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Beveren_Rabbit
05/30/22 10:02:14 AM
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but when a human even takes a small nibble of a mushroom it can be fatal

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nevershine
05/30/22 10:07:07 AM
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i love mushrooms...
then again, ive never eaten one raw.

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toreysback
05/30/22 10:09:35 AM
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sluglyfe

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LordRazziel
05/30/22 10:10:54 AM
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Different biochemistry.

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LincolnDuncan
05/30/22 10:20:43 AM
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Why can you eat salt and live?

Even a little nibble of salt will be fatal.

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sevihaimerej
05/30/22 10:31:16 AM
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I eat mushrooms and live all the time, is something wrong with me?

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Zodd3224
05/30/22 10:32:33 AM
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Excellent question TC

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Smiffwilm
05/30/22 10:44:42 AM
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The same reason humans can eat chocolate and be fine but if a dog does so it can be potentially fatal.

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viewmaster_pi
05/30/22 10:48:50 AM
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slugshroom

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Beveren_Rabbit
05/31/22 3:42:10 AM
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and don't give me the "they eat it so slowly that the poison doesn't affect them" answer. So a human can eat poison as long as they do so in very minute amounts over a long course of time?

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TentacleDemon
05/31/22 3:48:14 AM
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Beveren_Rabbit posted...
So a human can eat poison as long as they do so in very minute amounts over a long course of time?

Depending on the particular poison in question, yes.

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JE19426
05/31/22 3:48:52 AM
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What mushrooms are we talking about?
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The_Creep_2020
05/31/22 3:49:32 AM
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IIRC, many of the toxins in mushrooms are specifically toxic to vertebrates.

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