2) D) The marine toad has very large parotoid glands on both shoulders. They will release venom if attacked or if a predator makes the mistake of putting a marine toad in its mouth.
3) A) Marine toad venom can kill in as little as 15 minutes.
4) B) Marine toads are known to eat insects, but also snakes and even other frogs and toads.
5) C) Each marine toad egg clutch, which are draped over underwater plants, contains about 20,000 eggs.
6) C) Marine toads are also called cane toads because of their help to sugar cane growth.
7) D) The marine toad is native to only Central and South America, but sadly, it has also been introduced to other places, and, while marine toads are pretty cool, I won't even make an exception for them when I say that invasive species are bad. But it wasn't the marine toad's fault that it got brought to non-native places, so I won't hold it against them.
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| Marine toad habitat in Australia. |
8) A) Marine toads will eat almost anything (but to the best of my knowledge, not fish or birds).
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