How to Use cane toad in a Sentence

cane toad

noun
  • If a pet is poisoned by a cane toad, there are some warning signs.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • The record was set in March 1991 by a cane toad owned by a Swedish man.
    — Aina J. Khan, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Such cannibalism among cane toads had not been observed in the toad’s native range.
    — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Invasive species like foxes, wild cats, pigs, and cane toads also show up in photos.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2023
  • How to keep cane toads away The best way to protect your pets is to keep cane toads away from your property.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • Australian cane toad tadpoles have been observed feeding on their fellow cane toad offspring.
    — John Timmer, Wired, 29 Aug. 2021
  • But things went downhill fast after cane toads were introduced in the 1930s.
    — Matt Warren, Science | AAAS, 5 June 2018
  • From lionfish to pythons to cane toads, there are plenty of invasive species horror stories.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Today, the cane toad can be found all over northern Australia and south Florida.
    — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Australia has no natural predators or diseases that can control cane toad numbers.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023
  • If a cane toad enters a bowl of pet food or water, their toxins will contaminate it, and pets can ingest the poison that way.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • Lago suggests that to prevent a dog from putting its mouth on a cane toad, owners should walk their pets on a leash and supervise outside at all times.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • Today, the two hundred million cane toads in Australia constitute a pest far worse than the one they were meant to control.
    — Steven Strogatz, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2011
  • Thus far, more than 1 million cane toad tadpoles have been removed from Australian waterways.
    — Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
  • But cane toads proved to be disastrously voracious, eating anything from honeybees to dog food.
    — Sarah Lazarus, CNN, 26 Dec. 2019
  • In Australia, native snakes evolved resistance to the toxins of invasive cane toads, and ate fewer toads.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The dangerous cane toad lacks these crests, and the glands on its head are long and triangular shaped, UF Wildlife says.
    — Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2019
  • Before 1935, no Australian had encountered a cane toad in their backyard.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The Australian cane toad's population density is about 10 times that of their native range.
    — John Timmer, Wired, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Australia's battle with the formidable cane toad is so legendary; it was even referenced in a Simpson's episode.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • Here are three animals—tiger sharks, green and golden bell frogs and cane toads—whose cannibalistic tendencies serve a vital purpose.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The kids are used to it, in addition to their interactions with a one-eyed cane toad named Pirate and a bearded dragon named Tad, among others.
    — Jane Stueckemann, Houston Chronicle, 12 July 2019
  • Researchers suspected that some toads in western Ecuador were not actually Mesoamerican cane toads, the study said.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The toxic cane toads, in fact, were set loose in Australia deliberately, in what would turn out to be a deeply misguided attempt to control pest beetles.
    — Emily Anthes Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024
  • To snuff out their competition for resources, cane toad tadpoles will actually cannibalize nearby cane toad eggs .
    — Joseph Castro, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2011
  • Beautiful cane toads are considered large, measuring about 4 inches long on average, researchers said.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Well, unfortunately for at least cane toads, some other animals have developed adaptations to their toxic steroids.
    — Regina G. Barber, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Now, Daniel Florance from the University of Sydney has found a clever way of corralling the cane toad invasion.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2011
  • In the species' native South American habitat, cane toad tadpoles have previously been observed eating their peers.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2021
  • In some cases, discerning between two types of similar-looking creatures is important, as in the case of Australia’s invasive cane toad.
    — National Geographic, 23 Jan. 2020

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