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It was the man who died. The cause of death is still being investigated, but he was 89 years old.

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[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 126 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This is a good time to remember:

If it bites you and you die; venomous
If you bite it and you die; poisonous

[–] acchariya@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

If it bites you and you both die, rabies

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago

To match the "venomous" and "poisonous" words, you can also say "contagious".

What about pufferfish? If i bit a fugu in half the wrong way, we'd totally both die.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago

And if it bites you, and it dies, you are poisonous.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So the woman was poisonous, gottit

[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Women have to protect themselves from weirdos somehow.

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Also, believe it or not, jail.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, but this is: If it bites you and it dies, you're poisonous?

[–] remon@ani.social 28 points 1 day ago

That is identical to the 2nd case.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

I'm therefore technically poisonous to pretty much everything that bites me without permission. Hunh. 🤷🏽‍♂️