxins** that are injected by a bite or sting to cause their effect.
In the context of biology, poisons are substances that cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism.[1][2] The fields of medicine (particularly veterinary) and zoology ** often distinguish** a poison from a toxin, and from a venom.
Ok, what am I wrong about? It's nice when you go out of the way to explain things but you could have done it in beginning instead of looking like a fool who made no sense.
also wikipedia says they distinguish poison between toxin and venom
by your logic you are automatically wrong if you ever use the term "poison"
what you call poison wiki calls toxin
i really really hate people like you, really you are the guy who's going to discuss about how a PC at your work is just a C cause its not personal anymore, some day you realize that unnecessary arguments like that rather make you look rather retarded than smart a tip for you bruh: avoid arguments like that in real life
I think you are talking to wrong person. Maybe you weren't trying to be troll, you were probably talking to wrong person because you made no ******* sense and everything you said so far have no relevance to what I said.
What? No. It isn't venomous. Like bloodspider said, it's poisonous. But the way he said it, he thinks poisonous only mean that you get poison if you eat.
Its toxin is transferred by sting as well as ingestion though, which by definition makes it also count as a venom, thus making the puffer fish venomous.
Venom's are injected poisons. The puffer fish is not venomous, it has the highest concentration of toxins in it's internal organs and a small level on many of the species skins, but the spined puffer fish do not inject venom from their spines.
I have searched several places but have not found where it has stinging spines. It notes that there are remote levels of toxins in the skin but not specifically that the spines transfer toxins like a stinger.