Huge and I mean Huge Toad
By Annie
@Anniedup (3651)
Richards Bay, South Africa
March 28, 2007 3:49am CST
Darwin, Australia - An environmental group dedicated to wiping out a toxic toad species that has killed countless Australian animals has captured a "monster" specimen the size of a small dog.
The volunteer-run organization, Frog watch, picked up the 40cm cane toad during a raid on a pond outside the northern city of Darwin.
With a body the size of a football and weighing nearly one kilogram, the "monster toad" is among the largest specimens ever captured in Australia, according to Frog watch co-coordinator Graeme Sawyer. "It's huge, to put it mildly," he said. "The biggest toads are usually females but this one was a rampant male ... I would hate to meet his big sister."Now I don't know about you guys but to me this is really this biggest toad that I've ever seen!
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@jumpinjack00 (3054)
• United States
28 Mar 07
It was on our news yesterday. They joking referred
to it as Toadzilla, after Godzilla. That bad boy
is huuuuuge! I say put a leash on it and keep it
as a pet toad. Only one problem. It has no neck
for the leash.
‹(°¿°)›
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@Anniedup (3651)
• Richards Bay, South Africa
28 Mar 07
I am so glad you caught on to this fiasco (the picture, once again gone awire) but I must tell you I laughed so load, all my dog's are up wanting to know what is wrong with me!! Ok I'm off it is 10pm here and I don't know what happened to my clock and allot of new stuff here!! Quite scrambled but wooohooo exiting! See yah later and thx for your response! xx
ps we are always the last to know! only joking you are ahead of me 7/8 hrs I think?
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@jumpinjack00 (3054)
• United States
2 Apr 07
Thanks for the HUGE vote Anniedup! ‹(°¿°)›
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
29 Mar 07
Unfortunately Cane toads were introduced into Australia from South America. They have become an environmental disaster, a huge environmental disaster. As frogs go these would be the worse, no princes in disguise with this species!
@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
1 Apr 07
Well, that sounds like he even has the bullfrogs from the US beat by a ways. I would not want to meet him on one of my evening walks.
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@maribel1218 (3084)
• Philippines
2 Apr 07
Sounds creepy annie! I will surely run fast if ever I meet that kind of huge toad in the road lol!!
We have many toads here but never that big, what kind of foods those australian toads eating? Why they grew that huge are they eating pig's feed lol!!!
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@Yestheypayme2dothis (7874)
• United States
28 Mar 07
Wow! I had no idea a toad could be that big. We used to play with them when we were growing up. They were smaller than the palm of my hand. I had no idea they could be toxic or even violent...thus, killing other animals. Suddenly, I am not seeing toads the way I used to.
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