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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Poisonous is a general term that also covers venomous.

Being pedantic about it is on the same level as being pedantic about tomatoes tEchNIcAlLY being a fruit and bananas AcKShuALlY being berries.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just because it's kinda interesting:

Tomatoes are technically a fruit, but they're legally, a vegetable. At least in the US.

[–] Shave_MyBeever@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It is a fair distinction when snakes can be both...

Rhabdophis subminiatus - Wikipedia https://share.google/vpoNe7hTEqTW3kjzK

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

And edible plants can be (botanical) fruits or vegetables.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

You also just got eaten.