These Things May Seem The Same, But They Have Some Pretty Important Differences

Everyone has that one know-it-all friend that will correct you for using the wrong word by mistake. “You said alligator, but clearly the snout shows it’s a crocodile.” Okay, Chad, my mistake, but society has made some of these terms pretty confusing.

Avoid the argument by learning the differences between these seemingly similar things and level-up to become a know-it-all like Chad. Learn tips and tricks like this clever way to tell the difference between bees, which we must protect at all costs, and wasps, who can are the devil reincarnated.

Don’t Bite Frogs, Don’t Get Bitten By Snakes

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The easiest way to remember the difference between poisonous and venomous is that with one, you hurt yourself, and with the other, something hurts you. Poison has to be ingested or absorbed to harm you. A poisonous frog can’t hurt you unless you touch or bite it.

But a venomous animal has to attack you to hurt you. You can touch a venomous snake with no consequences, but if it bites you, then it has injected its venom. An excellent tool to remember this is using poison ivy as an example. Poison ivy can only harm you when you touch it, and it’s not “venom ivy” because it doesn’t inject anything into you.