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Poison Dart Frog. Nico Brown Ms. Flores 3/27/2012 Grade 6 Science. Characteristics. The Poison Dart Frog measures 2 cm long an weighs 2 grams. Lives in the areas around the Amazon River. Takes it’s venom from other insects it eats like ants and spiders.

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  1. Poison Dart Frog Nico Brown Ms. Flores 3/27/2012 Grade 6 Science

  2. Characteristics • The Poison Dart Frog measures 2 cm long an weighs 2 grams • Lives in the areas around the Amazon River • Takes it’s venom from other insects it eats like ants and spiders • It reproduces by laying it’s eggs in water and then the frogs undergo a evolution to become a frog • Needs a water source to survive • Poison Dart Frogs breath through their skin which is very sensitive • Did you know? The Poison Dart Frog has enough poison to kill 10 grown men

  3. Why is it Endangered? • The population of the Poison Dart Frog decreased by a little less than 50% over the last 10 years • It is becoming endangered because of the logging industry in Brazil • Without the trees of the Amazon the Poison Dart Frog sometimes can’t hide from it’s predators and the water is getting contaminated with the oil and bark from the trees and machines that cut down the trees • Another reason why they are dying is because of the infection of fungus from the humans in the logging industry

  4. What is being done? • There are 2 effective acts to prevent the extinction of Poison Dart Frogs: • 1) Anti-Logging law in Brazil • 2) Anti-Fungus treatment for Poison Dart Frogs • The Anti-Logging law prevents loggers to log the trees in the Amazon unless they have special permission • Scientist found a cure for the fungus disease in Poison Dart Frogs. The only problem is dosing it to the Poison Dart Frogs

  5. Why should we save it? • We should save the Poison Dart Frogs because they keep a natural balance in the Amazon • They keep the levels of insects population down • If the Poison Dart Frog became extinct, the majority of the animals in the Amazon rainforest will die • What are you waiting for, save the Poison Dart Frog now!

  6. Image Bibliography GREEN POISON ARROW FROG.Photography.Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 22 Mar 2012.http://quest.eb.com/images/138_1101596 STRAWBERRY POISON ARROW FROG.Photography.Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 22 March 2012.http://quest.eb.com/images/138_1166165 Poison Dart Frog. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 22 Mar 2012.http://quest.eb.com/images/139_1909090 LOGGING, BRAZIL. Amazon, Vicinity Paragominas. Bulldozer Cutting Logging Road In The Jungle. .Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest.Web. 22 Mar 2012.http://quest.eb.com/images/311_364449 Rainforest Canopychiapasmexico. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 26 Mar 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/130_605856 Addressing Congress. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 26 Mar 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/115_888765