ExceladonCity wrote:
There is a poisonous bird located in New Guinea known as the Pitohui. The feathers are covered in an oil that irritates the skin. The birds do not actually produce the toxin themselves, but inherit it from the Blister Beetles they eat. Similarly to the Monarch Butterfly caterpillar eating milkweed. The name "Pitohui" is actually kinda funny, as it sounds like an onomatopoeia for spitting -- p'tooey.
Hmmm...
There is one poisonous species of mammal. Well...the animal is kinda borderline between mammals, and none.
Its the duckbill platypus. It has poison glands on the claws of back feet. The toxin can kill a dog, though humans usually survive.