Darwin awards Memes

Remember that crucial distinction between poisonous (toxic when you eat it) and venomous (toxic when it injects you)? The Oklahoma Wildlife Department certainly does! The poor stranger learned this taxonomic technicality the hard way—through empirical testing with rather severe physiological consequences. Nothing teaches biological classification quite like anaphylactic shock. Next time, maybe consult a field guide instead of conducting a first-person experiment?

Behold the subtle but critical distinction between "poisonous" and "venomous" – a difference that apparently costs an arm, a leg, and possibly an ambulance ride. Poisonous means you die when you eat it; venomous means it injects toxins into you. The Oklahoma Wildlife Department's casual "nah fam" followed by the belated "it's venomous tho" is basically nature's version of "well, technically..." Right before someone needs antivenin. This is why biologists drink heavily at parties when someone says "I love science!"