Topic: Articles
Volunteer army tries to halt toxic toad invasion
Although the misuse of the term venomous in place of poisonous irritated me, its an informative article with a nice map. I also mentions that the toads have decreased the goanna population and that is allowing an increase in crocodile and sea turtle hatchlings. My guess is that these extra young will be most likely eaten by birds or some other predator and most will not reach reproductive maturity, but some surely will and as far as the sea turtles go, that is a great thing. Just as the toads are evolving to their new environment, so are are predators. It would not surprise me to hear in a few years of birds learning to flip them and eat them through the underside, just as the crows have learned with the exploding toads of Hamburg.