The Poison Dart Frog
- Poison dart frogs, members of the Dendrobatidae family, wear some of the most brilliant and beautiful colors on Earth.
- Depending on individual habitats, which extend from the tropical forests of Costa Rica to Brazil, their coloring can be yellow, gold, copper, red, green, blue, or black.
- Their elaborate designs and hues are deliberately ostentatious to ward off potential predators, a tactic called aposematic coloration.
- The two-inch-long golden poison dart frog has enough venom to kill 10 grown men.
- Indigenous people of Colombia have used its powerful venom for centuries to tip their blowgun darts when hunting, hence the common name.