We don't consider a large number of critters venomous if their toxins only affect their prey or predators and not humans. Of course for the poor prey species, it is deadly!
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me too!!!i think the only venomous octopus is the blue ring
I thought the plural was octopi... then I found out that the English language has degraded enough to include octopuses as well. Why do I bother?
Venomous does not always mean poisonous and the venom's effect is relative between the donor and recipient species.
Ken