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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...

>> 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. >> ...

>> this is full grown. there's some that are smaller -- there's quite a few. crested tamarins. look at it. look at its head. look at the haircut. almost like the haircut some people have. a little mohawk. >> larry: i like that look. now, we have frogs from three rainforests. >> oh, yeah. look at this. put your hands up here where the cameras can see them. open your hands. that's great. >> larry: the one in the middle looks like a toy. give it to madeleine albright. >> which one is this one? >> a red-eyed tree frog. >> from where? >> south america. >> look at the little hands. look at the color...

>> larry: earlier we showed you a cane toad. if you missed the episode a couple of years ago, chance king, who is now 10, was on with his brother, cannon. they were then 8 and 7. here's what happened with the cane toad. >> don't touch this one. this is an african -- this is a cane toad, everybody. all right? if you notice, there's poison glands. will he hop right here? this is a cane toad. those right here are poison glands. this toad, larry, is the one that came over from south america. they brought it into this country, southern florida. it's causing a lot of deaths with dogs. dogs trying to...