How to train your crocodile

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 14 August 2024 How to train your crocodile Doctored toad carcasses teach crocs to avoid eating the toxin-producing cane toad. Twitter Facebook Email Even the toothy

freshwater crocodile of Australia can succumb to the poison produced by the cane toad, which was introduced to the continent to control pests. Credit: Etienne Littlefair/Nature Picture

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Nature 632, 711 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02610-3

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