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It is a start of another exciting week and it is going to be a fascinating week. I have a great lineup of Wild Facts for you to start November off right! So, grab a coffee, get the sugar rushed kids off the ceiling fan and let’s start the week with some fun facts about toads.<\/p>\n

More specifically, let’s take a look at the Fowler’s Toad which is listed as threatened in Ontario and Canada. The fowler’s toad is a small toad that usually grows between 5-7 centimeters. Generally it is a light greenish grey colour with dark spots. Each one of these dark spots has 3 or more warts on it. Remember, this as it will be important later on in the Wild Fact. Since this isn’t a very big toad you would think that they would have several types of predators. Of course they do! Snakes, birds and small mammals love to feast on these little fowler toads. How can these tiny, vulnerable toads protect themselves against these larger threats? They actually have several ways of defending themselves. The first is by camouflage. Since the colour of their skin is considered to be an “earth tone” it helps them blend into the natural surroundings. The fowler’s toad, however, does not solely depend on camouflage to protect itself. Remember I told you to pay attention to the warts on their backs. How could these warts help protect them? No, the fear of getting warts does not scare their predators. Good guess though and pretty clever! Actually, these warts are able to produce a noxious chemical that can be deadly if ingested by small animals. At the very least this chemical will irritate the mouth of the would be predator giving the little toad a chance to make its escape. Although, if this doesn’t work and the toad is seriously getting roughed up then the take a page out of the Hognose Snakes<\/a> book and play dead. They aren’t an A-List actor like the hognose but hopefully their special chemical will do the trick!<\/p>\n

If you happen to be within the range of the fowler’s toad (i.e. Eastern North America) then please look out for these little guys.\u00a0 They are a threatened species in Ontario and are protected by the Endangered Species Act, 2007.<\/p>\n

Well, I hope you all have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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