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Cane toads eat anything thay can handle (eat) and have no natural enemies. They also eat rare species of other frogs for example. The toads are poisonous so Australian enemies that will attempt to eat the toad will die, including pets like cats and dogs.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoCane toads out-compete native species. They are super-survivors; they reproduce quickly, mature quickly, and they will eat any organism that is smaller than itself (Sometimes a small mammal has been found in the stomach of a cane toad). But importantly, cane toads don't have efficient predators in Australia because their skin is toxic. Native snakes and birds keel over when they swallow a cane toad. With no predators to control the population, cane toads have proliferated and spread over much of the western coast of Australia. I would recommend watching the documentary on cane toads-an unnatural history for a humorous and informative account on cane toads.
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∙ 13y agoCane toads showed damage by sucking the sugar cane sticks instead of eating cane beetles!
Cane toads were originally brought to Australia to eat the cane grub. But instead (some say because the grubs were too high up in the Sugar cane) the cane toad started eating everything else. The cane toad is also poisonous and because of this, many animals which are not aware of this (especially native Australian animals) have died. The Cane toad also breeds incredibly fast and so the population is rapidly increasing and spreading further. The Cane toads have caused damage to Australia and will continue doing so until they are eliminated from this country. They are destroying our wildlife and are not doing anything helpful.
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∙ 10y agoCane toads eat anything thay can handle (eat) and have no natural enemies. The toads are poisonous so any enemy that will attempt to eat the toad will die, including pets like cats and dogs.
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∙ 14y agoBecause they are poisoning and eating our natural wild life.
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What toad has been a pest in Australia?
The cane toad was introduced into Australia. Australia has no native toads at all.
Who brought cane toads?
Cane toads were brought to Australia by British settlers.
Where are cane toads found today?
Australia
Are frogs in Australia classed as vermin?
no but cane toads are
Cane toads are large nonnative poisonous toads in Australia. After cane toads entered Australia scientists observed that the average head size in a population of toad-eating snakes was getting smaller?
Answer this question… Directional selection
When were cane toads introduced to Australia and why?
Ironically they were introduced to destroy a cane-beetle plague. But the beetles are living in cane, where the toads cannot reach them. Also, cane beetles are too small to serve as food, so the toads left the canefields and entered forrests and swamps where they eat anything they can swallow. So recently, they are a pest themselves.
Where in Australia were the first cane toads released?
Cairns, Gordonvale, and Innisfail in Northern Queensland.
Do toads live in Australia?
The only species of the true toads (Bufonidae) family that lives in Australia is the Cane Toad. But this species was intruduced by man.
How did cane toads get to North America?
Cane Toads originate from Central- and North America. They were introduced in many nations with Australia as the most well-known country.
Have cane toads had a good or bad effect to Australia?
The effects that cane frogs have on the Australia population and ecology is the depletion of native species. Cane frogs are toxic to humans and pets when digested. The cause is that the cane toads are have a mixed of toxins that secret a milky liquid from their parotid glands.
Were cane toads brought into Australia to eat sugar cane?
No. Cane toads were brought into Australia to eat the cane beetles devastating the sugar cane crops in northeastern Australia. The toads were an experiment, imported into the country by the Australian Bureau of Sugar Experimental Stations to eat cane beetles, specifically, Greyback and French's Cane Beetles. These native beetles ate grass roots, bored into the roots of sugar cane crops and caused the plants to die and go brown. Using poison controls had been unsuccessful, so it was hoped cane toads would prove to be an effective biological control on the beetles.
What year was the cane toad intoduced to Australia?
Cane Toads were introduced to Australia from Hawaii in June 1935 in an attempt to control the native Cane Beetle (Dermolepida albohirtum). ( Wikipedia ).
