Synopsis
A poison dart frog fights off a contender until he's sufficiently warned off.
- Programme: Attenborough's Life in Colour
- Series: 1
- Episode: Seeing in Colour
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Geography | Ecosystems | Tropical rainforest biomes | Species adaptations in the rainforest
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