The Golden dart frog is a very deadly frog. Found in the Amazon rainforest, this golden brightly colored frog has the strongest animal toxin in the world. The toxin is called Batrachotoxin, which is 250 times more toxic than Strychnine.
batrachotoxin is an alkaloid, the same as caffeine, nicotine, and morphine. batrachotoxin is a potent neuro and cardiotoxin, meaning that the poison, hurts your brain, and your heart instantly stops very useful organs like the heart (which is very important in living) and stops it from working.
The name dart frog comes from the indigenous tribes that would use the dart frogs' poison in weapons, so it got its name dart frog. The poison is so strong, that if you dip a weapon in its poison, it will be poisonous for 2 years straight.
The dart frog's poison comes from its diet. They eat beetles, termites, and alkaloid-rich ants to gain the poison.
I guess you are what you eat, and if you eat alkaloid-rich ants then you get to be poisonous.
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