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Toad licking: just say no!

  1. #21
    UNSUB Tuskegee Airman [my unrivalled skillful mastoid]
    Mice are cute too. Hope they don’t touch him.
  2. #22
    everything cute deserves to be touched.
  3. #23
    Michael Myers victim of incest [divide your nonresilient tucker]
    Originally posted by UNSUB Mice are cute too. Hope they don’t touch him.

    I agree.
  4. #24
    The skin of the adult cane toad is toxic, as well as the enlarged parotoid glands behind the eyes, and other glands across its back. When the toad is threatened, its glands secrete a milky-white fluid known as bufotoxin. Components of bufotoxin are toxic to many animals; even human deaths have been recorded due to the consumption of cane toads. Dogs are especially prone to be poisoned by licking or biting toads. Pets showing excessive drooling, extremely red gums, head-shaking, crying, loss of coordination, and/or convulsions require immediate veterinary attention.

    Bufotenin, one of the chemicals excreted by the cane toad, is classified as a schedule 9 drug under Australian law, alongside heroin and LSD. The effects of bufotenin are thought to be similar to those of mild poisoning; the stimulation, which includes mild hallucinations, lasts less than an hour. As the cane toad excretes bufotenin in small amounts, and other toxins in relatively large quantities, toad licking could result in serious illness or death.
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