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Here’s why poisonous animals don’t poison themselves – National Geographic

Toxic birds and frogs have evolved a way to avoid harm—but not in the way we thought.

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In the forests of New Guinea lives a small, drab bird with a deadly secret. Its called the hooded pitohui, and its orange and black feathers are laced with poison.
Simply touching the feathers of a pitohui is enough to make your hands feel like theyre on…

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