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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: National park service warns against licking poisonous toad - Caught on Camera

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The National Park Service has warned visitors against licking a toad whose secretions contain a powerful psychoactive compound that has gained popularity among some celebrities.

The Sonoran Desert toad, also known as the Colorado Rover toad, produces a toxin when threatened that contains a powerful hallucinogenic chemical 5-MeO-DMT — also known as the “God molecule”.

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