Toad, gay and irresponsible, was walking briskly along the high road, some miles from home.

快活而不负责任的托德，在公路上轻快地走着，离家已有几英里。

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More than 60% of the 3, 000 species surveyed have declined over the last 50 years, including some much loved and familiar plants and animals like the lesser spotted woodpecker, the hedgehog, the natterjack toad and the High Brown Fritillary and Wood White butterflies.

BBC: Stark warning over the state of nature

The charity added research showed the chances of a toad being killed whilst migrating across a road were as high as 67%.

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