Show funny ways of toads there are few sw creatures so generally disliked as the toad this Is probably because it is so misunderstood the toad Is really a very interesting little gentleman it can be easily tamed and makes an interesting pet its intelligence being of a high order perhaps Perli aps the legend that the toad Is venomous has something to do with its unpopularity the toad certainly lias has a gland which exudes a poisonous onous liquid it Is placed behind 17 kc c i and is marked on the skin by ft balne round its lower edge it is belle belief I 1 ii V i that the toad only exudes tills this liquid when hurt i in suno imio way and oven then it is not injurious to human beings unless it falls upon some tender or unprotected part such bucl as the he lips or eyes when it may cause much pain and discomfort this liquid and the power of inflate until it is twice Its normal size are the toads sole defenses against an enemy the toads chief enemy is the snake when the snake advances the toad load promptly puffs itself becomes so much bigger that it if Is tor for the snake to seize and fr for the inflation does not yield to pressure of the snakes jaws |