Poison Cane Toad Survives 40 Minutes in a Dog’s Stomach

Cane toads are tough little mofos. After being swallowed whole by a dog, a cane toad managed to stay alive in the dog’s stomach for 40 minutes before it was vomited up. Amazingly, the dog, owned by Darwin rugby league star Jackson Crews, survived too – poison cane toads usually kill even large animals that try to eat them.

From Environmental Graffiti:

Usually when under attack, cane frogs release deadly toxins, which could easily kill large dogs. Crews phoned the animal hospital seconds after understanding the problem and was instructed to bring the dog immediately. Once there, doctors gave the dog some substances that made it vomit. On the first attempt, nothing came out except for stomach churned pie and pasties. However, the vets persisted and on the second attempt, the toad was released.

The best part is that the vets kept the toad afterward and named it ‘Spew’.

Cane toads, natives of Central and South America, were introduced to Australia in an attempt at pest control, which failed miserably. They’ve become a bane of Australian farmers, who are frustrated by their domestic animals and livestock dying from contact with the toads. As a result, Australians have resorted to some desperate measures to get rid of the creatures, including killing them to make disgusting cane toad change purses like the one pictured above.

Link [Environmental Graffiti] + [Wikipedia]
Photo credit: Wikipedia

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