Australian rangers have killed an invasive 'monster' cane toad discovered in the wilds of a coastal park – a warty brown specimen as long as a human arm and weighing 2.7 kilograms (6 pounds).
Australian rangers have killed an invasive"monster" cane toad discovered in the wilds of a coastal park – a warty brown specimen as long as a human arm and weighing 2.7 kilograms .
"I reached down and grabbed the cane toad and couldn't believe how big and heavy it was," ranger Kylee Gray said, describing how she discovered the amphibian last week. At 2.7 kilograms – nearly the weight of a newborn human baby – the toad may be a record breaker, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science said in a statement.Due to its size, rangers believe it was a female.
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