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Posted: 1/16/2006 11:24:26 PM EDT

strangest thing just happened . heard this toad trying to get in through the dog door . whats wierd is caught one doing the same thing about 2 months ago . i mean why dont they just knock ?

688

Posted: 1/16/2006 11:25:06 PM EDT

[#1]

What is the difference between a Toad and a Frog?

Posted: 1/16/2006 11:25:17 PM EDT

[#2]

Did he bring a case of Bud for you?

Posted: 1/16/2006 11:27:18 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
What is the difference between a Toad and a Frog?

Frogs & Toads

(no trick spiders)

Posted: 1/16/2006 11:27:32 PM EDT

[#4]

Thats not giant... Thats small.

Posted: 1/16/2006 11:28:01 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
What is the difference between a Toad and a Frog?

i dont know but i heard the people around here lick the toads .

688

Posted: 1/16/2006 11:30:43 PM EDT

[#6]

wash your hands or you'll get warts

Posted: 1/16/2006 11:32:06 PM EDT

[#7]

One word: M-80

(okay, so it's actually digits...)

Posted: 1/16/2006 11:32:41 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Quoted:
What is the difference between a Toad and a Frog?

Frogs & Toads

(no trick spiders)

Interesting read... thanks!!! now I know!!!

Posted: 1/16/2006 11:51:56 PM EDT

[#9]

DRAW DOWN!

Posted: 1/16/2006 11:56:43 PM EDT

[#10]

If that's a cane toad, they excrete poison from glands near their eyes - be careful.

Posted: 1/17/2006 12:13:01 AM EDT

[#11]

All glory to the HypnoToad!

Posted: 1/17/2006 12:21:59 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
If that's a cane toad, they excrete poison from glands near their eyes - be careful.

From where exactly? The black spot behind his eye?

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:36:29 AM EDT

[#13]

Lick it !

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:37:47 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Quoted:
If that's a cane toad, they excrete poison from glands near their eyes - be careful.

From where exactly? The black spot behind his eye?

The large bumps behind the eyes are poison glands

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:40:24 AM EDT

[#15]

Piss on it!

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:41:29 AM EDT

[#16]

Why are you not stomping that toads guts out?

Mail it to painless for toads o' truth

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:44:35 AM EDT

[#17]

Hey, I have the same POS casio watch!

Just be thankful it isn't a Bufo Toad. Those bastards are all over florida and emit a poisonous slime when they are threatened. It isn't really harmful to humans, but dogs get one hell of a nightmarish trip and really sick.

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:46:03 AM EDT

[#18]

Cane toads can grow to be the size of a small cat or a chihuahua! We used to have a toad/frog problem at my aunt's house in florida. There would always be dead frogs in the damn pool.

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:49:12 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
What is the difference between a Toad and a Frog?

Well, how they are spelled, for one thing.

garand(SpellingNazi)man

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:50:27 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Cane toads can grow to be the size of a small cat or a chihuahua! We used to have a toad/frog problem at my aunt's house in florida. There would always be dead frogs in the damn pool.

They would be fun to shoot, I think.

(I mean while they were alive, and not in the pool yet

Shooting them in the pool could get 'spensive)

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:50:59 AM EDT

[#21]

Toads are self-powered bug zappers.

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:51:11 AM EDT

[#22]

Are you gonna keep it?

Does Samson agree with you holding that toad?

Is Samson jealous?

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:51:14 AM EDT

[#23]

Did you ever read that Steven King short story about the carnivorous toads?

Posted: 1/17/2006 7:59:51 AM EDT

[#24]

lick it...

Posted: 1/17/2006 8:01:08 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
strangest thing just happened . heard this toad trying to get in through the dog door . whats wierd is caught one doing the same thing about 2 months ago . i mean why dont they just knock ?

688

Maybe he came to apply for the "mouser" job?

P.S. There sure are a lot of whacky critters on your chunk of the planet...

Posted: 1/17/2006 8:05:12 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Cane toads can grow to be the size of a small cat or a chihuahua! We used to have a toad/frog problem at my aunt's house in florida. There would always be dead frogs in the damn pool.

Damn! We don't get those here.

My wife's friend did teach my dachshund to bump toads though, the ones that appear on the front porch during the summer. They don't seem to want to play with Max, so he uses his paw to bump the in the ass and make them hop so he can chase them.

Posted: 1/17/2006 8:07:02 AM EDT

[#27]

Toads are your friends. They are completely harmless and eat many, many nasty insects. I take great pains to avoid harming them.

Posted: 1/17/2006 8:07:06 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
If that's a cane toad, they excrete poison from glands near their eyes - be careful.

Hmmm.... toads of all kinds were tormented by me for years as a child and I can't ever remember any ill effects. What level of danger does it really pose?

