Cane toads became pests after being introduced into Australia to control destructive beetles in Queenslands sugarcane crops. The hardy animals have expanded through Australias northern landscape and now they are now moving westward. Nothing seems to stop them.
However, scientists at Queenslands James Cook University have found a secret weapon: its the deep voice of the late US singer Barry White.
Dr. Anna Pintor tells Wolfgang Mueller that female cane toads are attracted to deep Barry White style mating calls and can be successfully trapped.
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