lunarae
Arachnobaron
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Alright so honestly I'm sitting here wondering in terms of poisonous or venomous. Now we all know poisonous is when ingested, and venomous is injected. But then you have something like the spitting cobra....
Now the spitting cobra can spit its venom into the eyes of someone and it cause serious damage. It's not ingested, but it's not exactly injected either, not in the normal sense of a bite. Now because it CAN bite I know they are considered venomous, but in this case would they be considered both? Technically? Or is it still just venomous because regardless it's not ingested through the stomach?
Or a better question, with the spitting cobra, if you ingested the venom when it spit at you, would you get sick?
Now the spitting cobra can spit its venom into the eyes of someone and it cause serious damage. It's not ingested, but it's not exactly injected either, not in the normal sense of a bite. Now because it CAN bite I know they are considered venomous, but in this case would they be considered both? Technically? Or is it still just venomous because regardless it's not ingested through the stomach?
Or a better question, with the spitting cobra, if you ingested the venom when it spit at you, would you get sick?