Animal+Poison

Animals use poison for two main things: protection from predators (prey) and hunting for prey (predators).


 * One out of six snake species are poisonous (about 2400 species). most snakes are still pretty deadly. Others may not be poisonous but can squeeze or bite at you to death.
 * Over 1200 fish species are poisonous.
 * All spiders' bites are poisonous. Most can't hurt you though.
 * Most scorpions cannot kill you, being so small. A few can though.
 * All toads have poisonous glands behind their eyes.
 * There are over 240 species of poison dart frogs.
 * In the rain forest, out of 5000 species, about 20 to 30 percent are poisonous in some way.

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