QUO VADIS, MR. TOAD?

The Cane Toad is destined to remain a cautionary tale for anyone thinking about bringing in exotic species into a foreign territory without adequate study. But while we sometimes cannot help but decry the negative ecological impact Cane Toads have had upon the habitats into which they were introduced, we also cannot help but admire this remarkable animal’s resourcefulness and resilience.

Cast into a foreign and unfamiliar environment, these amphibians wasted no time adapting to their new surroundings, finding ways not only to survive but to actually thrive.

Their displacement of some native species and the subsequent disruption of certain processes is, one might argue, part of the circle of life wherein only the fittest survive. And in this often unforgiving cycle, the Cane Toad has proven themself among the fittest of the fit.