Golden Poison Frog Research Paper

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My essay is about 3 animals first I will talk about a golden poison frog, then I will talk about a rattlesnakes last I will talk about bulet ants.

The toxin is secreted through the frog's skin and is used for self protection and not for hunting. Also the frog is very vibrantly coloured, usually mint green, yellow or orange. This bright colouring wards off predators. The Liophis epinephelus is the only predator that is resistant to the venom of the golden poison dart frog; however it is not completely immune to it. Only the golden poison frog itself is completely immune to its own poison.

The rattlesnake can grow up to 8 feet long! During the summer, rattlesnakes stay underground or in caves during the day. You are most likely to find one
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The rattlesnake babies are born with what is called a pre button. The baby snake loses this piece when it sheds its skin for the first time. With the shedding a new button appears. With every shedding after that another button, or rattle, will be added. These buttons are made up of a material called Keratin, which is what the scales and your fingernails are made of! The rattles are empty, so what makes the noise? The noise comes from each segment knocking together, so until a rattlesnake has two or more pieces it isn't going to make a sound! But when it does you WILL hear it and you WILL RUN! The Amazon Rainforest is home to more than one third of all species in the world. The poison dart frog, malaria carrying mosquitos, anacondas and tigers are all among the most deadly pests of the Amazon Rainforest. But, there is another creature patrolling the amazon rainforest that is especially deadly to visitors, the Bullet Ant. The Bullet Ant stretches almost 1.5 inches in length and only a few of them are needed to take down a grown human being. The Bullet Ant is called such, because its sting is equal to being shot according to some victims. Here are 3 interesting facts about the Bullet