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How does the poison arrow frog protect itself?

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Its skin secretes a poison which causes cardiac arrest and death when touched.

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it has poison in its body and when something tuces it they become poisened.thats why its called the poision arrow/dart frog
How does the poison arrow frog defend itself?
poison
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Do arrow poison frog shoot their poison?
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