'Please stop licking the psychedelic toads,' is the message from the National Park Service, which warned visitors this week to avoid licking the large Sonoran Desert toad.
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“It can make you sick if you handle the frog or get the poison in your mouth,” the park service said. “As we say with most things you come across in a national park, whether it be a banana slug, unfamiliar mushroom, or a large toad with glowing eyes in the dead of night, please refrain from licking.
But it’s a “popular myth” that licking the toads can get you high, the group says. It can be dangerous and cause poisonings, even fatalities, the group said.
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