>when you're toxic as fuck so no one wants to eat you and the whole world is just a fun place since you have nothing to worry about
>>5116541poisonous birb?
>>5116605it's skin and feathers are coated with a compound that causes numbness on skin contact.
>>5116605Pitohui. Hooded, specifically. Various pitohui species can become poisonous through diet. They eat something poisonous that then makes them poisonous. afaik, that one in OP is always poisonous because unlike other types, that one specifically goes out of its way to eat whatever poisonous things they eat too make them poisonous. Probably bugs. Frogs become poisonous by eating bugs that have a poison precursor that mixes with whatever in their digestive system and becomes the poison.>>5116608Not quite. It winds up there through diet.
>>5116608so if I get one to sit on my shoulder it'll help with my trapped nerve and ill look like a pirate :Owhere can i buy them?>>5116610thanks for the info :^)
>>5116541Apparently the name pitohui itself is Papuan for "rubbish bird"
>>5116631lmaoIt's literally a shitbird. I'm gonna call people pitohuis now.
>>5116631>>5116635
>>5116610Interesting. So why is the guy in OP handling him like that? Is he retarded?
>>5118433>So why is the guy in OP handling him like that?because he can
>>5118433you have to eat them to get poisoned
>>5119944Actually the entire reason scientists found out the pitohui was poisonous was because museum staff reported experiencing numbness and burning on their hands after handling stuffed specimens.
>>5118433No. Because >>5116610>They eat something poisonous that then makes them poisonous.If that's a captive specimen, it might not have access to whatever it is that makes it poisonous. Alternately, the guy might not care about the poisoning symptoms. >>5119944No.
>>5116541>makes you want to spit it out>named pitohuiCome on now.
>>5116541it might still get eaten by a dumb predator or by accident
>>5116541any other poisonous birbs?
>>5116610>PitohuiBless you :)
>>5120083I mean it works
>>5121137It's more a species defense than an individual defense.But yes, I'm sure the dying bird with a crushed and bleeding body feels mighty smug at the predator walking away with no meal and a numb mouth.
>>5118433Presumably he just wants to find out what it's like
>>5122404if there are enough birds and they're toxic enough, you could potentially wipe out all predators within a given territory
