Toad

In 1935, 102 🔉cane toads 🔉arrived in Australia from Puerto Rico to 🔉fight against the 🔉plague of Australian 🔉farmers- 🔉cane beetles. Farmers 🔉could not stop but 🔉rejoice. 🔉Finally, we “ 🔉grabbed this beetle 🔉by the crotch”. 🔉According to Puerto Rican 🔉findings, the toad was eating more than 20 beetles 🔉per day. 🔉However, in Australia toads were not eating 🔉depredators but were actively 🔉multiplying. 🔉Local 🔉predators 🔉capable to stop 🔉venomous toads didn’t 🔉exist. 🔉By the year 1960, the 🔉population of cane toads in 🔉Queensland 🔉exceeded 🔉all the rates one could imagine. The 🔉process 🔉was facilitated by the 🔉fertility and 🔉sexual drive of the toads. They 🔉cause damage to local 🔉fauna and 🔉especially to the fish. The toads eat 🔉caviar 🔉with pleasure. In 1970, the local 🔉drug cartel 🔉noticed that 🔉bufotenin, the 🔉toxin 🔉generated by the toads can 🔉cause 🔉colorful hallucinations. Some people 🔉lick the toads while 🔉others 🔉smoke their 🔉dried 🔉skin. 🔉There is no drug shortage. 🔉Nowadays, the population of cane toads in Australia is 🔉out of control. 🔉Carnivorous 🔉ants iridomyrmex purpureus 🔉are thought 🔉to be used to fight the toads. 🔉Maybe better not?