He forgot that scientists do talk to each other, and I'm in contact with this scientist, so I just casually sent him a message. Yesterday this person claimed that eating avocados cause earthquakes, and when called out, doubled down that all the scientific community, especially X scientist, agreed with him. Everyone eats it up, and anyone who calls them out (even when they're literally an expert in the topic) is downvoted or bullied. There is a user on this site who CONSTANTLY posts nonsense, on pretty much every thread. Okay, well I didn't want to exactly drag names, but I am so goddamn tired of it that I will. And yet, despite showing that the literal scientist he's making these claims about has refuted it, I was still heavily downvoted, and this user was heavily upvoted. What a shock that this scientist has no f*****g clue what he's talking about and that this user has a habit of googling random scientist names to make himself look smarter.
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A survey of the functional diversity of venoms and taxonomic diversity of venomous animals is then provided as an introduction to the evolutionary drivers of venom and how it is distributed across the animal tree of life. There has been substantial variation in the definition of “venom” and “venomous” in the literature, so this is discussed first with the aim of giving a definition which encompasses a number of important features of venoms. Consequently, this chapter aims to provide an overview of the diversity of venom and venomous animals and also a set of evolutionary principles which are particularly applicable here.
However, as with any biological trait, venom exists in an evolutionary context and must be considered as such if we are to gain a full understanding of the biology of animal venoms. Much of the research on venoms has understandably focused on clinical implications of human envenomation and detailed molecular studies of toxins.