cane toad
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul 24
I’ve written before about cane toads which are spreading across northern Australia after being introduced in 1935 to prey on beetles that were infesting sugar-cane crops. Since their introduction into Queensland, they have...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Apr 24
In 1935 cane toads were introduced into Queensland from South America, in the hope of controlling cane beetles that were damaging sugar cane crops. However, they multiplied rapidly and have now spread across the whole top end of...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Nov 16
I've written occasionally about cane toads – odious creatures that were introduced to Queensland years back to combat a particular beetle that was causing havoc in the sugar-cane plantations. Unfortunately the cane toad went bush...
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deebomb
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
27 Mar 07
In Australia an environmental group is are trying to eradicate the toxic monster cane toad that was imported from South America in the 1930s to eat cane beetles. Instead the toads are killing millions of native animals from snakes...
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