Even crocodiles die if they eat the poisonous toads. For many decades ... introduced to eliminate another pest species, the cane beetle, and then turned into a nuisance themselves.
Researchers have discovered that cane toad tadpoles are cannibalistic and can help stop the spread of their fellow toads.
Cane toads are highly adaptable and can be found in more than 130 countries, the researchers said. Since being introduced to Australia in 1935 to control a sugarcane beetle, the species has spread ...
However, this effort backfired, because cane toads showed no interest in the beetles and multiplied uncontrollably. The toads, which secrete venom that can kill animals that eat them, spread to ...