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KILLER TOADS (06/15/1995)
TAMPA, FLORIDA
PKG W/TAG
6/15/1995
32:27
1:35
Tampa, Florida Mark Hensel, Resident Jean Brenner, County Cooperative Extension Service Dr. Patrick Mccallum, Murphy Animal Hospital Jennifer Jones, Reporting
RESIDENT SHOWS AREA UNDER TRAILER WHERE TOADS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED; CAT POISONED BY TOAD; MAN PULLS OUT GIANT TOAD FROM UNDER TRAILER; CLOSE SHOTS OF POISONOUS TOAD.
LEAD: BEWARE...GIANT POISON TOADS HAVE INVADED FLORIDA. IT SOUNDS BIZARRE, BUT SOME TERRIBLE TOADS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED THAT CAN BE FATAL TO PETS. JENNIFER JONES REPORTS. SCRIPT: WHEN MARK HENSEL TOLD US ABOUT SOME GIANT TOADS INVADING HIS PROPERTY, IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A '70'S HORROR FLICK. SOT HE EVEN SHOWED US HOW THE TOXIC TOADS LEFT HIS CATS FRAIL AND PRACTICALLY PARALYZED. BUT WHEN WE ASKED HENSEL WHERE ARE THESE TOADS HE TOLD US THEY ONLY COME OUT AFTER DARK. SO WE LEFT AND CAME BACK AND SURE ENOUGH THE TOADS WERE THERE. SOT TOADS THAT GET UP TO 9-INCHES LONG. THEY ARE CALLED THE BUFO MARINUS. SOT AND THEY ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS TO YOUR PETS. SOT
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