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Thursday, September 3, 2009

This little toad was cute

At the sanctuary, we have about 100 chickens. First, let me state, I love chickens. After cattle, they are my second favorite farmed animal species. I love their language, their furtive and excited movements, and I adore trying to photograph them. They have friendships and arguments and are as quick to forgive as they are to squabble.

That being said, their less appealing behavior (for me) involves their murderous tendencies when lizards, frogs, toads and snakes get near them. Our biggest rooster (seen here with Olivia, the potbellied pig) is Matt - he killed a 4' gopher snake. Scary stuff, if you're a reptile.

So when one of the staff found this little toad in the chicken enclosure, we just had to move him to safer ground. And I had to take a picture. Egad, they are cute little buggers.

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6 comments:

  1. PoochesForPeaceSeptember 3, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    sounds like such a cool place. And i'm happy to see i'm not the only person who cares about toads...

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  2. UnknownSeptember 4, 2009 at 6:11 PM

    I have a soft spot for the amphibians and reptiles. But frogs and toads are especially precious - they're just so strangely adorable. ;)

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  3. Daisy DogSeptember 5, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    wow, what a cool place. Lovely toad :)

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  4. UnknownSeptember 5, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    Thanks, Daisy, I love working there and it's made more fun by all the wildlife who I sometimes get to photograph. :)

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  5. happypitbullSeptember 11, 2009 at 7:50 PM

    I love toads! We have toads that live under our back porch where the chickens can't get them; they only come out at night when the chickens are sleeping. :)

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  6. UnknownSeptember 11, 2009 at 8:11 PM

    Those are smart toads! They're poisonous, apparently, so I don't think the chickens would bother them too much...but better safe under the porch until the "beaky" ones are snoozing!

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