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Australia’s cane toad invasion started with just 102 toads — imported in 1935 to eat beetles in sugarcane farms.
But the beetles lived underground and high in the stalks.
The toads couldn’t reach them… and they had no natural predators.

Within decades, their population exploded to over 200 million, spreading across most of northern Australia.
They devoured insects, small mammals, and reptiles — and their poison killed predators that tried to fight back.

It became one of the largest ecological disasters in history.
A plan to control nature instead unbalanced it.

Today, scientists still struggle to contain them — using genetics, barriers, and behavioral studies to slow the spread.

The cane toad story isn’t just about animals — it’s about how human intervention, even with good intent, can spiral into chaos.

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