The other day the US National Park Service, which is in charge of American national parks, posted a tweet. He shared a very strange tip to people. It has been noted that people lick a certain species of frog to get drunk and the advice is not to. Park Service officials say people lick the Colorado River toad, also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, to get drunk.
One of the largest frog species in the United States with a body length of up to seven inches, it secretes a special type of toxic chemical from the body’s glands. It is addictive. To get it, people lick frogs, which release a toxic chemical as a defense against predators. This poison is strong enough to kill even an adult dog. The secretion of the paratoid glands of these frogs contains the toxic chemicals 5-MEO-DMT and bufotenin.
These frogs are found mainly in the northern regions of Mexico and the southwestern part of the United States. According to the National Poison Control Center in the United States, there has been a tendency among some people to get intoxicated by licking them since the 1980s. But now the addicts dry the sap, separate the chemicals and use it with cigarettes. US authorities warn that such exploitation of frogs will lead to their extinction.
English summary: Don’t lick this toad, says the National Park Service
