Green toad

Creatures like her generate "aesthetic anomalies "* that present the contrast between nature and technology as a paradox. It does this by appearing precisely where gigantic machines leave behind nothing of the original landscape identified as nature. It therefore occurs in disturbed areas, regardless of whether it is a flood plain, a gravel pit or as here an active open-cast mine. Bufotes viridis can be described as technophilic in that it seeks out man-made environments that are perceived as technical environments, including aesthetically. In this sense, the toad epitomizes the coexistence and mutual production of technology and nature.

*Hausladen, 2024: Technology of the landscape. Dissertation, unpublished.