Question

How are cane toads good for the environment?

Answer 1

. Cane toads forage at night in a wide variety of habitats. The toad is a ground-dwelling predator, primarily eating terrestrial and aquatic insects and snails. Toads will even take food left out for pets. ... In Australia there are no specific predators or diseases that control cane toads.

Answer 2

The toxic cane toad introduced to Australia in the 1930s is causing ripples through the ecosystem in ways rarely seen when invasive species spread.

The toxic cane toad introduced to Australia in the 1930s is causing ripples through the ecosystem in ways rarely seen when invasive species spread.We know that toads poison their predators, but this seems to allow other prey species to bounce back. It is a rare piece of solid evidence for an invasive species causing what is called a “trophic cascade” in the wild, researchers say, where killing off top predators has unexpected effects throughout an ecosystem.