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Group Finds Toad the Size of a Small Dog

Tuesday, March 27, 2007 6:37:07 AM

In this photo supplied by Frogwatch, Graeme Sawyer holds a 40cm (15 inch) long cane toad near Darwin, Australia Monday, March 26, 2007. Weighing nearly 1 kilogram (2 pounnds), the toad is amongst the largest secimens ever captured in Australia. (AP Photo/Frogwatch, HO)DARWIN, Australia (AP) - An environmental group said Tuesday it had captured a "monster" toad the size of a small dog.

With a body the size of a football and weighing nearly 2 pounds, the toad is among the largest specimens ever captured in Australia, according to Frogwatch coordinator Graeme Sawyer.

"It's huge, to put it mildly," he said. "The biggest toads are usually females but this one was a rampant male ... I would hate to meet his big sister."


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