why is poison measured in metrics of “can kill X of Y”?

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the measurement doesn’t make sense to me, why is the deadliness of poison measured in how many of something it can kill? i understand the animal, such as an elephant, is important since bigger animals need larger quantities of or more deadly poisons, but what does it mean when its said poison can kill “a herd of elephants”? how do you know that one drop can kill a multitude of individuals?

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Humans are really bad at understanding the scale of something when it’s at extremes so you give something relatable to base off of like a liquid drop, physical grain, gram, etc.

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