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near a pond, toads may be more suited to most suburban gardens.

But he pointed out that both amphibians need moisture, and suggested that to keep a toad in a garden it is a good idea to provide it with a shallow pan of water.

Being kind to a toad may not come easily to some people. Even a frog is goodlooking alongside the average toad, with its blotched, warty appearance.

The lumps on a toad are poison sacs that cause most animals that clamp their jaws around a toad in hopes of an easy meal to quickly spit it out.

Yet the poison will not harm humans, although it can sting if it comes into contact w ith a cut or with the eyes.

Maligned In Folklore

Science has determined that it simply isn't true that handling a toad will cause warts—despite all the warnings given to thousands of small boys for centuries.

Scientists agree that most species of toads are basically harmless—and undoubtedly boons to farmers and gardeners. Giant toads from South America, as well as

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