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These frogs are really strange - usually poisonous animals have some way of clearly showing not to mess with them: bright colors, smell, sounds they make...
by ivanhoe 9y ago
These frogs are really strange - usually poisonous animals have some way of clearly showing not to mess with them: bright colors, smell, sounds they make...
- IntronExon 9y agoThey’re stealthy hunters, so bright aposomatic coloration would be counterproductive. I also believe that there is some aposomstic scent markers and behavior in the case of cane toads, it’s just that native Australian fauna has taken time to adapt. http://www.pnas.org/content/101/49/17150 http://www.pnas.org/content/101/49/17150 They’re not “learning” to avoid, but selection pressures are having the same end result.