Conium maculatum the difficulty in associating malformations with the much earlier maternal poisoning. Since no specific antidote is available, prevention is the only way to deal with the production losses caused by the plant. Control with herbicides and grazing with less-susceptible animals (such as sheep) have been suggested. "C. maculatum" alkaloids can enter the human food chain via milk and fowl. "Conium maculatum" is the plant that killed Theramenes, Socrates and Phocion. In ancient Greece, hemlock was used to poison condemned prisoners. Socrates, the most famous victim of hemlock poisoning, was accused of impiety and corrupting the young men of Athens in
Sky-blue poison frog Sky-blue poison frog The sky-blue poison frog ("Hyloxalus azureiventris") is a species of poison dart frog. It is endemic to Peru and known from the lower eastern versant of the Andes in the upper Amazon basin of the San Martín Region. The species has been placed in numerous genera, including the new genus "Cryptophyllobates" erected for it. However, it is now placed in "Hyloxalus"; although "Hyloxalus azureiventris" represents a distinct clade within "Hyloxalus", recognizing it formally would render the rest of "Hyloxalus" paraphyletic. Its main distinguishing feature is dorsolateral stripes that run down the back and end on the posterior.