Clever Crows Have Learnt How to Make a Meal of Cane Toads
14th December 2019
Take the scourge of the introduced cane toad (Rhinella marina) for example. As this highly poisonous amphibian disperses across northern Australia, the numbers of predators attempting to eat them are crashing. The most notable victims are quolls, goannas and certain snakes, which have been all but wiped out in some regions. Crows, however, have learnt how to eat toads by avoiding the most toxic parts.
If know-it-all do-gooders quite trying to ‘fix’ the climate, Mother Nature will take care of it, as she always has.