In our lives, many large and small animals live, and frogs are very common. You can often see their shadows beside water ponds, on the grass, and in the wetlands, water pools. Today let's talk about the most dangerous frogs in the world – 'poison dart frogs'.

'The Book of Revelation's' protagonist used poison dart frogs' toxins to attack enemies

Poison dart frog

'Poison dart frog's' origin of nameLike in the animated picture above, in the rainforest, ancient people knew the terrifying poison of this frog species, so they often caught poison dart frogs, scraped and pierced the backs of poison dart frogs with weapons, so that the poison dart frog's poison could be smeared on the weapons to quickly kill enemies.

Poison dart frogs are also called 'toxic dart frogs' and 'poison dart guns' frogsPoison dart frogs are considered the most beautiful frogs in the world, because of their bright and vibrant colors, they are very easy to identify. The color of poison dart frogs is generally a combination of black and bright red, yellow, orange, pink, green, blue, and their toes are full of scale patterns. The more vibrant the mushrooms in nature, the more toxic they are, and the more vibrant the things are, the more dangerous they are. The brightly colored skin of poison dart frogs clearly shows that they are very dangerous, don't provoke them!

Poison dart frog's toxicity

Poison dart frog's frog toxin belongs to steroid toxins, which can disrupt the normal activity of the nervous system and eventually lead to cardiac arrest and death of organisms.Of course, poison dart frogs' toxicity can only play out in the human blood. If there is no wound on the hand, if you encounter a poison dart frog, you will only get skin rash at the contact point, and it will not be fatal.

Local indigenous people are very smart and very understand poison dart frogs' toxicity, so when they want to catch poison dart frogs, they will use leaves or other items to protect their hands, avoid contact with poison dart frogs' toxins. Golden poison dart frog is one of the most toxic species in the poison dart frog family. The toxin of one golden poison dart frog can kill 10 adult humans.

ActuallyPoison dart frogs have no toxicity themselves, their toxins come from their foodIn the rainforest, the competition between organisms is very fierce, some organisms evolve toxins to protect themselves, so that they can avoid the harm of predators. Poison dart frogs eat other toxic animals (mostly spiders), and transform other organisms' toxins into their own toxins, so that they can avoid the harm of predators. Therefore, poison dart frogs are almost without enemies in the rainforest.

Poison dart frog's appearance

Although poison dart frogs are so powerful,Their body size is very small and the smallest is only 1.5cm, the largest is no more than 6cmBecause their toes have no edges, they cannot swim in the water, so they will not appear in aquatic environments. Although they don't have edges, they have suction cups on their toes, which can be used to jump and climb to move

'Responsible father'

Although they cannot swim, poison dart frog's tadpoles also need to live and grow in water. Female frogs usually lay eggs in places with a certain amount of water, after the eggs hatch into tadpoles,Male frogs will take the tadpoles separately to different plants with appropriate amount of water such as bromeliads, and put them in 'ponds'Tadpoles mostly grow in leaf gaps or holes in trees, so trees are their food and place to hide from enemies

Poison dart frog is a 'responsible father' and a 'dumping ground'In its territory, even if there is no breeding activity, it takes care of all the frog eggs in its territory, and considers all the frog eggs in its territory as its offspring until the tadpoles can move, and then take them one by one to other plants' small waterholes

HoweverTreat 'others' children' is not so kindWhen it invades another poison dart frog's territory, it will eat all the tadpoles it sees, not only to gain a lot of nutrition, but also to prevent the opponent from breeding

Some people see such 'cuties' and feel sympathetic, so they bring them to the city to raise them, but poison dart frogs have very strict requirements for the environment and foodOnce it is taken out of the rainforest, it's like sentencing to death.With human environmental destruction, climate change, pollution······like amphibians such as frogs, the number of amphibians is decreasing. Of the 5743 known amphibian species, 1/3, including flowering poison dart frogs, have been listed in the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species

We need to protect the environment and love animals.

Talking about frogs, frog-made dishes are very delicious, the texture is very firm and rich in protein. Whether it's hot pot, boiled or made into other dishes, it's very delicious!!!