Show TOAD IS FRIEND OF FARMER they are useful guardians of grow ing plants and vegetables devour many insects despite its general unpopularity the toad is a harmless interesting and valuable creature while the toad Is often thought to be poisonous the fluid which comes from a gland behind its eye is not harmful to human beings unless it comes in contact with a tender part of the body such as the eye or lip toads change their skin periodically by splitting the old skin down the back peeling it off like a jersey and swallowing it they are also useful guardians of growing plants and vegetables since they eat all sorts of insects their chief weapon against their enemy the snake Is their ability to inflate their bodies to twice their normal size thus making it difficult for snakes to swallow them |