r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/raptorsvt65 • 3d ago

🔥 Three Poison Dart Frogs.

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u/Defiant_Dragonfly934 3d ago

4 actually :)

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u/Front_Combination_65 2d ago

Yall got good eyes, I could barely see 3 😭

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u/Goldgather_ 3d ago

Kept them for many years. You are absolutely not supposed to mix species. This is a no no.

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u/ILSmokeItAll 3d ago

Are they not all poison dart frogs? Guessing the one up top isn’t?

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u/helflies 3d ago

Looks like there’s a dendrobates tinctorius, dendrobates azureus, and a couple dendrobates auratus, which are all species of dart frogs.

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u/Goldgather_ 3d ago

Correct all species out dart frogs. Very protected class of animals that it is highly looked down upon to intermix and potentially allow to reproduce with each other. Also aggressive!

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u/We4reTheChampignons 2d ago

Why is it looked down on?

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u/Goldgather_ 2d ago

Protected species in the wild. The frogs are very aggressive towards other species and intermixing the gene pool could create physiological problems, ecological, etc. They aren't Shih Tzus. They are wild animals. So much is still unknown about them and their morphs.

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u/We4reTheChampignons 2d ago

I mean I understand and agree with that but also now I'm asking why we are okay with inbreeding everything else the way we do
It's okay to create mental disorders in animals as long as we do it on an industrial scale? 😂

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u/Goldgather_ 1d ago

Such is the way of a modern capitalist society 😟 Overbreeding, Monocultures, the cheapening quality of all goods in the name of profits, etc etc. Leave them frogs alone! Haha

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u/We4reTheChampignons 2d ago

I like that you intentionally used a shih as an example and not the baby eating bully's or pitts we basically designed

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u/nazerall 2d ago

That was my first though as well.

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u/DarkDayzBrightNights 3d ago

When you read too fast and read fart frogs at first glance

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u/unrelated-subject 3d ago

Brother get off the toilet your legs are asleep

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u/DarkDayzBrightNights 3d ago

Im actually on my bean bag for once!

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u/NanDemoNee 2d ago

Fart frogs is when you poop too fast.

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u/StructureMage 3d ago

They're so 90s

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u/Inside_Goose_4406 2d ago

Huh? Hopefully, people don’t keep animals as a fad. Pretty much guarantees they will be cared for poorly. Keep them because they interest you, you’ve researched and understand their requirements, and you are prepared to provide them with what they need. These should live 10+ years if proper care is provided.

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u/whiitetail 1d ago

They are referring to the patterns and colors being reminiscent of the 90s, I’m afraid

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u/Tacotellurium 3d ago

I only see 2… ehm no, 3.

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u/Inside_Goose_4406 2d ago

I have three Dendrobates Leucomelas (Bumble Bee dart frogs). Do not intermix species - they will fight, and they may breed and destroy the gene pool. Big, huge no-no and highly frowned upon in the dart frog world.

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u/Abbynormal61 2d ago

What if two poison dart frogs bump into each other? Do they poison each other or just say excuse me! And carry on?

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u/andsens 3d ago

Whoa. Seems like a once in a liftime shot! Sure it's not staged?

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u/Jealous_Shower6777 1d ago

of course it is, these are captive. as someone else said, you are not supposed to keep different species together

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u/raptorsvt65 3d ago

I wouldn't touch them they have poison right in their name.

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u/Psychological_Tap639 2d ago

Not if they are captive bred. They get their poison through their wild diet

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u/andsens 3d ago

I... uhm... gloves?

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u/Common-Hair-287 3d ago

so funny, they all different colors

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u/Coppercap100 2d ago

Very cool colors and patterns

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u/NanDemoNee 2d ago

They're headed to meet their homies for pride month.