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By: Katie Kobeski

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Cane toads have a large, stocky body and short limbs.
The toads are nocturnal, so they are usually seen at night.
The toads are also terrestrial, so they are used to life on the ground.

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The reproduction of cane toads in extremely fast and thousands of offspring are born at a time.

On average, females lay around 8,000 to 30,000 eggs at a time, so it is no surprise that there are millions all over Australia.

As well as grown adults, the eggs are also poisonous.

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Cane toads were introduced to Australia around the 1930's.

This was technically the first time that Australia was introduced to any type of toad, given that Australia had hundreds of frogs.

Originally, the small number of 102 cane toads were sent to Australia to kill off Australia's sugarcane-ravaging beetle, but instead they became an invasive specie.

The number of cane toads in Australia quickly went from 102 to hundreds of millions that stretched from coast-to-coast.

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One effect of the cane toads encroaching Australia was that they have wiped out more than half of the water monitor population within 5 years.

Cane toads also decreased the amount of predators, so the smaller animals began to thrive.

The toads also poisoned the large predators such as alligators crocodiles.

The toads also impact the economy greatly. The toads crucially impacted the water as well as declining the biodiversity, which is affecting tourism.

The result of less tourism in Australia is that the country is receiving a lower income.

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Cane toads have not caused the extinction of any native animals to Australia, but they have killed many animals such as freshwater crocodiles and dingoes after it had tried to eat a toad.

Cane toads can live for up to 10-15 years.

The poison from the toads used to be used to cover arrow tips that would be used to hunt and kill other animals.