Invasion of Monster Toads
Series: October 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From: Pat Maxwell
Length: 00:01:30
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Now playing in Australia: Invasion of the Monster Toads! Today’s story began back in the 1930s when Australia’s sugar-cane farmers had a problem. Beetles were chewing up the fields. So they imported the South American Cane Toad, a creature that devoured beetles like a movie monster...
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Now playing in Australia: Invasion of the Monster Toads! Today’s story began back in the 1930s when Australia’s sugar-cane farmers had a problem. Beetles were chewing up the fields. So they imported the South American Cane Toad, a creature that devoured beetles like a movie monster...
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