Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: This poisonous bird is the world's most toxic bird - able to exude some of the most powerful poisons in nature
Date: Wed Dec 25 16:34:32 PST 2024
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This poisonous bird is the world's most toxic bird - able to exude some of the most powerful poisons in nature
Just how poisonous is the hooded pitohui December 24, 2024 What do a poison dart frog from South America and a perching bird from New Guinea have in common? Well, both exude neurotoxins that are, gram for gram, some of the most powerful poisons in nature. That Phyllobates poison dart frogs are highly poisonous is well known – it’s in their name, after all, and a single frog can contain enough toxins to kill more than 10 adult humans in just a few minutes. But that some birds can also be

Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/A9eYQU1MXQfaQZr5s4u10rQ


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