Deadly Frogs A snake slithers on a tree branch in the rainforest It is looking for lunch It sees a tiny frog on a leaf It gets closer Suddenly there is a flash of red The frog stretches out and shows its colorful body It’s a poison dart frog This tiny frog is less than 1 inch 2 5 cm long But the snake lets it get away This frog’s skin is covered with deadly poison 4
5 Poison dart frogs are small Some of the biggest are only 2 inches 5 cm long
6 A hunter blows darts out of a tube The darts are covered in frog poison
The Choco people live in South America They named the frogs poison dart frogs The name stuck Choco hunters use waxy leaves to catch a frog Then they rub blow darts on the frog’s skin The frog’s poison makes the darts deadly Hunters use the darts to kill birds and small animals that they eat 777
