An invasion of toxic toads

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:06:31 +0000

Where: State of Queensland, Australia

April 2, 2007: This is certainly not a toad you’d want to kiss. Not only will the toad not turn into a handsome prince, you may not be left alive to tell the tale.

It’s as big as a small dog, has the body of a football and enough poison to kill a crocodile if it makes the mistake of having a Cane toad for lunch. It has been 70 years since the cane toad was first brought to northern Australia from South America to kill and eat the beetles that were spoiling the sugar cane crop.

The huge flightless emus of Australia's scrubland may roam hundreds of kilo...

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:43:19 +0000

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An invasion of toxic toads

The huge flightless emus of Australia's scrubland may roam hundreds of kilo...