07-28-2018, 09:11 PM
[align=center][div style="width: 500px; padding: 10px; height: auto; overflow: auto;"][div style="width: 400px; padding: 0px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"]the child looked to the other his age and gave a small nod. "most of the time they're only harmful if the poison makes it into your system. some are nice and let you touch them, but it'd be better to just leave them alone." he said. ocean eyes drifted to caesar as he approached, head tipping at the question. it was a good one, and one he hadn't thought of before. "i think it depends on your size." junji stated slowly. "if i was to ingest the poison, i'd probably be dead in a few minutes, 'cause i'm so small. but it would probably take longer for someone your size to die. that doesn't make it any less painful, though."
since no one else had spoken up after that, he moved on to the last toad. this one was spotted brown, bumpy like the cane toad, but had yellow splashes on its underside. junji nudged it gently and smiled at the loud croak. "this grumpy one is a yellow-bellied toad." he began. "like the cane toad, he se-cretes a very toxic substance, lethal to most of us predators. fun fact, actually—the same stuff is also sort of a medicine, or it has medical properties in it. it kills fungal infections like, um... ringy-worm." the little tom looked through the group briefly, then dropped his gaze back to the amphibians. "basically, the lesson here is that you shouldn't eat any types of frogs or toads. we don't have good enough immune systems or... whatever to counter their poisons, so you should steer clear." he finished with a nod and smiled to those that had gathered, ears twitching around.
"before they go, do you have any other questions?" junji cooed. his little friends were getting antsy, he could tell, so he hoped to make it quick so they could get hopping again.
since no one else had spoken up after that, he moved on to the last toad. this one was spotted brown, bumpy like the cane toad, but had yellow splashes on its underside. junji nudged it gently and smiled at the loud croak. "this grumpy one is a yellow-bellied toad." he began. "like the cane toad, he se-cretes a very toxic substance, lethal to most of us predators. fun fact, actually—the same stuff is also sort of a medicine, or it has medical properties in it. it kills fungal infections like, um... ringy-worm." the little tom looked through the group briefly, then dropped his gaze back to the amphibians. "basically, the lesson here is that you shouldn't eat any types of frogs or toads. we don't have good enough immune systems or... whatever to counter their poisons, so you should steer clear." he finished with a nod and smiled to those that had gathered, ears twitching around.
"before they go, do you have any other questions?" junji cooed. his little friends were getting antsy, he could tell, so he hoped to make it quick so they could get hopping again.