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Handling toads is harmful to humans because their skin secretions are toxic.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that Handling toads is harmful to humans because their skin secretions are toxic?

Unclear. Several items confirm that toads produce toxic skin secretions that poison other animals, and one notes handling stress in toads, but none directly establishes that handling toads harms humans.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 4 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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PROTEINS OF PAROTOID GLAND SECRETIONS FROM TOADS OF THE GENUS BUFO
2000
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Perry, D. (2000). PROTEINS OF PAROTOID GLAND SECRETIONS FROM TOADS OF THE GENUS BUFO. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.17161/ch.vi1.11962

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Cardiovascular and behavioural changes during water absorption in toads, Bufo alvarius and Bufo marinus
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Cardiovascular and behavioural changes during water absorption in toads, Bufo alvarius and Bufo marinus. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.02057

Sugar crop yield vs cane toads
2020
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Richard, S., Georgia, W., & Greg, B. (2020). Sugar crop yield vs cane toads. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.v9s4mw6t8

Data from: Active foraging for toxic prey during gestation in a snake with maternal provisioning of sequestered chemical defenses
2014
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Yosuke, K. & Akira, M. (2014). Data from: Active foraging for toxic prey during gestation in a snake with maternal provisioning of sequestered chemical defenses. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s0h82

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