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Australia's 'Toadzilla': Record-breaking cane toad found in Queensland (BBC)
By Tiffanie Turnbull
BBC News
A cane toad so giant wildlife officers thought it was fake has been found in a north Australian rainforest.
The "monster" specimen is six times bigger than the average toad, weighs 2.7kg, and could break a world record.
Dubbed "Toadzilla", the animal was quickly placed in a container and removed from the wild.
Toads - which were first introduced to Australia in 1935 - are one of the country's most damaging pests and are now estimated to number in the hundreds of millions.
When park ranger Kylee Gray first spotted the massive amphibian while out on patrol in Queensland, she couldn't believe her eyes.
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more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64341453
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A LARGE container.
