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Cute Things That Can Kill You

Posted on | December 20, 2010 | 1 Comment

This was one of the very cute, very tiny, very popular, featured critters from the Ribbit Exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural History.

Pretty Frog

I took the pic with my video camera when D and I visited, now I can use it as an illustration.


15 Cute Animals That Will Cause You Horrible Harm

2. Poison Dart Frogs

Everyone knows about the poison dart frog, but that doesn’t make it any less interesting. Tiny, critically endangered, and brightly colored, the poison dart frog is the stuff of a thousand’s Boy’s Adventures and pulpy action stories. The concept of these animals so poisonous, that you could use their blood to make deadly darts to hunt is such an engaging concept, you can see why it grabbed so much of the world’s attention. It turns out the frogs are actually a family of over 175 different species, of wildly divergent potency. Only three of these species were actually used in the way their name suggests, and since their poison comes from their diet, ones raised in captivity are often completely harmless. Still, it stirs the imagination, doesn’t it?

They also list snails & fish & many cute cuddly things you may not want to get too close to…. 😉



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