The secretions on the skin of many frogs is intended to deter toothed animals from such nonsense. Some of the critters are poisonous, especially in the tropical climes. A few are deadly poisonous.
It's a good practice wherever you are to NOT lick a frog or toad, or lick your hand clean if you've handled one. :) On Sep 22, 2012, at 04:58 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Thanks for looking, Joe. > > I don't know if he is mean, but he certainly stands his ground. My > dog first discovered him about a month ago, while it was still light. > The dog tried to take the creature in his mouth (as dog are wont to > do), but immediately spit it out. The dog then shook his head > repeatedly for a minute or more, sticking out his tongue. I guess the > critter really tastes bad. <G> Joseph McAllister [email protected] -- “ It is still true, as was first said many years ago, that people are the only sophisticated computing devices that can be made at low cost by unskilled workers!” — Martin G. Wolf, PhD -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
