Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Turning cane toads’ weapons against themselves

Cane toad tadpoles destroying cane toad eggs (c)Mattias Hagman

Cane toad tadpoles destroying cane toad eggs (c)Mattias Hagman

Scientists have found cane toad tadpoles use a variety of chemicals to compete with eachother.

A laboratory in Sydney is working on ways of reproducing these chemicals to help combat the spread of toads.

Science Network [read this story]

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