{"id":10060,"date":"2012-05-15T10:05:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T17:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=10060"},"modified":"2012-12-02T21:15:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T05:15:33","slug":"the-difference-between-venom-and-poison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/the-difference-between-venom-and-poison\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Between Venom and Poison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Now-You-Know1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10836\" title=\"You Should Know\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Now-You-Know1-340x286.jpg\" alt=\"Now You Know\" width=\"340\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a>You should know the difference between venom and poison.<\/p>\n<p>The difference is in the delivery. Poison must be inhaled, ingested, or delivered via touch, while venom is injected into a wound.\u00a0 This may seem overly pedantic, but it should be noted that venom isn\u2019t usually poisonous (meaning it generally won\u2019t hurt you too much or at all if delivered in a different fashion than injecting, even if you swallow it).<\/p>\n<p>So next time you find yourself saying &#8220;Daddy long legs are the most poisonous spider&#8221; (note: <a title=\"Daddy long legs poisonous\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/09\/daddy-long-legs-are-not-the-most-poisonous-spider\/\" target=\"_blank\">not actually true<\/a>), take a step back and consider the form of delivery of the toxin: injected = venom; inhaled, ingested, or by touch = poison.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked this post, you might also like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"jewel wasp facts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/the-jewel-wasp-is-amazing\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Parasitic Wasp that Injects Its Venom Into a Cockroach\u2019s Brain in Order to Control It<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Scorpion Facts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/scorpions-can-live-for-as-much-as-a-year-without-eating\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scorpions Can Live for as Much as a Year Without Eating<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Honey Badger Facts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/the-worlds-most-fearless-creature-is-the-honey-badger\/\" target=\"_blank\">The World\u2019s Most Fearless Creature is the Honey Badger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Poinsettia Facts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/poinsettias-are-not-poisonous\/\" target=\"_blank\">Poinsettias Are Not Poisonous<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Prohibition facts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/the-american-government-once-intentionally-poisoned-certain-alcohol-supplies-resulting-in-the-death-of-over-10000-american-citizens\/\" target=\"_blank\">The American Government Once Intentionally Poisoned Certain Alcohol Supplies, Resulting in the Death of Over 10,000 American Citizens<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69efd0b27a2c6\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Expand for References\"    >Expand for References<\/span><div id=\"target-id69efd0b27a2c6\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venom\" target=\"_blank\">Venom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poison\" target=\"_blank\">Poison<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/insects.about.com\/od\/insects101\/f\/venomous-or-poisonous.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Venom vs Poison<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You should know the difference between venom and poison. The difference is in the delivery. Poison must be inhaled, ingested, or delivered via touch, while venom is injected into a wound.\u00a0 This may seem overly pedantic, but it should be noted that venom isn\u2019t usually poisonous (meaning it generally won\u2019t hurt you too much or at all if delivered in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2444],"tags":[2464,2613,2463,157,2623,2622,2524],"class_list":["post-10060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-tips-you-should-know","tag-know-it","tag-life-tips","tag-now-you-know","tag-poison","tag-venom","tag-venom-vs-poison","tag-you-should-know"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10060"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17479,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10060\/revisions\/17479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}