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Australia, 2021. Farmer Glen found her buried 6 feet down while digging a well - crucifix toad, dormant 11 months. Drought had lasted 3 years. "She's been waiting underground since 2018". He built a pond beside the hole, prayed for rain. Nothing came. Month 47 of drought - first drops fell. Within 2 hours, she surfaced. Called for a mate. Glen heard chirps answering across his land - 12 males emerged from red dirt. "They'd all been down there, alone but waiting". Two weeks later, 300 tadpoles filled his pond. Glen's crops returned that season. Now he protects every cross-patterned toad he finds. Sometimes survival is just refusing to give up.