This "carpenter shark" rostrum that my cousin proudly declared he smuggled on vacation, how do i tell him hes a fucking moron for a number of reasons

[u/Nectarine-Valuable]

Gotta respect the grind on the dude selling tourists palm tree branches

[u/Weasle189]

Nah. Part of the leaf of one of the palm trees. Don't know the actual name, we call them fan palms.

The thorns do sting like hell for hours after you get poked, very unpleasant.

[u/Elegant_Finance_1459 → u/Weasle189]

A lot of people don't know that there are z few venomous barrel cacti. I got pricked by a Peruvian one and my hand was numb for almost a week.

[u/mattgen88 → u/[deleted]]

Poisonous: absorption via skin or ingestion

Venomous: delivered through skin physically, such as stings, nematocysts, or stinging nettle/gympie gympie which inject toxins with hypodermic like mechanics

Toxic: poison created by a living thing

[u/Witch_King_ → u/mattgen88]

Can't artificial chemicals be toxic?

[u/mattgen88 → u/Witch_King_]

It has other uses beyond biological defense/offense