INVASIVE SPECIES

cane todes are nativ to south america but were introduced to australia in the 1935 with the hope that they wold destroy the destructive cane beatle population. they did not destroy the cane beatle population but they were successful at overpopulating and spreading. the were originoly in queensland australia but now they have spread all over north eastern australia. as a result of the cane tode infestation many native species became extinct. other animals survived because they had to learn to avoid the cane toad but they also endanger some insects that are significant to australia. to stop this problem the australian people created a biological weppon to give them a parasite.

Blog Assignment:

BLOG 8
Please investigate the Cane Toad and its presence in Australia. Cover the following areas in your blog:
-Background of the Cane Toad
-How did it make its way into Australia and where is it primarily?
-What is the problems the Cane Toad is causing?
-What has been done to try and fix this problem?
Then, on the same blog, pick an invasive species that is affecting America right now.
You can get info from http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/whatis.shtml
-How is this species affecting America?
-What is being done about this problem?
Finish your blog with your opinions on why invasive species are something that we should be concerned with. How can we relate our issues in America with invasive species to the issues Australians have faced with Rabbits and Cane Toads?
BLOG 9
-Blog assigned by Mr. Barry over the reading, "Rabbit-Proof Fence"