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when will people learn that snakes use vemon in their bites, not poison. You can put vemon on your skin without ill effects, you can't do that with poison. {{unsigned|Truthseeker4449}} | when will people learn that snakes use vemon in their bites, not poison. You can put vemon on your skin without ill effects, you can't do that with poison. {{unsigned|Truthseeker4449}} | ||
:While it's true that in zoology and medicine venom and poison are separate concepts, to the lay reader there is little distinction. Outside those disciplines, venom is simply a specific type of toxin, and toxins are essentially biological poisons. | |||
:That said, I can't see where on the page the term poison is used where venom might be more accurate (perhaps the instance that prompted this topic was already removed), and Ekans being a Poison-type Pokémon rather than a real-world snake, it could potentially be both venomous and poisonous. --[[User:AndyPKMN|Andy<sup>P</sup><sub>K</sub><sup>M</sup><sub>N</sub>]] [[User talk:AndyPKMN|(talk)]] 19:28, 11 July 2011 (UTC) | |||