Toad on the Road: A Cautionary Tale

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We have been consistently collecting data on toad numbers since 1999 (see figure 4, below). Volunteers very efficiently report their numbers to the author of this paper each evening, enabling daily and seasonal totals to be determined. This data shows that the size of the seasonal toad migration has varied five-fold in the last 24 years (1999 to 2022). The lowest total (2,088 toads) was recorded in 2014, while the highest total (10,501) was recorded in 2010. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth

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In April and May the lake is filled with toad tadpoles. Unlike frog tadpoles, they often form large aggregations. Once metamorphosis is complete – it takes about eight weeks on average – tiny toads, called toadlets, leave the lake. Instinctively they know which direction to head in: it is north to the woods – and the dangers of the road. a b Holmes, John Clellon (November 19, 1952). "This is the Beat Generation". The New York Times Sunday Magazine.On the Road influenced an entire generation of musicians, poets, and writers including Allen Ginsberg. Because of Ginsberg's friendship with Kerouac, Ginsberg was written into the novel through the character Carlo Marx. Ginsberg recalled that he was attracted to the beat generation, and Kerouac, because the beats valued "detachment from the existing society," while at the same time calling for an immediate release from a culture in which the most "freely" accessible items—bodies and ideas—seemed restricted. Ginsberg incorporated a sense of freedom of prose and style into his poetry as a result of the influence of Kerouac. [29] As well as helping the toads directly, I hope that our project provides a useful introduction to practical wildlife conservation. We also try and raise awareness by having exhibits at local events and giving talks to schools and other organisations.

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Usually, no organised attempt is made to help these tiny toads across the road – catching them is not easy – although in 2020, when there seemed to be an exceptionally high number of toadlets heading for the road, volunteers collected over 12,000 of them and released them into Oaken Grove woods. Fortunately, when toadlets are on the move between dusk and dawn in the spring it is in the middle of the night and traffic is considerably lighter. On the Road has been an influence on various poets, writers, actors and musicians, including Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Jim Morrison, Jerry Garcia, David Bowie and Hunter S. Thompson.My father became my main assistant and moral support. (He regards ‘toading’ as his Lent penance, but it does have the advantage that he can carry on eating sweets guilt free - he would otherwise feel he should give them up for Lent!).

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The Rat looked around him. 'I understand,' said he. 'Boating is played out. He's tired of it, and done with it. I wonder what new fad he has taken up now? Come along and let's look him up. We shall hear all about it quite soon enough.' Here the Rat nudged the Mole. Unfortunately the Toad saw him do it, and turned very red. There was a moment's painful silence. Then Toad burst out laughing. 'All right, Ratty,' he said. 'It's only my way, you know. And it's not such a very bad house, is it? You know you rather like it yourself. Now, look here. Let's be sensible. You are the very animals I wanted. You've got to help me. It's most important!'Our Wine Pod is our unique tasting room on our estate. It was designed to bring nature into the structure. Because of this, when you are enjoying a glass of elegant... Funny and predictable, this is a truly wonderful book for a child who benefits from interactive opportunities, physical humor, sound effects, and a strong repeating structure to attend to a book. Side bonus? A safety message about staying out of roadways! It was lovely and bright but heavy to trundle around and the battery acid used to pepper my trousers with small holes. Once there was a very loud bang during charging when a battery exploded. We now use burglar alarm batteries instead, so my trousers have fewer holes in them. The Henley Toad Patrol volunteers use a roadside plastic barrier to help them to collect toads to transport across the road. Other reviewers were also less than impressed. Phoebe Lou Adams in Atlantic Monthly wrote that it "disappoints because it constantly promises a revelation or a conclusion of real importance and general applicability, and cannot deliver any such conclusion because Dean is more convincing as an eccentric than as a representative of any segment of humanity." [19] While she liked the writing and found a good theme, her concern was repetition. "Everything Mr. Kerouac has to say about Dean has been told in the first third of the book, and what comes later is a series of variations on the same theme." [19]