Toads Evolve Long Legs to Better Invade Australia.

By Alex in Animals & Pets, Science & Tech on Feb 16, 2006 at 2:02 am

Cane toads are a bane for Australians since they were brought over from Hawaii to control pest beetles (turns out the toads were an even bigger problem!).

Scientists perplexed by the toad’s increasingly fast invasion rate found out that the toads have evolved longer legs to hop longer distances!

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  1. David
    Feb 16th, 2006 at 11:34 am

    “Bullfrog”? That’s a funny name. I’d have called it a chazzwozzer.


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