Cane toads are the world's largest toads, originally found only in Central and South America. In the early 20th century, sugarcane growers transplanted thousands of cane toads to other countries in an attempt to control various beetle species that ate the sugarcane crops....
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Many of Davis’s colleagues argue the opposite: that it’s dangerous to assume non-native species are innocent until proven guilty. Numerous examples from history back them up: In 1935, farmers carried two suitcases of South Americancane toadsto Australia, hoping they would eat t...
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