You've probably hear stories about dogs or other a...  ...s and frogs in the bufonidae family carry strange toxins in their skin.These chemicals, called bufotoxins,...

Ed Yong tells of a case in which a species leapfro...  ...t eats the creosote bush, which contains a deadly toxin , and thrives on it. The woodrats themselves did n...

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An aquarium enthusiast who goes by the name Steveoutlaw on forums was poisoned while trying to rid his aquarium of an invasive colony of anemones. To kill it, he boiled the rocks from his fish tank, and accidently inhale...