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Blue Jeans Poison Dart Frog


Blue Jeans Poison Dart Frog
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Copyright: Manyee Desandies (manyee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3074 W: 233 N: 5867] (19734)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-07
Categories: Amphibians
Camera: Canon Powershot S1-IS
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Costa Rica
Theme(s): Animals of the Rainforest, Endangered [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-05-09 10:48
Viewed: 5365
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Believe it or not, this cute little frog is poisonous. Believe it or not, it is only the size of your fingernail. We saw a few of them hopping around on the forest floor.

Blue Jeans Poison Dart Frog
Dendrobates pumilio

This full-grown male poison dart frog is only about 3/4 of an inch long (2 cm)! It lives on the floor of the rain forest, hopping among leaves and up on top of some logs to sing. Here it is singing to a mate or warning some other males off.

These frogs are very good parents. The females lay the eggs inside of leaf-cups made by bromeliad plants. The parents take care of the tadpoles after they hatch, often transporting them to other leaf-cups.

This type of poison dart frog is not too dangerous, but some have toxic chemicals in their skin that are so dangerous they can kill a person. The poison in poison dart frogs is to keep predators from eating them, and the bright colors are to warn a predator that the frog is poisonous.

Poison dart frogs got their names because some native South Americans use their poison to make poisonous darts for hunting. They capture the frogs by using a leaf to pick it up, so the poison doesn't get on their hands. They rub the tip of the dart in the poisonous mucous of the frog's skin and the arrow is ready for the blowgun. The particular species of frog they use produces a very strong poison, and the darts are so poisonous that they will kill monkeys and other big animals.

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-05-09 14:03]

Ared neck in blue jeans. LOL
Excelent shot and well done on this composition.

Mike

This is a rare catch Manyee. Lovely composition and an interesting subject. I have seen them only in captivity. Very well done.

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1654 W: 79 N: 1456] (4742)
  • [2005-05-10 6:02]

Excellent colors, well composed and well exposed. Focus is a little bit soft, but this is a good picture. Very good and informative note. TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

The focus is a bit soft, but its still a very interesting shot. I think you were lucky to get them in the wild. TFS.

Great colors... And thanks for the bio of the froggy. Looks like National Geography channel :) Keep it up!

p.s all your pictures have great colors and contrasts.

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  • cedryk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 968 W: 57 N: 1638] (5022)
  • [2005-08-15 13:18]

Great composition and nice contrasted colour alrhough lack some sharpness.

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 478 W: 0 N: 872] (2752)
  • [2006-01-05 3:39]

Hi Manyee.
I like the calid colors of this photo,the frog is wonderful,good details and composition.
Saludos...RICARDO.

I do love this guys!!!

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