The peculiar thing about poison dart frogs is that their toxicity comes from their diet.[4] So if they aren’t eating prey that assimilates plant poison, they are safe. Swap out the beetles and termites from the Amazon with your local PetSmart cricket paste, wait long enough, and you have a toxic-free frog. What an incredible species! The impression we get from these paperclip-sized killers is that we can come close to them, hold them, or play with them. It’s a misleading impression. What they have engorged themselves with will determine whether they are playful or deadly on any given day.
