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By 1992, scientists had confirmed that pitohui birds contain batrachotoxin, one of the most lethal natural poisons—far more ...
Local inhabitants had long been aware of the bird’s toxicity and warned against consuming them without thorough preparation.
The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird, captured in a mist net on the outskirts of Wanang Village in Papua New Guinea in 2018. In the summer of 1989, Jack Dumbacher was a fresh-faced ornithologist ...
Clownfish like Amphiprion ocellaris (pictured in in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea) are known to make their homes amid the ...