Golden poison dart frog

This frog, only 30 grams, is capable and has so much poison to kill 10 adult males. Embera golden Losrana already using this poison in your favor. He placed at the tips of their arrows and spears (hence the name dart) and so kill their prey, which fell fulminated.

These animals live in a small forest on the Pacific coast of Colombia. And although in a very small, the population is abundant. But deforestation of forests and harassment of their space, to put this frog head the list of endangered species. Its color can be yellow, orange or pale green, depending on the area where you are. Their diet includes flies, crickets, ants, termites, and beetles.

The poison may come from animals that consume, and in captivity, isolated from the insects they eat, does not develop the powerful poison. The medical community is exploring applications that could have venom in medicine. For now, he has developed a synthetic version of one of the components of the venom that promises to be a potent analgesic.

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