QuickCheck: Is there really a toad whose babies burst from their mother’s back?

The Surinam toad, or Pipa pipa. - Pix by Renato Augusto Martins (CC BY-SA 4.0)

WHILST some animals give birth to live young, others lay eggs.

For some species, fertilisation can happen inside the body or outside in the water. Nature is indeed full of surprises.