Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27091515-20160307231113/@comment-25396609-20160308002837

ThatOneGuyFromNISLTsCommentSection wrote: Phantomlink959 wrote: microscopic barbs would not reach the bloodstream, meaning the venom would not enter the bloodstream. then why does touching cacti hurt so much?

or pufferfish?

because they have much longer spikes?

most cactiwith extremely small spines are more of an irritating pain than a damaging one.

See, they don't do a whole lot of damage, but they do get just below the surface layer of skin, poke at the nerves, etc.

And pufferfish have a different form of toxin from snakes.