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Monday, November 23, 2009

Meat Ants vs. Alien Toads

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April 17, 2009—Deliberately introduced to hunt beetles, invasive cane toad populations have exploded in Australia. Now scientists propose attacking the alien species with ants that feast on cane toad flesh.

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