Cane Toads
On an ecological fuckup scale of 1 to 10 – this was quite possibly an 11.
In 1935, with Queensland’s sugar industry under threat from beetles that ravaged cane crops, scientists turned to an exotic solution: the cane toad. Native to Central and South America, Rhinella marina had a reputation for devouring insect pests. The Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations [Ed: cool name] import…
