Colorful and Poisonous Frogs

Bacchanalia of colors that can be lethal Not all beautiful frogs depicted here are poisonous, but those who are – can be very deadly indeed. The most poisonous animal is not a snake or a spider. It’s a beautiful little frog! “Most frogs produce skin toxins, but the dart poison frogs from Central and South America are the most potent of all. The golden poison frog, called terribilis (the terrible), is so toxic that even touching it can be dangerous. A single terribilis contains enough poison to kill 20,000 mice or 10 people. It is probably the most poisonous animal on Earth.” (source) Click to enlarge: 382924655 9b62bbb693 Colorful and Poisonous Frogs 382925179 65b2f52f95 Colorful and Poisonous Frogs 382924698 d9472ae4f7 Colorful and Poisonous Frogs
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And finally, the aforementioned “Most Poisonous” Golden Poison Dart Frog: 383488921 a24bb9cc1c Colorful and Poisonous Frogs
“Mint” flavour:
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Phyllobates terribilis, shown above, has enough poison to kill 100 humans (source)
“Their poison contains toxins that dull the nerves and produce heart and repiratory (sic.) failure. The skin of an adult P. terribilis has enough batrachotoxin to kill 20,000 mice, or 100 adult humans. Two-tenths of a microgram of batrachotoxin is lethal in the human blood stream and each adult P. terribilis contains nearly 200 micrograms.”

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