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To ask this question is to make a worthy distinction. Poisonous (a better word is toxic) describes creatures who use some noxious chemical to avoid being eaten, while venomous is used for creatures who use chemicals to subdue their prey. The same chemical doesn't work well in both roles because a venom should kill while a toxin should only make a predator sick (so it learns to leave that animal, or at least that kind of animal) alone.
However, there can be some crossover of EFFECT. Various jellyfish, notably the Sea Wasp and the Lion's Mane, use chemicals to kill their prey but these also prevent bigger fish from eating them. (The evolutionary arms race has equipped some creatures, such as the parrotfish, to resist the venom.)
The male platypus has a venom spur, but its use seem to be purely defensive, since the platypus is not an active predator.
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Why do you call snakes venomous and poisonous?
Poisonous means that that the animal may have poison infecting it's blood. If an animal is venomous, it can inject poison into you.
Is a raccoon a poisonous animal?
Raccoons are neither poisonous nor venomous.
How many poisonous animal species are there?
Wolves are not venomous.
What is the difference between a poisonous animal and a venomous animal?
A poisonous animal is one you should not bite because its body has poison on it or in it.A venomous animal is one that should not bite you because it makes venom that it injects into its prey.
Which is most piosness animal?
It depends on what you mean. Do you want the most poisonous or the most venomous? the most poisonous animal is probably the poison arrow frog. The most venomous is the box jellyfish.
What is the most venomous land animal in Australia?
It is a very poisonous snake called the inland taipan.
Is python a poisonous snake?
No, Python are not venomous; they are constrictors.
Are crocodiles poisonous?
No, crocodiles are not venomous. (poisonous)
Are CA king snakes poisonous?
No, they are not venomous or poisonous.
Are neoscona crucifera spiders poisonous?
no
Is a stonefish more venomous then a box jellyfish?
The box jellyfish is the most venomous; the arrow frog the most poisonous. Poisonous and venomous are not the same thing.
Does venom mean poisoinous?
Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous., Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects., Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer.
