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SYDNEY (Reuters) - A huge cane toad the size of a small dog has been captured in the Australian tropical city of Darwin, startling environmentalists who are fighting to stop the poisonous reptiles from spread across the country.
"It's a monster toad," said Paul Cowdy from FrogWatch which captured the cane toad Monday night.
"We've never seen a cane toad this big," he said on Tuesday. "It's a male and normally females are bigger."
The cane toad, regarded as a major pest in Australia, was one of 39 caught by a group from FrogWatch near Lee Point in Darwin. It measures 20.5 cm (8 inches) in length and weighs 840 grams (1.8 pounds) -- twice the normal weight.
A CANE toad the size of a small dog has been nabbed in the middle of a "breeding frenzy" at a Darwin suburb.
Dubbed the 'monster toad' by its catchers, the 861g male is the largest to be caught anywhere in the Northern Territory, according to environmental group Frogwatch.
The warty pest was picked up by local volunteers during a community toad bust at Lee Point last night.
Originally posted by Rasobasi420
Does anyone else find it kinda nasty that they put them in plastic bags, freeze them, then turn them into liquid fertilizer? It's obviously a legitimate thing to do, just a little gross if you ask me.