toads
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Cane Toad Controversy: Is ‘Toadzilla’ a Record-Breaker?
When Kylee Grey first laid eyes on the creature, she couldn’t help it: She gasped aloud. Then, the Aussie park ranger picked up the cane toad and the surprises kept coming. Grey simply “couldn’t believe how big and heavy it was.” And she was right to be shocked.
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Qatar’s Deserts are Hot, Dry, and Full of Invasive Toads
As the sun descends behind sand dunes and wind-carved escarpments, central Qatar’s Al Rayyan region gets a reprieve from the intense heat of day. In the calm of twilight, a once-foreign sound emerges: the rasping croaking of toads drifts in over miles of parched rock and sand. Qatar’s harsh landscape is home to a growing…
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Adorable New Elfin Toad Is Straight Out Of Middle-Earth
Far up in the Langbian Plateau in southern Vietnam, a dense, dark forest gently breathes with a passing breeze. Billowing fog continually invades and shrouds the canopy. Thick, verdant moss blankets every rock and tree, and the landscape weeps with trickling rivulets of water. This gorgeous setting feels like it could host any number of…
