Is it true that some frogs can be much more poisones than snakes?
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Oh yeah. Golden Poison Frogs can fuckin kill ya, lickity split.
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Phyllobates bicolor, a poison dart frog native to the Colombia region of South America. Like other species of poison dart frogs, it is brightly colored (aposematic coloration), an adaptation for diurnal foraging in which predators can easily recognize and avoid these poisonous frogs. Although it is highly toxic, the skin of this species contains less batrachotoxin than the similar golden poison frog P. terribilis. Batrachotoxin is a steroidal alkaloid secreted from skin glands and is deadly to other small animals. It blocks neuromuscular transmission, resulting in muscle and respiratory paralysis and death. Extrapolating from the lethal dosage (LD) in rats, approximately 136 micrograms of this alkaloid is the lethal dosage for a 150 pound (68 kilogram) person. This minute amount is roughly equivalent to the weight of two or three grains of ordinary table salt (NaCl). http://waynesword.palomar.edu/dartfrog.htm
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