The Insane Biology of: The Poison Dart Frog

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Narrator: Stephanie Sammann
Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault
Illustrator: Jacek Ambrożewski

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[naturegirl]

Fun fact: One of these fabulous frogs was at a zoo in Arizona, and my mother, while wearing a BRIGHT yellow shirt with small black triangles, walked up to it's tank. An he was SMITTEN. He marched right up to her and attempted to woo her. I have a picture of it and it's one of the timeless things we own.

[joseb.junior]

It's impressive what these little frogs can do even without a degree in chemistry.

[healthycomments]

The “f*ck around & find out part” caught me off guard😂

[MyPhobo]

Solid snake voice: "Yeah, but how does it taste?"

[Karagoth]

8:00 Minor feedback: ☢ is warning of ionizing radioactivity, there is another for biohazard that seems more fitting: ☣ (U+2623). It also looks way cooler. Thank you for the video!

[xitheris]

Many birds are smart enough to learn through observation and even verbally teach their offspring. They could be taught, during chickhood, to not die from eating a colorful frog like Aunt (name squawk) did.

[Davethreshold]

Seriously, those little buggers are some of the most BEAUTIFUL creatures I have ever seen. "In fact, they're downright flamboyant." LOL!!❤

[dangerousbutterknife]

Due to their flamboyant coloring and toxins, these guys are bold! They won't be spooked nearly as easily as other frogs, and their wonderful personalities make them extremely charismatic. My phyllobates vittatus duo are wonderful to watch. Bert and Ernie will live like the little kings they are.

[pabloperez]

Hey, RealScience team. I really enjoy watching your videos and learn new and enriching facts about different species or lineages. I have a humble request for you. I'd really love if you could make a video about urochordates. These organisms, brothers of vertebrates, are in my opinion one of the most amazing branches of evolution known to mankind. They are like the Mr. Potato of the animal kingdom, presenting characteristics (celulose tissues, placentary viviparism, larvae presenting a self-made bubble for feeding) unimaginable to most of us. Love u all <3

[amin]

I discovered this channel recently and i have already watched 80% of the videos on it, you present the information in a very very interesting and entertaining way and i have learned so many new things from these videos, thanks so much Real Sciense!

[cristiantrushin]

This was an amazing episode. I am very glad to have found your channel on Nebula. Keep up the great work guys, this extremely valuable and interesting content.

[jbtechcon]

For some reason I read, "The Insane Biology Of The Poison Fart Dog". Could you do that topic next?

[SemiPolymath]

It has been over 50 years since I unexpectedly encountered a poison dart frog in a southern california creek, scaring the living daylights out of my child self. Better late than never to discover that, so far from its native diet, it probably wasn't poisonous after all. Also, thanks to the entire Real Science team for such great topics, video footage, and understandable science that is never dumbed down--you are a YouTube gem as beautiful as the frogs in this episode!

[OLDMANTEA]

If cannibals were to consider eating me, they should think about all the processed foods I’ve eaten.

[hNsGregrz]

they quality of your videos keeps getting better. Thanks for this, i really enjoyed it.

[hi_tech_reptiles]

They are super common in (legal, usually captive bred or legally obtained) captivity, or at least some species, which is good given how many are threatened in the wild (among other frogs in general) The coolest other fact is the tiny non-tadpole size of the babies! They leave tadpole phase at a small size, given the nature of their reproductive/life cycle. They are just teeny tiny frogs lol. Super adorable.

[ExcavationNation]

Who else just ate a yellow frog and is freaking out.

[elraviv]

at 0:33 you said that "just 2/10 of a μg could kill a human". but your own slide shows otherwise.
it says 0.2μg PER KG for LD50. meaning for an average 75kg human, a dose of 75*0.2=15μg has only 50% chance of killing him.

[brianrussell]

Really enjoy your videos. I’m not a chemist or biologist. My Mom was a PhD in virology, not me. I grew up in the shallow end of that gene pool, I’m afraid. So some of your script I have to pause the video and google certain things and resume. Still, I love it! Thank you and keep your Real Science videos coming. BTW, congrats Stephanie on your recent wedding!

[Vafzli]

great video and the explanation of the nerve shutting down was amazing.