The mink, the walking catfish, the cane toad, the mutant house mouse, these are potent symbols of humanity's strangely lopsided power.
Down under the mud the old toad was very busy, decking the best room with buttercups and buds of water-lilies to make it gay for her little daughter-in-law, Thumbelina.
There sat the sea witch, allowing a toad to eat from her mouth, just as people sometimes feed a canary with a piece of sugar.
You know what happens when a toad gets struck by lightning?
Both the toad and frog are amphibian.
The toad family originated in the tropics of South America before colonizing the rest of the globe.
But one day Mr Jackson, a "fat-voiced" toad, arrives and makes himself at home, lounging in the rocking chair and putting his feet on the fender.
Found in the sandstone plateau that overlaps Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana, the pebble toad has to contend with predators such as snakes, scorpions and tarantulas.
