List of poisonous animals
The hooded pitohui. A neurotoxin called homobatrachotoxin found in the birds' skin and feathers causes numbness and tingling in those touching the bird.
Poisonous animals
This list is a partial list of animals that are poisonous to humans (and other animals), or put another way, their flesh is toxic if consumed, or in some cases touched:
Birds
- Pitohui
Poison dart frogs are well known for their brightly colored skin, which serves as a warning to predators of their toxicity. - Blue-capped ifrit
- Little shrikethrush
- Spur-winged goose[1] (diet-dependent)
- Common quail (diet-dependent)
Snakes
- Rhabdophis keelback snakes
- Garter snake (diet-dependent, when feeding on Pacific newts)[2]
Frogs and toads
Salamanders
Most birds dislike the taste of monarch butterflies. This is because they contain the poisons from when they were caterpillars as they were eating their favorite plant, Poisonous milkweed
Fish
- Tetraodontidae (Blowfish, Pufferfish)
- Greenland Shark
- Barracuda (age and diet dependent)
Cephalopods
Insects
Cnidarians
See also
References
- ↑ Bartram, S.; Boland, W. (2001). "Chemistry and ecology of toxic birds". ChemBioChem. 2 (11): 809–811. doi:10.1002/1439-7633(20011105)2:11<809::aid-cbic809>3.0.co;2-c.
- ↑ Williams, Becky L.; Brodie Jr., Edmund D.; Brodie III, Edmund D. (2004). "A resistant predator and its toxic prey: persistence of newt toxin leads to poisonous (not venomous) snakes". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 30 (10): 1901–1919. doi:10.1023/B:JOEC.0000045585.77875.09.
- ↑ Enature.com Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved March 17, 2010.)
- ↑ NOVA episode - Kings of Camouflage
- ↑ https://reefs.com/2018/04/11/rhodactis-mushroom-corals-are-surprisingly-deadly/
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