Colorful ( & Poisonous) Frogs


	Colorful ( & Poisonous) Frogs
EddieIsSteady
10-5-2009 1:06 PM
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frogs, nature, poisons, toxins
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10-5-2009 1:35 PM
lollipop10
Oh my gosh, some of those are so cute! I love the stack of frogs.
But i think i'll admire from afar
10-5-2009 2:50 PM
jmatts78
@lollipop, No need to fear the cute little green tree frogs (also featured in the frog stack), they're not poisonous at all.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#00ffcc;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fc415cc6-6d7f-4811-90ca-4bc0c58bc7ac/35686478-B594-4F78-B914-24C01848FA11/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/02/colorful-poisonous-frogs.html" href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/02/colorful-poisonous-frogs.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.darkroastedblend.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/02/colorful-poisonous-frogs.html">Colorful ( & Poisonous) Frogs
	                       </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/02/colorful-poisonous-frogs.html"><DIV><B>Bacchanalia of colors that can be lethal</B></DIV><BR /><DIV>Not all beautiful frogs depicted here are poisonous, but those who are - can be very deadly indeed. <B>The most poisonous animal is not a snake or a spider. It's a beautiful little frog!</B> "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." 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border="0" alt="Animals, nature, Photography" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/383488786_d11d0dcf89.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=383488753&size=o"><IMG border="0" alt="Animals, nature, Photography" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/383488753_87a41d68a4.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=383488689&size=o"><IMG border="0" alt="Animals, nature, Photography" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/383488689_479dc373bd.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=383488615&size=o"><IMG border="0" alt="Animals, nature, Photography" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/383488615_b937af4367.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR />And finally, the aforementioned "Most Poisonous" <B>Golden Poison Dart Frog</B>:<BR /><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=383488921&size=o"><IMG border="0" alt="Animals, nature, Photography" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/383488921_a24bb9cc1c.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR />"Mint" flavour:<BR /><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=383837324&size=o"><IMG border="0" alt="Animals, nature, Photography" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/383837324_ce9c2ec1ea.jpg" /></A><BR /><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=383837346&size=o"><IMG border="0" alt="Animals, nature, Photography" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/383837346_fd0245ad0f_m.jpg" /></A><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=383837371&size=o"><IMG border="0" alt="Animals, nature, Photography" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/383837371_78fd59f534_m.jpg" /></A><BR /><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=383837418&size=o"><IMG border="0" alt="Animals, nature, Photography" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/383837418_9b87715ea1.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><DIV><I>Phyllobates terribilis</I>, shown above, has enough poison to kill 100 humans (<A href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Phyllobates_terribilis.html">source</A>)</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/02/colorful-poisonous-frogs.html">The skin of an adult P. terribilis has enough batrachotoxin to kill 20,000 mice, or 100 adult humans.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/35686478-B594-4F78-B914-24C01848FA11/blog/" title="blog or email 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