Was that in South Texas? I'm in Australia and we have lots of them up north in the tropics. They're a bloody pest!
They were imported to eat bettles on sugar cane in 1935. The problem is that the bettles live high up in the sugar cane and the toads live on the ground.
Yeah, you have to be careful when handling them. They have poison glands on their backs. If you have dogs and cats,they can be poisoned if they chew or eat the toads.
Native predatory birds have learned how to flip the toads over and then eat the underside.
Some teenagers lick the poison glands to get a narcotic effect but some have died from the poison.
Is that a cane toad? It's a big'un!
I found one in a bucket last year when I lived in STX. Man, those things are big.
Was that in South Texas? I'm in Australia and we have lots of them up north in the tropics. They're a bloody pest!
They were imported to eat bettles on sugar cane in 1935. The problem is that the bettles live high up in the sugar cane and the toads live on the ground.
That worked really well!
Yes, South Texan! when I researched them I found out they are poisonous, so over the fence they went!
Yeah, you have to be careful when handling them. They have poison glands on their backs. If you have dogs and cats,they can be poisoned if they chew or eat the toads.
Native predatory birds have learned how to flip the toads over and then eat the underside.
Some teenagers lick the poison glands to get a narcotic effect but some have died from the poison.