{
  "id": 11174703,
  "title": "Meet the bizarre toad that 'sees' with its fingertips and gives birth through holes in its back",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/meet-the-bizarre-toad-that-sees-with-its-fingertips-and-gives-birth-11174703",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-30T18:08:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news-cbc",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/meet-the-bizarre-toad-that-sees-with-its-fingertips-and-gives-birth-through-holes-in-its-back-9.7363645"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For nearly two centuries, scientists have puzzled over how the Surinam toad manages to be such a deft and fierce hunter despite its tiny eyes, poor vision and the low visibility of its turbid environment. Now a new study is pointing to an answer that's been right under scientists' noses all along.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}