Talk:Morlockia atlantida

A fact from Morlockia atlantida appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 September 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the recently discovered Speleonectes atlantida is an eyeless crustacean equipped with powerful prehensile limbs and poisonous fangs that function as hypodermic needles?

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Poisonous or venomous?

Latest comment: 9 years ago4 comments3 people in discussion

If the fangs function as hypodermic needles, then surely they are venomous, rather than poisonous? This also making this the only venomous crustacean (rather than poisonous). Bazza (talk) 11:49, 8 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

In fact, the NatGeog reference article uses venomous, so I'm being bold and changing the text now. Bazza (talk) 11:51, 8 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
- Good thought. I changed one back to "poisonous fangs" though, as stated in the refs, but I think everything else is fine. Zoo Fari 23:28, 8 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

The refs are referring to a toxin which is injected by means of fangs, hence "venomous" is correct. 73.223.96.73 (talk) 23:15, 10 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

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