Cane toads (Bufo marinus) were originally introduced to Australia in 1935 to control sugar cane pests. The original batched numbered 102. The current population in Australia: 1.5 billion. A study presented in July 2010 at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference in Prague showed that not only can the toads survive over a broad temperature range, but they prefer higher temperatures. That suggests global warming may be a boon for the invasive toads.
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