WHAT EATS A TOAD?

Few Creatures Like To Eat Toads
What Eats A Toad?

What eats toads?

What do toads eat?

When they are tadpoles, young toads face all the same predators, or natural enemies, as any other immature amphibians. Fish, birds and a a variety of mammals all like to eat them.

But adult toads have far fewer natural enemies than adult frogs do. A toad’s dry skin contains glands that secrete poisonous chemicals. These chemicals can make predators very sick if they try to eat a toad.

So, very few animals make a habit of eating toads.

As for what toads themselves eat: Toads eat a variety of insects.


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