Poison dart frog

plants, and a little more than 2,000 birds and mammals. There are many species in the rainforest that can pose a hazard; the biggest ones are the black caiman, jaguar, cougar, and anaconda although there are many smaller ones like the blue poison dart frog. Deforestation…

99% of the human population, have often found myself wondering why cruelty exists in a supposedly good world. If there is a benevolent God, why are there mosquitoes, which infect millions of people with malaria each year? Why are there dart frogs that produce poison potent enough to kill 10 grown men? Why is there the ichneumon fly, which injects its victims with eggs that eat the unfortunate victim from the inside out as they hatch? The ichneumon, which has stumped natural theologians for…

extinction of frogs, a species that has survived over 400 million years. Elizabeth Kolbert, the author believes that we are entering a sixth extinction and that it is crucial to pay close attention to it because any slight change can drastically influence an entire ecosystem and its inhabitants. The epicenter of the extinction seemed to begin in a small town in Central Panama called El Valle de Anton. The Panamanian golden frog was one of Panama’s most iconic attractions. The frog is small,…

diseases like herpes B, Monkey Pox, and Salmonella. Some exotic animals are poisonous or toxic. Reptiles carry salmonella and bacteria. Exotic animals are really dangerous to your health they can give you diseases and they can carry poison and toxins.Poison dart frogs are very deadly…

Have you ever wanted to go to a sunny place filled with beaches and a tropical rainforest? Then Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is the place for you. Rio has plenty of sunny beaches, a part of the Amazon Rainforest, and plenty of landmarks visit. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is located in South America towards the equator. Rio used to be the capital of Brazil and has plenty of people living there now. Rio throws some of the biggest celebrations in the world and will be holding the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio…

Costa Rica thanks to a program called Agora at my school. It’s pretty safe to say it was the best nine days of my life. Throughout the week or so, we did everything from hiking to zip lining to helping plant trees. On our hikes, I saw little poison dart frogs, more plants and trees than I think I’ve ever seen in my life, 100-yard-long suspension bridges, and more. Among the myriad of animals I encountered, some of my favorites were the iguanas, toucans, and even a breakfast-snatching monkey. We…

The amazon rainforest is the earths largest rainforest. It is a vast region that covers about 40% of South America and is full of diversity and beauty. The rainforest holds about 90-140 metric tons of carbon that helps steady local and global climate. However, in the section that is in Peru, gold mining and deforestation has negatively impacted the forest resulting in the climate to affect animals, plants and even people. More than 30 million people live in the amazon and depend on the resources…

Technical Definition of Batesian Mimicry Sentence Definition Batesian mimicry is an ecological phenomenon in which a harmless organism copies the physical appearance of a harmful or irritating organism in order to deter predators. Origin and Use Batesian mimicry is named after the English naturalist, H.W. Bates, who discovered the phenomenon in the 1800s (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, 2012). The term is used by ecologists when classifying and comparing similar looking organisms.…

simple crops. The tropical dry forests abiotic factors include the beautiful soil that is created on that piece of land and the climate and rain that that make it able for many crops to grow. The biotic factors of the forest include the trees, poison dart frogs, and lemurs. Some of the plant life that…

with their bubbling cauldron. “In the poisoned entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone days and nights has thirty-one sweltered venom sleeping got, boil thou first I’ th’ charmed pot” these next few lines are all referring to one thing. A poison dart frog or toad that has been sleeping under a cold stone for thirty-one days sweating venom. This is significant, showing that this potion was indeed potent and poisonous. This is symbolic, in the fact that indeed these three had poisoned…