I think most poisonous frogs look it and would accordingly pick up a frog that wasn’t very brightly colored if I otherwise wanted to pick up this frog, whereas bugs may look drab while being dangerous.
Poisonous frogs often have bright colors to say “hey don’t eat me”, but there are also ones that use a “if you don’t notice me you won’t eat me” strategy. Ex: cane toad, pickerel frog, black-legged poison dart frog.
I think most poisonous frogs look it and would accordingly pick up a frog that wasn’t very brightly colored if I otherwise wanted to pick up this frog, whereas bugs may look drab while being dangerous.
Poisonous frogs often have bright colors to say “hey don’t eat me”, but there are also ones that use a “if you don’t notice me you won’t eat me” strategy. Ex: cane toad, pickerel frog, black-legged poison dart frog.
Welp, guess I shouldn’t pick up frogs. Not what I expected to be the main takeaway from this thread but still good to know.
Don’t pick up amphibians, or anything else with soft porous skin, in general, unless your sure.
...why do they bother being poisonous then tho?