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Coles Toxic Amphibian Invasion: Agricultural Hubris Down Under: Predators, Toxins, and the Unstoppable Ecological Disasters in the Australian Ecosystem, 1935–2020 at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
Toxic Amphibian Invasion: Agricultural Hubris Down Under: Predators, Toxins, and the Unstoppable Ecological Disasters in the Australian Ecosystem, 1935–2020
Toxic Amphibian Invasion: Agricultural Hubris Down Under: Predators, Toxins, and the Unstoppable Ecological Disasters in the Australian Ecosystem, 1935–2020 in Ottawa, ON
Toxic Amphibian Invasion: Agricultural Hubris Down Under: Predators, Toxins, and the Unstoppable Ecological Disasters in the Australian Ecosystem, 1935–2020 in Ottawa, ON
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In 1935, Australian scientists made a calculated decision to import a biological weapon to protect their valuable sugarcane crops. They released exactly 102 Cane Toads into the wild, expecting them to devour the destructive cane beetles. Instead, they unleashed one of the most unstoppable and disastrous ecological invasions in recorded history. The scientists ignored a catastrophic behavioral mismatch: the toads could not jump high enough to reach the beetles, and the beetles flew during the day while the toads hunted at night. With no natural predators equipped to survive their lethal poison glands, the highly adaptable toads abandoned the sugar fields and began marching across the continent, multiplying into the hundreds of millions and decimating native wildlife. This book examines the catastrophic cascade of biological control gone wrong. You will explore the specific evolutionary advantages of the amphibian, the deadly chemistry of bufotoxin, and the frantic modern strategies deployed to halt the relentless hopping army. Witness the ultimate failure of agricultural hubris. Discover how a simple pest control experiment mutated into a continent-wide ecological nightmare that forever altered the Australian landscape.
In 1935, Australian scientists made a calculated decision to import a biological weapon to protect their valuable sugarcane crops. They released exactly 102 Cane Toads into the wild, expecting them to devour the destructive cane beetles. Instead, they unleashed one of the most unstoppable and disastrous ecological invasions in recorded history. The scientists ignored a catastrophic behavioral mismatch: the toads could not jump high enough to reach the beetles, and the beetles flew during the day while the toads hunted at night. With no natural predators equipped to survive their lethal poison glands, the highly adaptable toads abandoned the sugar fields and began marching across the continent, multiplying into the hundreds of millions and decimating native wildlife. This book examines the catastrophic cascade of biological control gone wrong. You will explore the specific evolutionary advantages of the amphibian, the deadly chemistry of bufotoxin, and the frantic modern strategies deployed to halt the relentless hopping army. Witness the ultimate failure of agricultural hubris. Discover how a simple pest control experiment mutated into a continent-wide ecological nightmare that forever altered the Australian landscape.
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