webfact Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Thai Doctor: Never eat toads - there is no antivenin Image: Daily News BANGKOK: -- A leading public health official has given a stern warning to people thinking of eating toads - don't! The warning from Dr Opas Karnkawinphong comes after two men died from eating the creature this week, reported Daily News. Dr Opas said that the creatures contain poison that has no known antidote or antivenin. Death can be as quick as 30 minutes. Dr Opas, who heads up a department at the Public health ministry, said that there are just two or three such cases in Thailand each year. This contrasts to about ten cases from puffer fish and many cases where people are poisoned by jellyfish. Other leading causes of poisoning in Thailand result from ingesting poisonous mushrooms and children who consume soap to such a degree that it endangers their lives. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-08-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 why the hell are children consuming soap???? baffled I get those big toads on my land, I often go out and stroke them on the head as they waddle around looking for insects to eat, theyre great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 "Only two or three cases per year" - of death by toad= Darwanism at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 hour ago, kannot said: why the hell are children consuming soap???? baffled I get those big toads on my land, I often go out and stroke them on the head as they waddle around looking for insects to eat, theyre great. you are ok as long as you keep to stroking only and not slicing and eating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 hour ago, HLover said: "Only two or three cases per year" - of death by toad= Darwanism at work. from the reported and know cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 you are well warned.the good Dr. ought to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 This warning is timely: I was planning to have one for lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Gravy Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 11 minutes ago, Prbkk said: This warning is timely: I was planning to have one for lunch. What were you having. Toad in the hole? I will get my hat and coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 hour ago, kannot said: why the hell are children consuming soap???? baffled I get those big toads on my land, I often go out and stroke them on the head as they waddle around looking for insects to eat, theyre great. When you say stroke, I assume you mean strike, because their heads are where the poison glands are and stroking their heads will get the poison all over your hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inn Between Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I guess no antivenom has been developed because the medical community got together and decided that anybody who looks at a toad and thinks, "Yummy!" shouldn't really reproduce anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 When you say stroke, I assume you mean strike, because their heads are where the poison glands are and stroking their heads will get the poison all over your hands.Sounds alot like my teenage years. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retoohs Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 hours ago, kannot said: why the hell are children consuming soap???? baffled I get those big toads on my land, I often go out and stroke them on the head as they waddle around looking for insects to eat, theyre great. I wouldn't. Many toads secrete some of their venom through the skin as a deterrent to other animals eating them. Small doses usually just create hallucinations not death but I would still not be touching them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 careful when you girl goes out saying she is just going to catch something for your lunch. it might be your last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 hours ago, kannot said: why the hell are children consuming soap???? baffled Obviously a misprint, it should have said, "consuming soap operas". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) There is a second reason to not eat toads. Self esteem. Why would anyone who is sane, and living on the same planet as we occupy, want to eat one of these horrendously ugly, and slimy beasts? What on earth makes them think that is a good and correct thing to do? What are they thinking? Are they thinking? Are they from planet earth? There are countless reason to not eat toads. Common sense dictates that. Oh I forgot. Edited August 31, 2016 by spidermike007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I think one had said "and now for a Toast" but, alas, it was lost in translation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscott Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) Thai Doctor: Never eat toads Edited August 31, 2016 by Truscott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 For saying words like sod or bugger I was told by my mother around 60 years ago that she would wash my mouth out with soap , never thought " Oh this is so nice I might eat a bar of carbolic " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, toofarnorth said: For saying words like sod or bugger I was told by my mother around 60 years ago that she would wash my mouth out with soap , never thought " Oh this is so nice I might eat a bar of carbolic " The word "carbolic" on its own sounds like it should be on the mouth-washing list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDBUGGY Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Okay! So they have 3 people who die each year by eating a Toad out of 68 Million People. It doesn't exactly sound like epidemic proportions to me. I think more people die eating food out of a can than that. Well now a recap! People die from eating Toads, Puffer Fish, Mushrooms, and Jellyfish. Jellyfish? I don't know Boys but it seems to me you are going to get a pretty thin slice of Meat from eating that? You can't even give Grandma a second helping. Oh! I guess they mean a sting. Do Thai Mushrooms sting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhendis Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Toads come in all shapes and sizes. There are quite a few in the UK house of commons I hear and another who would wish to be a president of some country. I bet they taste pretty bad too........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDBUGGY Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 hour ago, spidermike007 said: There is a second reason to not eat toads. Self esteem. Why would anyone who is sane, and living on the same planet as we occupy, want to eat one of these horrendously ugly, and slimy beasts? What on earth makes them think that is a good and correct thing to do? What are they thinking? Are they thinking? Are they from planet earth? There are countless reason to not eat toads. Common sense dictates that. Oh I forgot. Or worst yet! Paying someone $50 to feed you 2 small frog legs and a few icky snails to go with that. God! The way the world is going, the next thing you know they will be charging you big money for just eating Fish Eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 5 hours ago, kannot said: why the hell are children consuming soap???? baffled Children here eat soap for the same reason that old men here eat toads: they are stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Speaking of toads, at this present moment, there are two toads running for the office of president of the United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 This is the cane toad but could be similar. Defenses[edit] The skin of the adult cane toad is toxic, as well as the enlarged parotoid glands behind the eyes, and other glands across their backs. When the toads are threatened, their glands secrete a milky-white fluid known as bufotoxin.[45] Components of bufotoxin are toxic to many animals;[46] even human deaths have been recorded due to the consumption of cane toads.[29] Bufotenin, one of the chemicals excreted by the cane toad, is classified as a class-1 drug under Australian law, alongside heroin and cannabis. The effects of bufotenin are thought to be similar to those of mild poisoning; the stimulation, which includes mild hallucinations, lasts for less than an hour.[47] As the cane toad excretes bufotenin in small amounts, and other toxins in relatively large quantities, toad licking could result in serious illness or death.[48] In addition to releasing toxin, the cane toad is capable of inflating its lungs, puffing up, and lifting its body off the ground to appear taller and larger to a potential predator.[45] Poisonous sausages containing toad meat are being trialled in the Kimberley (Western Australia) to try to protect native animals from cane toads' deadly impact. The Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation has been working with the University of Sydney to develop baits to train native animals not to eat the toads. By blending bits of toad with a nausea-inducing chemical, the baits train the animals to stay away from the amphibians. Researcher David Pearson says trials run in laboratories and in remote parts of the Kimberley region of WA are looking promising, although the baits will not solve the cane toad problem altogether.[49] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, sahibji said: you are well warned.the good Dr. ought to know. Why do you think cats or dogs don't catch toads and eat them when they will try and catch almost any other small creatures that move around.? Edited August 31, 2016 by possum1931 missed something out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscott Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 15 minutes ago, possum1931 said: Why do you think cats or dogs don't catch toads and eat them when they will try and catch almost any other small creatures that move around.? Why do you think cats or dogs don't catch toads and eat them And I thought it was because they read Thai Visa and as such were made aware of the facts. Edited August 31, 2016 by Truscott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usernames Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 What about eye of newt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, canuckamuck said: When you say stroke, I assume you mean strike, because their heads are where the poison glands are and stroking their heads will get the poison all over your hands. its usually under their chins, no striking allowed I like to see them they appear regular as clockwork here, behind their eyes is the poison glands but they are pretty placid here, i regularly handle them, some are really big Edited August 31, 2016 by kannot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 9 hours ago, retoohs said: I wouldn't. Many toads secrete some of their venom through the skin as a deterrent to other animals eating them. Small doses usually just create hallucinations not death but I would still not be touching them i swear it had 3 heads and could fly, right up until Friday and thats when the custard arrived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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