This poisonous amphibian is spread all around Central and South America. It is very agile with length
of 4 cm and weights about 10 grams. It is highly colored and its yellow-black or green-black bright
color combinations are also used as a warning to future predators.
They feed on tiny invertebrates and small insects. The Golden Arrow – poison frog is a highly toxic
one. Its skin glands produce toxic substance of which only a trace of 0.00001 g can kill a human being.
In ancient times Indians had pierced these amphibians with a long, thin stick and heated them over a
fire. Consequently small drops of the poison appeared on the skin’s surface and arrows were dipped into
that. Such arrows were then used to paralyze the hunted animals.
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