eli5: How do people in videos survive after touching poison dart frogs?

Question

In some videos whether it be Instagram, YouTube or TikTok, there are videos of people touching poison dart frogs even though touching them is dangerous. So do they survive afterwords and if they do how?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Most poison dart frogs are considered toxic and not always deadly. Touching a poison dart frog can cause serious swelling, nausea, and muscular paralysis without leading to death. Still, don’t go touching one because you saw someone else do it and they survived.