Horny Toads aren't toads at all of course, they are fat, flat lizards with spikes. In the burning, silent and desolate wastes of the southwest, the little critters scuttle about looking for ants, crickets, beetles, pill bugs, spiders, and lady horny toads. On finding a lady friend, the male horny toad must approach his mate with gingerly care, or she will puff up in disgust and spike him or lay flat, cover herself in sand and say she's got a headache. Should she submit to his advances, the lady toad will produce six to twelve eggs, once hatched, they are ready for action and can care for themselves. Kept in captivity, deprived of ample ants and desert sun, horny toads will just pine away and die. If you meet a horny toad, his spikes won't hurt ya, but just say howdy; and let him go about his horny business.