Venezuela Pebble Toad
Typically found in mountainous regions with lots of steep slopes is the Venezuelan Pebble toad—Oreophrynella nigra. When faced with danger, such as a tarantula, (one of the toad’s main predators), it tucks its head and limbs under its body and then tenses its muscles. It forms a ball shape and then rolls down the nearest hill, landing in a puddle or crevice at the bottom.They do not take any damage from rolling and bouncing because they are so light and their muscles are very strong. The frog uses this defence mechanism because rolling is a lot faster than jumping and it cannot jump very far.
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