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In 1999, a toad was loaded on a steamship in Honolulu. All but one survived the journey and ended up at a research station growing sugar cane on Australia's northeast coast. During the year, they produced more than Thousands of eggs. The born tadpoles are exclusively released into rivers and ponds in the area. It's unlikely that the toads would do anything for the cane. The beetle larvae are too high off the ground for the pebble-sized amphibians to reach them. But Toad didn't care.
They easily find other food for themselves and go on to produce millions of tadpoles. From a small patch moible number data of Queensland's coastline, they migrate north to the Cape York peninsula and south to New South Wales. In the 1990s, they came to the Northern Territory. In 1999, they reached a place called Darwin near the city of Darwin in the western part of the Northern Territory. Along the way, some strange things happened. In the early days of the invasion, the toads spread at a rate of about kilometers per year.
After decades already kilometers per year. By the time they arrive, they've sped up to miles per year. When the researchers measured the toads, they realized what was going on. These northern toads have much longer legs than the Queensland ones. And this trait is genetic. The Northern Territory News ran the story on Toad. This article features images of Superman and Toadhead. Nightmare toads are already on our territory and now they are evolving, the newspaper wrote in a panic.
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發表於 2023-10-12 14:19:49