TOXIC TOADS
In 1935, an Australian entomologist shipped 102 cane toads from Hawaii to fight crop beetles; 2,400 were released before anyone tested the plan
In 2010, Australian scientists fed native predators toad sausages spiked with a nausea drug so they would learn to avoid deadly cane toads: a trick now used to train quolls before toads arrive
The world of fireflies: Unraveling the secrets of their bioluminescence
- Cobra mom escapes fire, but babies may dieThe terrified cobra, rescued by Nikhil Sanger of the Wildlife Conservation Society, from the newly-built Ramnagar colony, was pulled out fr...11 Jun, 2012, 01.37 AM IST
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