Poisonous amphibian

They get a deadly chemical called lipophilic alkaloid from consuming a poisonous food in the rainforest.

Some people use the bufotoxins of some species of toxic toads as a drug to get high, but this can become very dangerous.

Usually due to the toads' size and toxicity, the poisons would not be deadly to a fully grown, healthy adult.

But if too much of the toxin is absorbed, or if the person is young or ill, then the poisons can become a serious threat.

For these tryptamines to be orally activated, the human monoamine oxidase system must be inhibited.