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Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 04:43:24 2020 No.12304272 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12304300 >>12304407 >>12305033 >>12306247

Can someone explain to me what the difference between toxins, venoms, and poisons are?
I had believed that toxins and venoms were types of poisons.
Venom being created specifically to attacc another organism, and toxin being created on a cellular level kind of either as self defense or just because thats how its chemically made.

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Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2020 05:18:01 No.12304300 Report

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>>12304272
Venom is injected, poison is ingested, both are toxins.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2020 05:36:19 No.12304318 Report

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I bite you, you die = venom
You bite me, you die = toxin

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2020 07:14:40 No.12304392 Report

Quoted By: >>12304409 >>12304410 >>12304413

why don't we have drones that administer various toxins into active criminals?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2020 07:25:22 No.12304407 Report

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>>12304272
Toxins are sweet, venoms are salty, and poisons are savory.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2020 07:26:24 No.12304409 Report

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>>12304392
We just assume everyone is a potential criminal and put pacifying toxins in the food and water supply.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2020 07:28:01 No.12304410 Report

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>>12304392
Also we build up toxic substances like cigarettes and alcohol as rebellious to market it them primarily to the criminal element.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2020 07:30:55 No.12304413 Report

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>>12304392
Oh yea and we have the pharmaceutical industry to administer toxins to those members of the population who aren't maximizing the productivity output of the status quo.

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Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2020 07:49:54 No.12304430 Report

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>>12304413
Most of those people are definitely drones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2020 16:59:53 No.12305033 Report

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>>12304272
Toxins can be anything. Bacteria produce toxins, some plants produce toxins. Toxins would be the most general term. It includes proteins as well as small molecules. Tetanus toxoid, hemolysin, botulinum toxin, amatoxins, etc. Some of these are proteins (like pore-forming toxins i.e. hemolysin), others (like amatoxins) are large(ish) molecules.
Venoms are injected toxins. Spiders, snakes, scorpions, they all inject their venom. These venoms can be neurotoxins, or hypotension agents, paralytic compounds, or they can simply induce tissue necrosis. But they're all injected.
Poisons are molecular compounds, specifically not proteins. They can be synthetic or otherwise. They can be large molecules, small molecules, but it excludes proteins and other biochemical compounds.

tl;dr toxin is a very general term, venom is specifically injected toxins, poisons are molecules, not proteins.

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Anonymous Thu 05 Nov 2020 01:00:22 No.12306247 Report

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>>12304272
Why is that bear so long

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Anonymous Thu 05 Nov 2020 02:00:44 No.12306396 Report

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>>12304409
genius authoritarians.
>>12304410
authoritarians win again.
based
they leave the dagger, the fool pick it up to injure themselves.
>>12304413
does it make the more productive?

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