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Dec 6, 2013 4:49 AM CST
Name: Glen Ingram
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It is a bit cool tonight. It took a while to find one in the garden. This looks like a small, young male of about 4.5" snout-vent length.
Presenting Cane Toad (Bufo marinus): conqueror and one of the best examples of the folly of humans.
Toads are not native to Australia and were bought here from Hawaii, where they had also been introduced by enthusiastic, but stupid, entomologists working for the sugar industry.

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The problem is that when you are young your life it is ruined by your parents. When you are older it is ruined by your children.
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