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>>760

I think you're the one who's far too worried about being literal. There may not be any explicit statement of ruining, but ぼろ is in itself a word with negative associations and it's talking about how the woodpecker goes around opening holes, leaving the forest full of (bad) holes.

Are you seriously going to argue that there's a major difference between "a poisonous beak" and "a poison beak" other than that we would virtually never say the latter in English? Not explicitly using の for a noun replacement doesn't mean we should do the same in the English translation.

I'll agree with the food line if only because the English (your food turns poisonous) sounds fine. It doesn't change the meaning significantly, though, as it's clear both are intended to mean "your food is toxic (to you)".

触れれば is clearly ふれれば and not さわれれば. It's not potential.