Poison Dart Frog

Poison Dart Frog
Just how poisonous are poison dart frogs? Well, that depends. Generally speaking, the secretions from a poison dart frog’s back cannot permeate unbroken human skin, so they can be handled safely as long as you don’t have any open cuts and are careful to wash your hands afterward. The poison causes problems only if it gets into your bloodstream (either directly or through ingestion). Even then, it probably won’t kill you, though some species are much more toxic than others. The statistic usually quoted about the Golden Poison Dart Frog (Phylobates terriblis), for example, is that its skin contains enough of the alkaloid chemical Batrachotoxin to kill 20,000 mice. Some Web sites claim this equates to eight adult humans, though actually the number is closer to 100. But the frogs don’t bite, so you’ll only get into trouble if you try snacking on one.

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