Can poison from toads harm frogs?
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Topic: Can poison from toads harm frogs?
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Can poison from toads harm frogs?
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2011 at 2:07pm
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A guy at work told me that toads secrete a poison from their glands if they feel threatened by a predator and that he was holding one and felt the wetness of it, well that got me thinkingą. If IĘve got a bucket of frogs and toads together could the toad poison get on the frogs and hurt them? |
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Posted By: administrator
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2011 at 8:34pm
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I thought everyone drank it, you know get a bit of a dry
throat in the field, squeeze a toad for a quick bit of refreshment. If really bored licking them is fun too. 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2011 at 9:46am
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Well yeah, I told the guy it was probably just piss cos I get pissed on all the time but he wouldnĘt believe me.
Hopefully toads I catch ainĘt too stressed in the bucket though IĘd better remember that if I add in a squashed alive one ever. At the end of the night I grab the injured ones and take them down the road to the bridge to be run over properly, if I find a healthy frog or toad on the way that gets added in aswell before I release them again. Does toad poison only affect frogs? Could the poison from one toad hurt another toad or are all toads immune to toad poison? |
Never knew it was just water though, I thought it was proper pee. Some teenage lads helped me frogging once and they were putting toads in their pockets and up their sleeves, I told them it wasnĘt wise but boys are boys and they didnĘt mind getting mucky. 