Poisonous toads overrun South Florida neighborhood

New York Daily News ^ | March 25, 2019 | Theresa Braine

[mewzilla]

Could be worse.

At least it’s not baby Hypnotoads!

[al_c]

Has anyone seen Pharaoh lately?

[GOPJ]

Yeah, poisonous toads are bad, but check out our lizards... big as small dogs:

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/florida-declares-open-season-on-tegu-lizards small dogs

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida is waging war on giant lizards from South America. Your cat will be happy to hear this.

from link:

This week Governor Rick Scott signed a bill targeting tegu lizards and other invasive non-native species like Burmese pythons and lionfish.

[JayAr36]

Right after they overran The District of Corruption.

[gnarledmaw]

Actually not quite the problem they are made out to be. The poison glands are in the shoulders. Humans and some animals are learning to just not eat that part. Convince the Chinese they’ll put the zoom in the zinger and the toads will be near extinct over night.

[rjsimmon]

Possible solution?

[Rappini]

The Maharishi (Rushbo) might talk about these Frogs today.

[butlerweave]

Everyone get their Pellet guns

[gnarledmaw]

Im pretty sure that all 3 of those are edible.

[CedarDave]

What was really freaky was how often the water would roil where they went in. Something big ate them.

I suspect an alligator. Don't fall in the canal!

[GOPJ]

You think like an old time Floridian...

[Liz]

We had half a dozen of these nasties in our backyard ....... Since they can poison dogs, my parents made it my job to kill them. I started shooting them with a BB gun, but they could take 6 shots without showing any ill effects..... I finally discovered if you shine a light at them at night they freeze, at which point I put the BB gun to the back of their head and executed them. Not sporting, but effective. We would toss the dead toads into the canal. What was really freaky was how often the water would roil where they went in. Something big ate them.

A perfect horror story plot........the optics you describe are amazing. I think Leonardo di Caprio should play you.

We can get some Democrats to play the poisonous toads....it's so fitting.

I want to be the one to throw them in the canal.

[Zhang Fei]

For roadkill connoisseurs:

Toad legs- the new feral fine food?
https://gulpnt.com/2014/05/16/toad-legs-the-new-feral-fine-food/

[gundog]

All “true” toads. Spadefoot toads are different. Probably some others.

[Joe Boucher]

Spray em with Amonia.
These creatures breeth through their skin.
It burns.
They scream, shrivel up and croak.

[moovova]

"Everyone get their Pellet guns"

Better yet...

[EdnaMode]

Sounds scary.

[metmom]

Same difference, no?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Lots of poisonous toads in Latin America.

But enough about Nicholas Maduro and Daniel Ortega...

[Harpotoo]

Back in the day my dog attacked a big one and started foaming at the mouth. I grabbed a hose an shoved it down her throat and flushed the poison out. She was fine after that and gave us 15 years of love and joy:-)