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Come hither... how imitating mating males could cut cane toad numbers

  • Written by Lin Schwarzkopf, Professor in Zoology, James Cook University

Cane toads are a real Aussie success story – for themselves, at least. But research has produced a new kind of trap that may help stop their insidious march south.

The new traps imitate cane toads’ mating calls and also use UV lights to attract insects, enticing both male and female toads to the trap.

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