Here's another situation. This time you predict what might happen! In Australia there used to be a lot of sugar cane plantations. These sugar cane plantations were plagued by a beetle known as the Frenchie Beetle. In order to control the Frenchie Beetle, plantation owners introduced a giant species of toad known as the cane toad that they hoped would eat the beetles. Unfortunately, the cane toad was not at all interested in eating the Frenchie Beetles. However they proved very adept at surviving in the Australian wilderness and their numbers soon multiplied. It turns out their skin has a mild toxin in it, so when the Australian predators tried to eat them they got violently sick and often died. Right now, there are an enormous number of these toads.
What do you think is going to happen in the future? Draw on Darwin's ideas to explain your prediction.
2007-03-26 03:55:24 · 3 answers · asked by bb761866 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
This problem is about 10yrs old and is still nothing done about it?Give the kids in the outback "air rifles",put a Bounty on the toads.
2007-03-26 04:03:54 · answer #1 · answered by siaosi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should watch "Cane Toads: An Unnatural History." Its a great and yet hilarious documentary on the issue (my prof showed it to us in my Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior course). They seemed to think that the cane toad would eventually just invade all of Australia.
2007-03-26 12:17:48 · answer #2 · answered by anon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when I was in Australia 5 years age we had frog soup as a appetizer, it was really yummy for my tummy,.so as to the toads, perhaps a stew will suffice.,.
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2007-03-26 11:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