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Toad Overload

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This interesting ecological tale is about the very ugly but lovable creatures who now overpopulate the Australian suburbs - bringing great delight to some, but serious problems to scientists and government officials. About 50 years ago, when beetles were causing terrible damage to the sugarcane crops in Australia, someone had a wonderful idea: toads eat beetles, so let's bring a load of toads to Australia and, the problem will be fixed! People didn't know too much about ecology back then, so everyone agreed to import a case of 100 or so toads and set them loose in the sugarcane fields.

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Publisher: childrensElibrary

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 159019618X
  • Release date: March 1, 2002

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 159019618X
  • File size: 3788 KB
  • Release date: March 1, 2002

Formats

OverDrive Read
PDF ebook

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.1
Interest Level:9-12(UG)

This interesting ecological tale is about the very ugly but lovable creatures who now overpopulate the Australian suburbs - bringing great delight to some, but serious problems to scientists and government officials. About 50 years ago, when beetles were causing terrible damage to the sugarcane crops in Australia, someone had a wonderful idea: toads eat beetles, so let's bring a load of toads to Australia and, the problem will be fixed! People didn't know too much about ecology back then, so everyone agreed to import a case of 100 or so toads and set them loose in the sugarcane fields.

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