Hitchhiking cane toads pose threat to southern Australia
October 6, 2024 5:10 PM Subscribe
Hitchhiking cane toads pose threat to southern Australia. A biosecurity analyst says cane toads have travelled long distances on cars and trucks to end up in places where new populations would not be welcome. Context: cane toads are an ecological disaster in Australia, they are a foreign introduced species that eat native frogs, out compete native frogs, and also kill native snakes/lizards/mammals when the native snakes/lizards/mammals eat cane toads (because cane toads are poisonous.)
The eyebrow ridges are pretty distinctive. If you're looking at the critter's face and see more Sam the American Eagle than Kermit, that's a clue.
posted by flabdablet at 5:43 PM on October 6
posted by flabdablet at 5:43 PM on October 6
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