Its name: Toadzilla.
Justice for Toadzilla, may we forever stan., has been crowned as the world's largest known toad, clocking in at roughly 6 pounds — that's about six times the average for its species, the already-chonky cane toad.
"I reached down and grabbed the cane toad and couldn't believe how big and heavy it was," the toad's discoverer, park ranger Kylee Gray, said in a. "We dubbed it Toadzilla, and quickly put it into a container so we could remove it from the wild." "We believe it's a female due to the size," she added, because "female cane toads do grow bigger than males."
A remarkable accomplishment for the wart-covered lass! Which, sadly, brings us to the bad news: our hefty heroine's story has already come to an untimely end. Cane toads are a invasive species to Australia, and when park rangers in Queensland, Australia's Conway national park found her out, she was donezo.That said, while cane toads have certainly wreaked havoc on Australian wildlife — they're very poisonous and have caused the local extinction of several native predators — it's really not their fault. Cane toads were brought to the Oceanic nation
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