A six-pound toad that will eat anything in its wayincluding small mammalssounds like something out of a horror B-movie.
Nicknamed Toadzilla by the rangers, the female cane toad weighed 5.95 pounds (2.7 kilograms).
This is believed to be a world record for toads.
While cane toads are large, they tend to weigh between one to three pounds.
The rangers believe that the toad is female, as they tend to be larger than the males.
It was then humanely euthanized.
They also have voracious appetites.
And, due to their size, they can take down a wide range of prey.
This includes small rodents, bats, reptiles, and birds.
Indiscriminate eaters, they’re even known to scarf down dog food and household waste.
If that weren’t enough, the cane toad is also highly toxic.
Even tadpoles contain a toxin gland that is deadly to animals when ingested.
This danger is coupled with its poisonous skin that is also fatal to animals.
To put things into perspective, a little over 100 cane toads wereintroduced to Australia.
Today, the population could be more than 200 million.
