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Why Can't We Just Kill Off Invasive Species?
Invasive species destroying ecosystems are a huge problem, but there’s hope that we can help mitigate the damage.
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Invading Animals: The Cane Toad
In the early 20th Century, the South American cane toad was introduced to Australia to eat beetles which were destroying the sugar crop. But once in the wild the toads did more harm than good. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. The...
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Searching for Evidence of Pygmy Crocs
Season 3, Pygmy Crocs part 4 Kayne and Kamil continue their mission to collect DNA samples of pygmy crocodiles in the Escarpment. They navigate steep cliffs, slippery rocks, and the presence of dangerous cane toads, looking for evidence...
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Are Cane Toads a Threat to the Bilby?
Season 2, King Brown Snake part 3. The team visits a research center studying the impact of cane toads and learns that the poisonous amphibians have spread farther than they realized. They join researchers to set up a motion-activated...
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Relocating a King Brown Snake
Season 2, King Brown Snake part 4. With the help of a snake expert, Kayne and Kamil finally spot and capture a king brown snake so they can relocate it to a toad-free environment. While protecting the king brown snake is important, they...
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Why Are Cane Toads So Dangerous?
Season 2, King Brown Snake part 2. Kayne and Kamil join a group of young folks who are working to combat the spread of the cane toad by collecting tadpoles and juvenile toads and removing them from the river by day and catching adult...
Australian Children's Television Foundation
The Endangered King of Snakes in Miriwoong Country
Season 2, King Brown Snake part 1. On this mission, Kayne must track down the king of snakes, the deadly brown snake, which is being killed off by the poisonous cane toad. Kayne and Kamil start their exploration by learning about the...
Brave Wilderness
Toad Sprays Poison!
Find out where Toads store their poison on this episode of Breaking Trail! Most people already know that Toads are poisonous but do you know where they actually store their potent toxins? It is not simply in their skin like a poison frog...
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Australian scientists to train wildlife to avoid poisonous toads
Scientists in Australia have developed a special bait to prevent native wildlife from dying after eating cane toads. Cane toads are poisonous amphibians introduced to Australia to control beetles in the 1930s. However, native Australian...
Brave Wilderness
The Cane Toad Challenge! - Searching for Giant Toads
While making Breaking Trail the cameras are always in hot pursuit of Coyote as they try to keep up and document his next amazing animal encounter…but what happens when the tables are turned? In this special episode Coyote goes behind the...
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Bushwhacked! - Series 3 - Episode 2 (Pygmy Crocs)
Bushwhacked’s intrepid hosts are on a mission to the Bullo River in the Northern Territory to explore a potentially new distinct crocodile species – the Freshwater Pygmy Crocodile.
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Bushwhacked! - Series 2 - Episode 8 (Brown Snake)
From underwater to one of the world’s most deadliest land-dwelling creatures, this week our two adventurers will help save the deadly King Brown Snake from extinction!
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Down under
Kangaroos, playtupus, emu's, buzzards, koalas, wallabies all reside in Australia.
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Agricultural Solutions for Feeding a Growing Population: GM Organisms, Fertilizers, and Biological Control
This video explores agricultural solutions that can help feed the growing human population. It discusses three methods: genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to control pests, fertilizers to increase crop growth, and biological control...
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MCU Tracking after Cane toad as it hops across path
MCU Tracking after Cane toad as it hops across path
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Cane Toad
Nocturnal frogs, like the cane toad, have horizontal irises. Your science class can learn more facts about the cane toad with this superb video. The narrator is easy to understand and, while she speaks, holds a real life cane toad!