The biggest threat to the golden poison frog is the search for gold. People engaged in illegal mining pour cyanide into streams because it binds with gold particles, making it easier to extract them. But the cyanide also kills everything in the waterway,
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/story/2012-05-08/endangered-poison-frog-colombia/54856932/1
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