Adaptations of Australian animals to cane toads
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Adaptations of Australian animals to cane toads
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Native to both South and Central America, Cane toads were introduced to Australia in the 1930s and have since become an invasive species and a threat to the continent's native predators and scavengers. The primary mechanism of impact cane toads have on Australian ecosystems is through poisoning of native species. The parotoid gland on either side of the head of a cane toad produces a secretion containing bufadienolides that is toxic to most animals. This chemical defence does not exist in any na
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_Australian_animals_to_cane_toads
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2016-05-29T12:55:03Z
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2024-09-09T00:53:44Z
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