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To wash this off? >> no, they don't. >> and they will eat anything in the african savannah to roots and shoots up to antelopes. >> so adorable? >> could we raise and these at home? >> no, i would definitely not recommend having a monkey. i'm like please don't have a monkey. >> yep, that's the giant marine todd. >> this is my favorite. >> this is one of the largest toads in -- is actually the largest toad in the world. >> you can't get warts from it? >> no. that's a myth. but these are poisonous. >> that's worse. >> the reason this is an issue, these animals have been introduced all over. from ...

King. >> i'm ken bastida. opponents of an east bay highway project just got what they wanted and now caltrans will have to go another way after a judge ruled to halt widening work along highway 84 through niles canyon. but mike sugerman tells us the work stoppage will not come cheap for taxpayers. >> reporter: they are going to have to take another road not this road niles canyon which goes from fremont to sunol. they wanted to make big changes. those changes will not be coming. >> we sent caltrans a real lump of coal for their christmas stocking. >> reporter: highway 84 through niles canyon...

>> just go like, that larry. he's feeling -- don't let him get real close. do you see that? >> larry: yeah. do i see it. >> did you feel it? >> larry: yeah. >> what he's doing is he's picking up particles. that's how he hunts. the komodo dragon when he bites you the bite's not going to kill you. he will track you for days. this is the biggest one i've ever seen. >> larry: let's get in the alligator. not a big alligator. a little alligator. two little alligators. different from the croc. wait a minute, i said little. hold it. >> holy mackerel, larry. wow-wee. larry, we can't hurry this one. lar...

>> larry, he's not going to hurt you. look at this one. >> larry: okay. look at that one. this one wraps himself in a bunch of slime, like snot or something, and they bury themselves in the earth to stay -- to keep his body real moist and things like that. you want to touch him? >> larry: yeah. >> you can wash your hands later. isn't that weird? ♪ jeremiah was a bullfrog ♪ he was a good friend of mine >> larry: i'm in that kind of mood today. >> this is the kinkajou, larry. it's called the honey bear from south america. this was also i'm sorry to say sold in the pet trade in the '60s and '...

What's he eat, little flies and things? does that look like a leaf to you, or what? >> larry: looks like a leaf. >> look at this here. >> larry: what is this? >> a buffeau marine toad. a cane toad. let him hop. he's fine. this is the one that you know who jumped on your son, this is a much bigger one. the only reason your son got nervous, these are poison glands behind his eyes there. that's a neurotoxic poison. >> larry: oh! >> only if you eat the frog. just don't touch it. because you get it in your eyes they can hurt your eyeballs. >> larry: we're going to show chance jumping from this. >> ...