By Tim Binnall
Wildlife workers in Australia captured a monstrous six-pound cane toad that just may be the largest of its kind ever found. The astonishing amphibian was reportedly discovered earlier this week by rangers tending to trails within the country's Conway National Park. When Kylee Gray first spotted the massive toad, she initially thought that it was a hoax placed in the park by pranksters until she got a closer look at it and "realized it was breathing." The ranger went on to marvel that "I just couldn't believe it to be honest, I've never seen anything so big."
Calling the creature 'Toadzilla,' the crew removed it from the park because toads are an invasive species in Australia and this particular specimen served as something of a significant environmental concern. To that end, Gray explained, "a cane toad that size will eat anything it can fit into its mouth, and that includes insects, reptiles and small mammals." When the animal was later weighed at the ranger station, it tipped the scales at a whopping six pounds, which is slightly heavier that the current world record for the largest toad. Alas, it is uncertain if the creature will receive proper credit for the 'achievement' as it was euthanized shortly after being captured and, Gray lamented, "we didn't get it on certified scales, so we're sort of kicking ourselves."