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Did you know . . . Snakes like boas and rattlesnakes have heat sensing organs on their faces to detect warm-blooded prey. Many salamanders have no lungs at all and rely on breathing completely through their skin. Even though reptiles and amphibians are sometimes called "cold-blooded" they actually get heat from their surroundings and can be a lot warmer than so-called "warm-blooded" animals like mammals and birds. The most toxic animal on earth, the golden poison frog, was once used to coat poison darts by indigenous peoples in what is now Colombia. A single frog holds enough toxin to kill 20,000 mice! Toxin from a poison frog is now being used to develop a powerful new pain-reliever. Gila monster venom was used to create perhaps the best treatment for diabetes that is available today. |
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