We still have lots of them in New Mexico. Maybe the Texas kind were just not horny enough.
Incidentally for you city folk, they are not toads, they are actually lizards.
And they do spit blood from their eyes. I picked one up once and it scared me to death.
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Tx horned lizards are different from Arizona horned lizards.
There’s a good discussion about that (and some very funny stuff and pics) on my first ‘Texas Treasures’ post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3118606/posts
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From ‘Texas Treasures 1’ watch the amazing horned lizard
shot blood from his eyes:
From National Geographic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyFqY-oaqm8
start approx 1:28
Cool video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhw7JSHPMg4