Comments on: Poison Frog Skin Toxins and Their Use in Hunting and Warfare http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2010/01/01/poison-frog-skin-toxins-and-their-use-in-hunting-and-warfare/ That Pet Place Reptile Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: findiviglio http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2010/01/01/poison-frog-skin-toxins-and-their-use-in-hunting-and-warfare/comment-page-1/#comment-4859 findiviglio Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:12:44 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=776#comment-4859 Hello, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks for your interest in our blog. We do know the chemical make-up of many poison frog toxins, while others remain to be discovered. I mentioned Batrachotoxin as it seems to be the one primarily used on arrows. You can read more about the complex ways in which it causes injuries and deaths <a href="http://people.uwec.edu/piercech/animals/frog.htm" rel="nofollow">here.</a> <a href="http://www.asanltr.com/ASANews-99/995frogs.htm" rel="nofollow">This article </a>provides information about some of the other toxins…we’ve learned much since its publication, but it covers the basic types very well. Please let me know if you need any further information. Good luck, enjoy and please keep me posted. Best regards, Frank Indiviglio. Hello, Frank Indiviglio here.

Thanks for your interest in our blog. We do know the chemical make-up of many poison frog toxins, while others remain to be discovered. I mentioned Batrachotoxin as it seems to be the one primarily used on arrows. You can read more about the complex ways in which it causes injuries and deaths here.

This article provides information about some of the other toxins…we’ve learned much since its publication, but it covers the basic types very well.

Please let me know if you need any further information. Good luck, enjoy and please keep me posted.

Best regards, Frank Indiviglio.

]]> By: LCPurdue http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2010/01/01/poison-frog-skin-toxins-and-their-use-in-hunting-and-warfare/comment-page-1/#comment-4858 LCPurdue Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:43:17 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=776#comment-4858 Interesting. Why not identify the toxin? I suspect that death is not immediate, but is caused by muscle paralysis leading to hypoxia and therefore demise. Interesting. Why not identify the toxin? I suspect that death is not immediate, but is caused by muscle paralysis leading to hypoxia and therefore demise.

]]> By: findiviglio http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2010/01/01/poison-frog-skin-toxins-and-their-use-in-hunting-and-warfare/comment-page-1/#comment-4509 findiviglio Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:25:42 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=776#comment-4509 Hello Brett, Frank Indiviglio here. Nice to hear from you again. I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear in the article…you are correct concerning diet. The Boston Aquarium animals were likely feeding on termites, ants and millipedes that had arrived with the soil and plants. Good luck and please keep me posted. Best regards, Frank Indiviglio. Hello Brett, Frank Indiviglio here.

Nice to hear from you again. I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear in the article…you are correct concerning diet. The Boston Aquarium animals were likely feeding on termites, ants and millipedes that had arrived with the soil and plants.

Good luck and please keep me posted.

Best regards, Frank Indiviglio.

]]> By: Brett Hodges http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2010/01/01/poison-frog-skin-toxins-and-their-use-in-hunting-and-warfare/comment-page-1/#comment-4506 Brett Hodges Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:00:04 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=776#comment-4506 Fascinating. I had read that the toxins were derived from their diets in the wild, and that once in captivity, and with a new diet, the toxins disappeared. But that study at the Boston Aquarium seems to point to plants and soil instead? Fascinating. I had read that the toxins were derived from their diets in the wild, and that once in captivity, and with a new diet, the toxins disappeared. But that study at the Boston Aquarium seems to point to plants and soil instead?

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