One of the most representative photographs of Australia in 2018 may be the following:
Ten sugarcane toads lie neatly on the back of a 3.5-meter-long python. How spectacular!
The video shows not only that pythons have not resisted, but that they seem to be "happy" to give toads a hitchhiker.
As soon as the photo was released, it received thousands of likes.
More recently, photo photographers also explained the story on Twitter.
The photo was taken at a farm in Kununurra, Western Australia. It is said that within an hour before the photo was taken, the rainfall in Kununurra reached 68 mm, and sugar cane toads in the farm dam were washed out, some of them to "save things." I just hitchhiked a python!
The photo even caught the attention of the Australian Museum and amphibians at the University of New South Wales, who disagreed on why the sugarcane toad rode on the back of a python.
Experts joked: "male sugarcane toads often ride on their backs, which reminds me of the fact that I found a sugarcane toad in North Queensland even trying to mate with rotten mangoes!"
As you can see from the photo, four toads have jumped off the back of a python at the time of shooting.
Most animals in the area know very well that sugar cane toads cannot be eaten casually!
When toads receive threat, they secrete a milky liquid, called toad toxin, which is toxic to many animals.
One netizen even said the python had no choice but to carry the poisonous bosses on their backs.