After seeing some of the very nice mosaics out there that people where making with Flickr Toys and their Flickr pics, I decided it would be fun to do a set of pictures with a theme and some bright framing and do a mosaic of it. Unfortunately none of the 'pre designed' mosaics worked for this set of pictures, so I was forced to do it myself in my photo manipulation software!
The top picture here is another picture of my friend the Bearded Dragon. I used a different picture of this same guy to make my 'motivational poster' in an earlier entry. He is usually pretty mellow, and I often find him hanging out on his log. For a little more info on Bearded Dragons in general, click Here!
The other three bright and cheery creatures are called Poison Dart Frogs, and are the reason I chose to do the very bright neon framing for this set of pictures. Poison Dart Frogs are very colorful and fun. I usually get a couple of shots of them when I stop by the Discovery Station.
Poison Dart Frogs are so brightly colored for a reason. The coloring tells any animal who might be thinking about making a meal of the little guys that they are poisonous and will make them sick. So, it's kind of like advertising. Some species of Poison Dart Frogs are considered to be among the most poisonous animals in the world. They actually get their name because the toxin they secrete from their skin has been used on darts to make them poisonous!
If they are so toxic.... How are they so easily handled?? Well, Poison Dart Frogs that are born in captivity have not eaten the same foods that they would have in the wild. Yep! They are the ultimate "You are what you Eat" animals!! Since they have never been exposed to the diet that they would have consumed in the wild, captive bred frogs are not poisonous at all! Want to read more about Poison Dart Frogs? Click Here! You will also see more pictures of different representatives of the species. They come in a dazzling display ofcolors.
11 comments:
My nephew would LOVE you for this entry! He loves anything that has scales or are amphibious (did I get that right?). LOL! So, do the Dart Frogs actually come in all of those different colors?
Fascinating! Leave it to you to be creative with the graphics (excellent, btw!) and have the intellect to back it up with references for me to go to for more information. Brilliant! This, my friend, is one of the reasons why I love your journal. I always walk away learning something new.
Happy New Year.
Judith
Oh how cool! Great pictures too! ~Diane~
So pretty and so deadly.
loved the pictures and descriptions.
betty
How interesting! I learned something new! I mean, I knew about Poisonous dart frogs, but I didn't know that they "are what they eat!" That was so interesting!
Jackie
My brother's tarantula is that way too. Since it has never eaten citrus, it is not poisonous. I just watched a documentary on poison dart frogs the other night. Heheh, I'm going to show the pictures to my son, he'll love these.
Ari
Great pics! That site is pretty interesting, can't wait to mess about with it myself.
Tammy
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Very neat!!
Take care~ Melissa
Wow! I never knew that they weren't just born poisonous. They are very beautiful indeed.
Russ
I learned about the Poison Dart Frogs by watching Animal Planet...they always show the real poisonous ones in the jungle and then show the tribes who know how to handle the frogs and use their poison on their darts...LOVE Animal Planet!
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