In seven or fewer words, come up with a PSA message urging Americans not to experiment with this high-inducing toad goo. From ...

The National Park Service posted a request recently warning visitors not to lick the Sonoran Desert Toad (Incilius alvarius), as reported online by the Smithsonian Magazine. 1 The report describes ...

The NPS issued a recent warning on social media asking people to avoid them – especially the Sonoran desert toad, also known as the Colorado river toad or bufo alvarius.

The toad's toxins are particularly dangerous for other animals. The toxins emitted by one Sonoran desert toad may be enough to kill a fully grown dog, according to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum ...

The Sonoran desert toad, also known as the Colorado River toad or "bufotoxin" toad, secretes potent toxins through its skin. The secretions contain a chemical called 5-MeO-DMT, a hallucinogen.

Venom from the glands of the Sonoran Desert toad, dried into crystals, and smoked in a pipe was the process; “Mother Nature’s best brew” was Sandoval’s more abbreviated pitch. Tyson said the ...

More and more people are seeking out the Sonoran Desert Toad, to get high on its psychedelic secretions. Which has our guest worried the toad's numbers may soon experience a major crash.

It's 5-MeO-DMT, a chemical found within the venom of Bufo alvarius, commonly called the Sonoran Desert toad or Colorado River toad. (And as the name suggests, this big toad can be found in and around ...

"Toad smoking," a substitute for "toad licking," is done by extracting venom from the Sonoran Desert toad of the Colorado River. The toad's venom -- which is secreted when the toad gets angry or ...

In 2014 Lundgren first observed wild donkeys digging wells for themselves in the Arizona Sonoran, and wondered if other equally thirsty animals were taking advantage of the new-found water resource.