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Touching this tiny frog can end a human life.
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â€ĸ Footage courtesy: BBC Earth (@bbcearth) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dETo64bvJA
â€ĸ Footage courtesy: Wickens Wicked Reptiles (@WickensWickedReptiles) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhisXOvAdg0
Transcript
00:00A tiny yellow Colombian amphibian carries enough lethal nerve poison to kill 10 adults instantly.
00:06How does a creature barely 2 inches long store chemical weapons powerful enough to shut down every muscle?
00:13Most people assume the frog manufactures the deadly toxin inside its own tiny body from birth.
00:19The amphibian actually steals the poison by eating toxic forest beetles and locking the venom in glands.
00:27Captive frogs raised on safe diets lose their toxicity entirely, proving that a tiny yellow Colombian amphibian

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