List of poisonous animals

Not to be confused with List of venomous animals.
The hooded pitohui. A neurotoxin called homobatrachotoxin found in the birds' skin and feathers causes numbness and tingling in those touching the bird.

Poisonous animals

This list is a partial list of animals that are poisonous to humans (and other animals):

Birds

Frogs and toads

Salamanders

Most birds dislike the taste of monarch butterflies. This is because they contain the poisons from when they were caterpillars as they were eating their favorite plant, Poisonous milkweed

Fish

Cephalopods

Insects

See also

References

  1. Bartram, S.; Boland, W. (2001). "Chemistry and ecology of toxic birds". ChemBioChem 2 (11): 809–811. doi:10.1002/1439-7633(20011105)2:11<809::aid-cbic809>3.0.co;2-c.
  2. Enature.com (Retrieved March 17, 2010.)
  3. NOVA episode - Kings of Camouflage
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