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The Toad That Ate Australia
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A swarm of sweet-toothed beetles is chomping away at Australia’s sugar cane crop. So, by cracky, local farmers come up with the perfect solution: Introduce 102 toads from Hawaii to scarf up the bothersome beetle population.
Problem solved, eh mates? Not quite. Our Outback sugar farmers thus begin one of the worst ecological calamities in Australian history. Listen, laugh and learn all about it.
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