1. What was the problem with the sugar cane crop in the 1930's?

2. Where were the cane toads imported from?

3. Where do the toads lay their eggs?

How many eggs can one female lay?

4. The toads eat everything, but why were they not effective against the cane grubs?

5. Why are cane toads so deadly to predators?

6. What WAS that guy smoking?

1) The problem with the sugar cane crop in the 1930's was that it was threatened by the Cane Grub.

2) The cane toads were imported from Hawaii.

3) The toads lay their eggs in stagnant or steadily flowing water.

4) A single female can lay up to 40,000 eggs each summer and even up to twice a year.

5) The toads were not effective against the cane grubs because they did not eat them.

6) Cane toads are so deadly to predators because they have a toxic fluid under its skin and can spew the toxin up to a meter.

7) The guy was smoking toad poison.

Explanation:

1) cane grub were damaging the sugar cane growth in Queensland in 1930s.

2) cane toads were imported to control beetle pests of sugar cane.

3) stagnant water is the ideal habitat for cane toads.

4) the eggs are so thinly paired in chains. they look jelly like black beads stringed together.

5) the cane toads were not efficient at eating the beetles and the cane grubs.

6) These toxins are so deadly that it can affect the heart. it is positioned in the shoulder region.

7) it is well known that the alternative use of cane toad's toxin was making drug.