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I love seeing the toads in my yard. They’re all Fowlers Toads around here. I rarely see an American Toad. I say hello to them every time I see them. Bubble bees are a close second. Before we moved to where we are now, the same 4 toads would congregate in front of my door and sit there eating bugs all night. They wouldn’t even move as I went in and out the door. I could reach down and pet the biggest one and it would just sit there.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I've always heard they're poisonous in some way but I never new a kid who would actually wash his hands after touching them.
Quote from: hickory n Steel on August 18, 2019, 09:51:04 AMI've always heard they're poisonous in some way but I never new a kid who would actually wash his hands after touching them.They’re not poisonous. The glands on the back of their head secrete a toxin and makes them taste bad to predators. One side effect is that the animal will get high. You may have heard of “licking toads to get high.” That is how it’s done. My mother had a dog that was so hooked on getting a toad buzz on that she’d inadvertently kill any toad she found. She just kept mouthing it until it died. She never did any real damage that you could see but they never survived her attempts to get high. The dog would be high as a kite for an hour or so.I’ve gone one now that will mess with the toads but not to that extent. I’ve seen her do it. She chases them because they hop a lot and she will grab them. She lets go quickly. Probably because of the bad taste. She gets after them again when they start hopping. She will come back inside foaming at the mouth which is a result of the toxin.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I'm frequently greeted by one of these guys. It's a juvenile five-lined skink which live under my deck and in/around the garage/shop. This one is only about 4-5" long and will lose the blue tail as he ages. The more critters to eat bugs!