Fun facts about the poison dart frog
In the wild their toxin, or poison, is created from their diet. They like to eat poisonous ants and insects. No thanks!
In zoos they’re not poisonous as their diet is controlled.
The males care for the eggs in leaf litter and then carry the tadpoles on their back to sites with running water.
The drug ‘Epibatidine’ comes from these poison dart frogs and apparently has pain killing properties two-hundred times stronger than morphine.
