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Ifyoulikedthecolorfulanimalswejustsaw, you'regoingtolovethesenextanimals.Frogs.
Youmightnotnormallythinkoffrogsasbeingcolorful, butthesefrogsdefinitelyare.
Theyarethedart-poisonfrogsofCentralandSouthAmerica.
Lookattheirstrikingcolorsoftenyellowwithblackstripesordeepbluewithblackspots.
Beyondbeingnicetolookat, thesemarkingshaveapurpose.
Theywarnpredatorsthatthesefrogsarepoisonous.
Whenthreatened, thesefrogssecreteasubstancethroughtheirskinthatwouldeasilykillwhateveranimalmighttrytoeatthem.
Theirbrightcolorscommunicatethis, andsomostanimalstendnottohuntthem.
Now, speakingofhunting, forcenturiesthesefrogsweresoughtafterbyhunters.
Asyoumightthink, thehuntersdidn'twanttoeatthefrogs, butrather, theycapturedthemfortheirpoison.
Theywouldaddthepoisontothetipsoftheirhuntingarrowsofcourse, nowadaysmosthuntersuseguns.
Thesedaysdart-poisonfrogsareoflessinteresttohuntersthantomedicalresearchers.
Researchersbelievethattheycanmakenewheartmedicinefromthepoison, becauseitactsasastimulantonthebody'snervoussystem.
Researchersthinktheycoulduseittostimulateaweakheart.
Thereis, however, aproblemwithdoingresearchonthesefrogs.
Thosethatarecaughtinthewindwillproducetheirpoisonuntiltheydie.
However, thosethatarebornincaptivity, liketheonesyouseehere, willnotproduceanypoisonatall.