frog

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Allusion in the previous episode to the scorpion and frog fable?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Epibatidine, found in the Ecuadoran dart frog, causes muscle paralysis and eventual asphyxiation.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

"Finding a wild frog in the right place, eating exactly the food needed to produce the right alkaloids, is almost impossible... almost," Johnson said.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was almost certainly killed by a poison derived from a rare frog toxin in an Arctic prison colony two years ago, several European governments said Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

To his amazement, when he finished, a real frog croaked from his picture and jumped away!

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin