2. HABITAI
new guinea (Papua Island & Indnesia)
In 1989 by John P Dumbacker
Red back spider
New guinea taipan
3. Kinds of PITOHUI
6 kinds
Hooded Pitohui
Variable Pitohui
Rusty Pitohui Black Pitohui Crested Pitohui
White-bellied Pitohui
Strong
No poison
4. Birds having poison
4 kinds
Hooded Pitohui
Variable Pitohui
Little Shrikethrush
Blue-capped Ifrit
5. POISON
・ Where do they have?
→ body,muscles,feather
・ How do they make?
→ eating some insects
・ How much strong?
→ 0.002mg/kg LD50
(LD50…needed quantity in order to kill a man per two)
In case of 70kg man…they kill him by 0.14mg
Much less than 1cent!!
6. POISON
Batrachotoxin
・ extremely potent cardiotoxic
・ neurotoxic steroidal alkaoids
(LD50(mg/kg)=0.002 ~ 0.007)
prevent nerves from transmitting
impulses, leaving the muscles in an
inactive state of contraction
→ lead to heart failure or fibrillation.
Golden poison flog
7. POISON(LD50 ranking)
2
1
3
Palythoa toxica
Sea Wasp
Hooded Pitohui
LD50(mg/kg)
0.00005 ~ 0.0001
LD50(mg/kg)
0.001
LD50(mg/kg)
0.002
However ,,,
the pitohui use theirs in order to protect themselves
Do not tought!!