Surinam Toad

Hey, so do you know what’s not fun? Surinam toad birth.

This toad, found all over South America, is brownish, flatish and has possibly one of the most revolting reproductive processes in the animal kingdom.

Rather than laying a load of spawn and leaving it to fend for itself, the female Surinam toad releases her eggs and then has them embedded into her skin. The look created is a trypophobe’s worst nightmare, and it only gets worse.

The larvae develop through the tadpole stage whilst still stuck into mum’s back before emerging, fully formed, nightmarishly through the holes in scenes that resemble a cross between Alien and squeezing blackheads.