this lovely bronze frog sits perfectly on the edge of a pond or in a rockery. . Bronze is a perfect material to use for water features as it doesn’t corrode or rust. Most poison frogs are very brightly colored and this appears to be a warning to predators that the frogs carry potent toxins. These toxins have been researched by biochemists to determine whether they might have practical uses for human medicine. One toxin, derived from a poison frog called Epipedobates tricolor, has been used for a a pain killing drug that it is two hundred times more powerful than morphine. The red frogs are the males, who are trying to attract a mate. Females produce nutrient rich eggs which they laid in the leaf litter on the forest floor. When they hatch into tadpoles their mother carries them to plants which have small pools in their leafs.She will return to each pool over the next several months to feed her tadpoles by laying an infertile egg for them to eat. Emaille - handpainted bronze - unique 15 x 11 x 9 cm we ship with UPS or pickup in Berlin Germany