Tiny pebble toads have a unique defensive strategy against tarantulas that involves freefalling like a rubber ball.
The above footage is from the "Reptilians and Amphibians" episode of BBC Life, a new epic nature documentary series in the ilk of Planet Earth. The episode also features the incredible Jesus Christ Lizard that walks on water and the unsinkable pygmy gecko.
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JimRL
Haha, to think the poor fella only wanted to see what was over the other side of that rock and now he has to trawl all the way back up.
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that's great, definitely sharing this post on my google reader
TobyD
Saw this program last night and there were some seriously neat creatures in it. The footage of the this little toad falling all the way back down the rock face was pretty cool. I also liked the little tiny unsinkable pygmy gecko that was smaller than a fingernail and just floated on the water surface.
Rich
Poor toad... I counted nine separate shots in front of a well composed high speed camera... As I doubt they had 9 or 10 cameras installed at various perfect locatoins, the chances are good this poor little guy fell (was tossed) past the camera more than two dozen times. The skeptic in me is reminded of lemmings... but I'll give BBC the benefit of the doubt that this might happen in nature.
LisaL
Lol, that was pretty hilarious and very neat 
Cute little toad has a long climb ahead of it once again.
Justin
I'm not exactly sure why, but the point where the spider shows up on the other side of the rock made me jump a little.
BamaChris
I've seen this video before, its pretty cool.
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