- Hooded Pitohui
The beautiful hooded pitohui has black and orange feathers and is found in New Guinea.
Listening to the song of this interesting bird can put you in a trance, but you better snap out of it before getting too close.
In 1989, the American ornithologist John Dumbacher came into contact with the bird and described his skin as being on fire, reported New Scientist.
Touching the toxic feathers will make your skin tingle, and eventually go numb which one can imagine is a scary experience.
It is certain toxic beetles the hooded pitohui ingests cause it to in turn be toxic; the same way the poison dart frog gets its toxin.