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Cane Toads: An Unnatural History is a 1988 documentary film about the introduction of cane toads to Australia. Cane toads were introduced to Australia with the aim of controlling a sugar cane pest, the cane beetle, but they over-multiplied and became a serious problem in the Australian ecosystem.
The film combines old newsreels, nature footage featuring cane toads in action, re-enactments of toad-related events, and the first-hand accounts of people's interactions with the toads. The story begins with the toads in full form 15 million years ago, and fast-forwards to the 1935 introduction of 102 cane toads to Australia in an ill ...
Mark Lewis is an Australian documentary film and television producer, director and writer. [1] He is famous for his film Cane Toads: An Unnatural History and for his body of work on animals. [ 2 ]
The cane toad is estimated to have a critical thermal maximum of 40–42 °C (104–108 °F) and a minimum of around 10–15 °C (50–59 °F). [43] The ranges can change due to adaptation to the local environment. [44] Cane toads from some populations can adjust their thermal tolerance within a few hours of encountering low temperatures. [45]
A young cane toad. The cane toad in Australia is regarded as an exemplary case of an invasive species.Australia's relative isolation prior to European colonisation and the Industrial Revolution, both of which dramatically increased traffic and import of novel species, allowed development of a complex, interdepending system of ecology, but one which provided no natural predators for many of the ...
Cane toads may refer to: Cane toad; Cane toads in Australia; Cane Toads: An Unnatural History 1988 documentary film; Cane Toads: The Conquest 2010 documentary film; The Cane Toad Times Australian satirical magazine; a nickname for the Queensland rugby league team
Beautiful cane toads are considered large, measuring about 4 inches long on average, researchers said. They have “robust” bodies covered in bumps, a “squared snout” and webbed toes.
Cane Toads: The Conquest: Introduced species: cane toads in Australia: Mark Lewis: 2010 Cane Toads: An Unnatural History: Introduced species: cane toads in Australia: Mark Lewis: 1988 The Chances of the World Changing: Endangered species: turtles: Eric Daniel Metzgar: 2006 Chasing Ice: Global warming: James Balog: 2012 Chasing Coral