ETA: Never mind... these aren't the toads we get around here:

It is imperative that people become aware of the potential hazard
of coming into contact with toads. Dogs and cats may die after
mouthing Cane Toads. Symptoms include profuse salivation,
twitching, vomiting, shallow breathing and collapse of the hind limbs.
The eggs and tadpoles are also poisonous and can cause cardiac
arrest and death.
Under stress, Cane Toads secrete poison onto the surface of their
skin. If physically bashed or squeezed, this poison may shoot a
short distance. Occasionally, when people attempt to kill a Cane
Toad, poison enters the eyes or mouth. Because the poison can be
absorbed into the system through mucous membranes without being
swallowed, the mouth, eyes and nose should always be thoroughly
washed if such contact with toad poison occurs.

Posted: 1/17/2006 8:08:35 AM EDT

[#29]

I thought this was about something completely different.

Posted: 1/17/2006 8:22:16 AM EDT

[#30]

Becareful.

It's an olds wives tail that if you hear a toad by your back door a big change is comming in your life.

[Granola]

Posted: 1/17/2006 8:25:47 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
i mean why dont they just knock ?

Jack Booted Toads!!!

Are your dogs safe?

Posted: 1/17/2006 12:37:10 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
They would be fun to shoot, I think.

(I mean while they were alive, and not in the pool yet Shooting them in the pool could get 'spensive)

Live Frogs and Toads are a shitload of fun to shoot. We used to wade along the riverbank with a flashlight and a 22 pistol at night. Lots of shooting.

Posted: 1/17/2006 12:52:02 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
Quoted:
They would be fun to shoot, I think.

(I mean while they were alive, and not in the pool yet Shooting them in the pool could get 'spensive)

Live Frogs and Toads are a shitload of fun to shoot. We used to wade along the riverbank with a flashlight and a 22 pistol at night. Lots of shooting.

Bullfrogs are the very best eating on earth.

Posted: 1/17/2006 12:55:09 PM EDT

[#34]

Every Spring / Summer we have the same problem with them coming to the glass door in back and hoping in the garage anytime it is left open for more than a few minutes.

The funny thing is, sometimes when I am bored, I would carry them 200 or 300 feet out into the field and they would start hoping back and make it eventually.

Oh, another thing is, I have the same watch also.

Dan

Posted: 1/17/2006 12:56:10 PM EDT

[#35]

Is that "Toad" from Speshul Wepins?

Posted: 1/17/2006 2:23:23 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Bullfrogs are the very best eating on earth.

I won't fight you for them.

Posted: 1/17/2006 2:26:41 PM EDT

[#37]

No-Knock toads.................courtesy of the Violence Policy Center and he Brady Bunch

Posted: 1/17/2006 2:30:55 PM EDT

[#38]

[Skink]Man, that's some bad toad![/Skink]

Don't know how many will get this.

Posted: 1/17/2006 2:36:24 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Bullfrogs are the very best eating on earth.

When I was a kid an into my early teens, My dad and I would go frog gigging on some local lakes. It was alot fun. Frog legs are very good eating.

Posted: 1/17/2006 2:43:39 PM EDT

[#40]

That definatly looks like a camel toad to me

Posted: 1/17/2006 4:24:25 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
All glory to the HypnoToad!

Is that a frog? A toad? Or yo' mama!

Posted: 1/17/2006 4:31:19 PM EDT

[#42]

Hell,,,last summer I was gigging frogs in my back yard pond about 3-5 times biger thant that....

Posted: 1/17/2006 4:38:14 PM EDT

[#43]

Toads are attracted to lighted areas at night. When I was a kid we would sit out in the machine shed with the light on at night and dozens of toads would stop by to say hi.

I like toads. They are good-natured, eat bugs by the bushel, and can survive almost any conditions on earth, other than freezing cold.

BTW... while some are poisonous they don't give you warts. Please tell me no one actually believes that old wives' tale.

Also, the liquid they deposit in your hand when you catch one is not piss, it is plain old water. They do it to confuse predators.

Good Toad... Good Toad....

I always thought toads were a good luck sorta critter.

Posted: 1/17/2006 4:40:00 PM EDT

[#44]

btw... Bufo is the genus toads belong to... I'm not sure if it is the name of a particular species.

Most toads are harmless unless you are dumb enough to try to eat one!

Posted: 1/17/2006 4:44:22 PM EDT

[#45]

Did it taste like chicken?

Posted: 1/17/2006 4:51:16 PM EDT

[#46]

If only you had a Black Widow spider and a jar......

Posted: 1/17/2006 4:57:38 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Also, the liquid they deposit in your hand when you catch one is not piss, it is plain old water. They do it to confuse predators.

Well I'll be damned--it's confused me for over 40 years.

I am NOT, however, going to test you--I'll take your word for it.

They make a helluva cool noise at breeding time. Also, their little tadpoles are cute.

Posted: 1/17/2006 4:58:39 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
Did it taste like chicken?

Duh....It taste like frog legs!

Posted: 1/17/2006 4:59:37 PM EDT

[#49]

He is very environmentally friendly. Please, for the children, don't hurt the toad.

Posted: 1/17/2006 5:00:05 PM EDT

[#50]

i love those things, they decimate the insect population. one time i found not a toad but a salamander in my basement, and at the same time i noticed the place was almost completely devoid of insect and spiders (it's usually crawling with them). i let the thing stay there because it was really doing a good job keeping the place bug-free.

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