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Published: 2011-06-26 21:16:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 1110; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 10
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Baby toads ......The lawn's full of these guys today -- holding on to two long enough to (GENTLY) catch a third was a real challenge! They were all out of my hand by the time the picture showed up on my screen
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Lol I saw one like that a few months ago swimming on a pool. I was so clueless it didn't occur to me that it's probably a BABY toad. All I thought it was sort of mutated or something to adapt on a pool....such simple things became too complicated!! Now I know >__<
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Aww! Their so small and cute and my Mum would hate them!
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gotta be careful with handling those dudes- i hear that amphibians have real problems with the chemicals that build up on our skin.
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I've never heard that, but I believe it. Still, when I was a kid, we had a log by our house where some big blue-spotted salamanders lived. We handled them about once a year, and they lived there for at least five years -- that's about the only long-term example I can think of. Hopefully these guys will be okay ... although I'm sure their mortality rate to adulthood isn't pretty.
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Yeesh. You should never handle brightly colored amphibians. They are almost always toxic. Blue, orange, yellow, red, and purple are usually warning signs.
Also, amphibians aren't especially sensitive to the chemicals in our skin, as they are sensitive to the dryness of our skin, as well as our salinity. Basically, amphibians need to stay moist, and away from salt.
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dunno if salamanders breathe through their skins like frogs do...
where i grew up there were lots of tadpoles, but i don't remember seeing a single frog.
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