Toad eats live scorpions and survives toxic sting

摘要

A SOUTH American toad gobbles up venomous scorpions - and is unfazed by a dose of venom equivalent to 10 stings from its prey. Carlos |ared and his colleagues at the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil, studied yellow cururu toads (Rhinefla icterica) as they feasted on yellow scorpions (Tityus serrulatus). Both animals are common in Brazil, but until now only anecdotal observations suggested these toads (pictured) prey on scorpions.