> It's thought they do not produce the toxin themselves. It's absorbed from their diet, probably from toxic frogs that use the same compounds. From what I unde

> It's thought they do not produce the toxin themselves. It's absorbed from their diet, probably from toxic frogs that use the same compounds. From what I understand, those frogs in turn acquire the toxin from their diet of various arthropods, and aren't toxic when kept in captivity. Makes me wonder how long a chain of diet-acquired toxicity could stretch.