Pacific Northwest Gardening: Apropos of Nothing v.15, 0 by Rarejem

Rarejem wrote:
Kathy,

Yep, that's him. I had read this before, but found it again here:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/frogwatch/whoswho/factshts/west...

"The “warts” on the Western Toad are not warts at all, but glands that produce a bitter, sticky, white fluid when the toad feels threatened. The fluid can cause an animal’s eyes or mouth to tingle or feel numb. This makes Western Toads unpleasant to eat, but will not give you warts! "

I can tell you that I don't plan on licking one myself any time soon to find out for sure!

He came out to enjoy the sun a bit later, and Phoenix didn't even give him a second glance.

This message was edited Jun 14, 2010 9:12 PM