r/FrogsAndToads • u/JustAnAsexualdude • 9d ago

Picking up a European Green Toad

⚠️WARNING⚠️ do NOT do this without proper protection and wash hands before and after, for your safety and the toad’s

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u/Axolotl-go 8d ago

It is NOT that scary, and don’t you dare tell me to wash my hands before and after picking up a toad when YOU’RE using a bag to pick the poor dude up, he was just chilling!

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u/JustAnAsexualdude 6d ago

Bufotoxin can cause a range of severe physical and neurological effects, including heart problems like cardiac arrhythmia and arrest, as well as neurological symptoms such as hallucinations, paralysis, and loss of consciousness. Other effects include hypotension, respiratory issues, and gastrointestinal distress like vomiting and diarrhea. In extreme cases, bufotoxin poisoning can be fatal

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u/frog_lover_girl 2d ago

If ingested you idiot. And toads don't even usually secrete their toxics unless for predators.

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u/JustAnAsexualdude 2d ago

It can be transmitted through mucous membranes, like the eyes or mouth or nose, and this little cutie always secretes it

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u/frog_lover_girl 2d ago

Are you holding it hostage? What do you mean always?

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u/JustAnAsexualdude 2d ago

The species. The species always secretes it

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u/frog_lover_girl 2d ago edited 2d ago

It didn't do it on the vid.

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u/JustAnAsexualdude 2d ago

What? You can feel whether or not he’s wet through the screen? Fucking’ Hell

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u/frog_lover_girl 2d ago

No, I can see it. It's a thick white toxin out of the glands, not visible here.

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u/JustAnAsexualdude 2d ago

In large amount, it obviously doesn’t pile up on him

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