Cane toad
The cane toad is a large toad that is very poisonous to many animals. It is native to South and mainland Central America, but people have moved it to islands in Oceania and the Caribbean and to northern Australia. It matters because it spreads quickly and harms native wildlife and pets.1

यसलाई कसरी चिन्ने
- Very large, with adults usually 10 to 15 cm long1
- Dry, warty skin with distinct ridges above the eyes that run down the snout1
- A large parotoid gland (a swollen gland) behind each eye1
- Grey, yellowish, red-brown or olive-brown skin, often with patterns1
- Horizontal pupils and golden irises1
प्रायः यससँग झुक्किइन्छ: In Australia, adults can be confused with large native frogs, but these lack the large parotoid glands and the ridge between the nostril and eye. The giant burrowing frog has vertical pupils and silver-grey irises, while the cane toad has horizontal pupils and golden irises. In the United States, the southern toad has two bulbs in front of the parotoid glands.1
विषाक्त शक्ति
यसको छाला विषाक्त छ। यसलाई छुनु, चाट्नु वा खानु खतरनाक हुन्छ।
छुँदा वा खाँदा यसको विषले के गर्छ?
The toad's glands secrete a milky-white fluid called bufotoxin when it is threatened. Components of bufotoxin are toxic to many animals. In dogs, signs of poisoning include excessive drooling, extremely red gums, head-shaking, crying and loss of coordination.1
यो मानिसका लागि कति खतरनाक छ?
मानिसलाई खतरा: गम्भीरकसैले यसलाई छोयो वा खायो भने डाक्टरकहाँ जाऊ। मृत्यु धेरै कमै हुन्छ।The toxic skin can kill many wild and domestic animals. Dogs are especially at risk from licking or biting the toad. Human deaths have also been recorded after people ate cane toads.1
डराउँदा यसले के गर्छ?
When threatened, it releases bufotoxin from its glands.1
कसैले छोयो वा खायो भने
- कसैले छोयो भने: हात राम्रोसँग धोऊ र आँखा वा मुख नछोऊ। कुनै बच्चा वा घरपालुवा जनावरले चाट्यो वा खायो भने: आफ्नो विष नियन्त्रण केन्द्र वा आपतकालीन नम्बरमा फोन गर।
सधैँ पहिले आफ्नो आपतकालीन नम्बरमा फोन गर (112, 000, 911)। यो सामान्य प्राथमिक उपचार मार्गदर्शन हो, चिकित्सकीय सल्लाह होइन। प्राथमिक उपचारका आधारभूत कुरा
सुरक्षित रहू
- जंगली जनावरलाई कहिल्यै नछोऊ, नसमात वा नजिस्काऊ, सानो भए पनि, र सुतेको वा मरेको जस्तो देखिए पनि।
- यसलाई ठाउँ देऊ। कुनै भेट्यौ भने शान्त रहू, बिस्तारै पछाडि हट र त्यसलाई आफ्नै बाटो जान देऊ।
- तिमीले छोयौ वा खायौ भने: आँखा वा मुख नमल, हात धोऊ र चिकित्सकीय मद्दत लेऊ।
यो तिमीलाई खोज्दै हिँडेको होइन। यसको विष त कसैले यसलाई नखाओस् भनेर मात्र हो। सुरक्षित रहने बारे थप
संसारको कुन ठाउँमा?
यो कति ठूलो छ?
यो कति लामो छ?
लहरै राखिएका 8 वटा खेलौना ब्लक जत्तिकै लामो
१०० मिटर 180 सेकेन्डमा पार गर्न सक्छ (सबैभन्दा छिटो मान्छेलाई ९.६ सेकेन्ड लाग्छ)तिमीसँग तुलना गर्दा Cane toad कति ठूलो छ?
तिम्रो ब्राउजरमा हिसाब मात्र। केही पनि सेभ हुँदैन, कतै पठाइँदैन।
यो कति छिटो छ?
तथ्यहरू
Young toads lose the toxicity they had as eggs and tadpoles, and they only develop their poison glands later. Only an estimated 0.5% of cane toads reach adulthood.1
In Australia, tadpoles have evolved to be more likely to eat their siblings than tadpoles in South America.1
A female can lay thousands of eggs in one spawn, in strings up to 20 metres long.1
In the wild, cane toads can live 10 to 15 years, and one captive toad was reported to have lived 35 years.1
The cane toad is considered the largest species in the Bufonidae, the toad family.1
Cane toads eat both living and dead matter, which is unusual among frogs and toads.1
भ्रम तोड्ने
भ्रम: The name 'marine toad' suggests that cane toads live in the sea.
सत्य: Cane toads do not live in the sea. The name came from a mistaken belief by an early naturalist.1
विष विशेषज्ञहरूका लागि
तथ्यहरू कहाँबाट आए
- Cane toad (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Rhinella marina (iNaturalist): नाम र वर्गीकरण।
- Venom Wiki: खतरा स्तर, सामान्य आकार र गतिको अनुमान हाम्रा आफ्नै हुन्। हामी तिनलाई कसरी निकाल्छौँ हेर: हामी खतरा कसरी मूल्यांकन गर्छौँ.
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