Beautiful but Pois0n0us

Beautiful but Pois0n0us by Marlou 2010/08/03 07:49
Not everything beautiful is
harmless : The fairy tale goes
that a pretty young woman
kisses a frog and he turns into
a handsome prince. The two
live happily ever after.
If one were to kiss one of the
following frogs they might not
live to tell the result of it!

Most poisonous on Earth : Most
frogs produce skin toxins, but
the dart poison frogs from
Central and South America are
the most powerful 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.There are over
300 species of poison dart
frogs and they come in a
large array of beautiful colors.
It is their brilliant colors that
enable them to travel the rain
forests with out fear because
the bright colors are an
indication of the fact that they
are toxic and not worth
eating.

Poison used for hunting : The
blue poison dart frog is a poor
swimmer because his toes lack
the webbing found in other
frog's feet. You will find him
hiding among debris and
boulders near the streams of
Columbia and South
America.

Marlou 2010/08/03 07:52
He is one of the three poison
dart frogs which supply poison
used by natives for the tips of
blowgun darts.

The natives capture a number
of them and will place them
near the fire until the heat
causes a slime to be produced
on their skin.
They scrape the toxic slime off
and dip their darts into it to
create poison tipped darts that
they then use to hunt and kill
for food.No doubt, the strong
poison is indeed effective!