The Golden Poison Dart Frog is the most poisonous animal in the world. Its poison is also one of the strongest poisons known to man. The poison is located on their back and there is enough there to kil 10 to 20 grown men. This is impressive since the animal is only 1 to 2 inches long. In perspective this poison can kill 15,000 people per gram. The poison can even kill on just contact with the skin. This poison does not readily deteriorate, that means if you eat something that the frog touched you can die. The kind of poison that the frog uses is a alkaloid poison. The type is batrachotoxins these prevent the nerves from transmitting impulses, this then makes the muscles inactive in a state of contraction.n These batrachotoxins attack at sodium channels in the cells. When they do this they permanently block the nerve pathways and stop the nerves from working, eventually killing the target. The venom is very strong and as of today there is no cure that is why the poison from the Golden Poison Dart Frog is one of the deadliest poisons known to man.
Sources:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/golden-poison-dart-frog/
http://www.wou.edu/~hgrimes/ch350/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Poison_Frog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batrachotoxin
Sources:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/golden-poison-dart-frog/
http://www.wou.edu/~hgrimes/ch350/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Poison_Frog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batrachotoxin
