The Non-GMO project specifies that ingredients derived from GMOs are considered GMOs. I know you like to see dunks, but try to at least do a little reading and not get your opinions from a Bayer employee half-assedly spouting talking points that are twenty years old.

Furthermore, he’s actually published articles on white supremecist websites. Specifically VDare. They’re popular in ag circles because they also discuss vaccines and GMOs (their articles on these topics are fine…actually well researched).

Either way, the document mentions potential effects on nontarget organisms as a concern. Nontarget effects are why caffeine is no longer used as a frogicide(?) in Hawaii. So, like, it's not approved here either. At least, there's no EPA RED that I can find.

Yes there's an actual moth/lamp joke immortalized in MTG, and it's a GREAT combo!

My second favorite insect commander in Magic: The Gathering has to be The Wise Mothman from the Fallout series. TWM scales up insanely fast, especially when paired with Mesmeric Orb. #MagicTheGathering

Cobra handlers have to be mindful when milking snakes or cleaning enclosures, because the venom from these animals can really get everywhere. Small, nonlethal exposures, can turn into whopping allergies relatively quickly. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1594…

My main issue with the paper (as well as the meme) is that it puts these compounds into distinct categories, when the reality is that many of these compounds can pull double-duty. Spitting cobras would be another example.

Tetrodotoxin does not need to be injected in order to be fatal. Pufferfish, for example, produce tetrodotoxin in their tissues...similar to blue-ringed octopusses. If you eat improperly prepared fugu, you could die from this toxin. Thus, it is not advisable to eat the BROctops

Blue-ringed octopi (octopusses? @SarahMackAttack? What's the plural?) produce the very potent tetrodotoxin in their salivary glands, and bite to introduce it to predators when they're in trouble. It's also found in patches throughout their body, in the mantle, arms, etc.

These are all well and good on a theoretical level, but fail once you actually take into account the ecology/physiology of the chemical compounds themselves. So let's take the blue-ring octopus, an organism they explicitly mention as being 'venomous'.