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Cane Toads - Coggle Diagram

- - - - located behind the eardrums
      - secrete milky substance (Bufotoxin) cause
        
        rapid heartbeats
        
        excessive salivation
        
        convulsion
        
        paralysis
        
        death
  - - - olive
      - reddish brown
      - grey
      - yellowish
  - - - still or slow-moving
- - - - spread both west and south into NSW, NT and NSW
  - - - larvae of the beetle eat the cane roots
        
        plant growth is stunted or dead
- - - - increase in some prey animals #
      - decrease in goanna mean and increase in crocodile eggs
        
        increase in crocodile population
    - - carry disease
        
        spread to other animals
      - poison pets, native animals and humans
        
        reduce predator population
      - consume essential food sources and fauna
        
        decrease adundance
        
        affect rest of the ecosystem
      - competition with native wildlife
  - - - pheromones that disrupt breeding
    - - quarantine checks
      - public awareness
      - ask resident to collect and dispose of cane toads
    - - train other animals to avoid the toads
      - release taught animals to teach wild animals
  - - - link to decrease in northern quoll population
      - entered in 1980 from queensland
      - impact parks biodiverity
      - goanna population decrease
      - effect Jim Jim falls
    - - june - july
        
        32*C
      - Oct - Dec
        
        37.5*C
- - - - osmosis
- - - - 30 - 60 km per year
  - - - prefer to sit and wait for food
      - sit where food is in abundance
- - - - increase and decrease
        
        animals dry out
        
        food sources deplete over harsh wet conditions
    - - soil type
        
        dry season
        
        scarce abundance of food
        
        wet season
        
        easy for plants
    - - cane toads need moisture
  - - - Banded-cat eye snake
      - eels
      - ants
      - catfish
      - ibis