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poisons

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Question
what natural and artificial poisions can harm a bearded dragon?

Answer
Hi Hannah, Well, that would be a very large list. Bearded dragons would likely be susceptible to any of the poisons that can also harm birds and mammals. Just off the top of my head some artificial ones would be cigarette smoke, rat and mouse poisons, mothballs, insecticides and many cleaning products especially phenol-based, like Lysol and Pinesol. Some naturally occurring poisons are those found in the firefly, some plants like the leaves of tomato and potato plants and poisons produced by other animals like poison dart frogs.