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The cane toad ( Bufo marinus ), also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad which is native to Central and South America, but has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean.
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A fossil toad ( specimen UCMP 41159 ) from the La Venta fauna of the late Miocene of Colombia is indistinguishable from modern cane toads from northern South America.
Because of its voracious appetite, the cane toad has been introduced to many regions of the Pacific and the Caribbean islands as a method of agricultural pest control.
The cane toad is now considered a pest and an invasive species in many of its introduced regions ; of particular concern is its toxic skin, which kills many animals — native predators and otherwise — when ingested.
The cane toad has many other common names, including " giant toad " and " marine toad "; the former refers to its size and the latter to the binomial name, Bufo marinus.
Linnaeus based the specific epithet marinus on an illustration by Dutch zoologist Albertus Seba, who mistakenly believed the cane toad to inhabit both terrestrial and marine environments.
The subgenus Rhinella is increasingly considered to constitute a distinct genus of its own, thus changing the scientific name of the cane toad.
These species can be distinguished from the cane toad by the absence of large parotoid glands behind their eyes and the lack of a ridge between the nostril and the eye.
alt = A juvenile cane toad, showing many of the features of the adult toads, but without the large parotoid glands
The cane toad is very large ; the females are significantly longer than males, reaching an average length of.
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The common name " marine toad " and the scientific name Bufo marinus suggest a link to marine life, but the adult cane toad is entirely terrestrial, only venturing to fresh water to breed.
The tests using toads were faster than those employing mammals ; the toads were easier to raise, and, although the initial 1948 discovery employed Bufo arenarum for the tests, it soon became clear that a variety of anuran species were suitable, including the cane toad.
Cane toads ( Bufo marinus ) were deliberately introduced into Australia in an attempt to control the native Frenchi beetle ( Lepidiota frenchi ) and the greyback beetle ( Lepidoderma albohirtum ) whose larvae ( colloquially known as " cane grubs ") were destroying sugar cane crops in North Queensland.
The Colorado River toad can grow to about long and is the largest toad in the United States apart from the non-native cane toad ( Bufo marinus ).
), and the cane toad ( Bufo marinus ), a source of bufotenin, However, the importance of entheogens by the ancient Maya has been inferred primarily through the study of iconography rather than direct archaeological evidence.
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The term " antibacterial " derives from Greek ἀντί ( anti ), " against " + βακτήριον ( baktērion ), diminutive of βακτηρία ( baktēria ), " staff, cane ", because the first ones to be discovered were rod-shaped, and the term " antibiotic " derives from anti + βιωτικός ( biōtikos ), " fil for life, lively ", which comes from βίωσις ( biōsis ), " way of life ", and that from βίος ( bios ), " life ".
Many species prey on the cane toad in its native habitat, including the broad-snouted caiman ( Caiman latirostris ), the banded cat-eyed snake ( Leptodeira annulata ), the eel ( family: Anguillidae ), various species of killifish, the rock flagtail ( Kuhlia rupestris ), some species of catfish ( order: Siluriformes ).
Predators outside the cane toad's native range include the whistling kite ( Haliastur sphenurus ), the rakali ( Hydromys chrysogaster ), the black rat ( Rattus rattus ) and the water monitor ( Varanus salvator ).
Billy Bennington ( 1900 – 1986 ), a player from Norfolk in England, used cane hammers bound with wool.
Traditionally, a mojito is a cocktail that consists of five ingredients: white rum, sugar ( traditionally sugar cane juice ), lime juice, sparkling water and mint.
However, given his youth and physical disabilities, which seemed to require the use of a cane in order to walk ( he died c. age 19 ), historians speculate that he did not personally take part in these battles.
Tubman ( far left ), with Davis ( seated, with cane ), their adopted daughter Gertie ( beside Tubman ), Lee Cheney, John " Pop " Alexander, Walter Green, Blind " Aunty " Sarah Parker, and great-niece, Dora Stewart at Tubman's home in Auburn, New York circa 1887
Some examples include poison, makibishi, cane swords ( shikomizue ), land mines, fukiya ( blowguns ), poisoned darts, acid-spurting tubes, and firearms.
Originally made of yew, green hart, and later split bamboo ( Tonkin cane ), most modern fly rods are constructed from man-made composite materials, including fibreglass, carbon / graphite, or graphite / boron composites.
The most common base in the La Paz area of Bolivia is a product known as lejía dulce ( sweet lye ), which is made from quinoa ashes mixed with aniseed and cane sugar, forming a soft black putty with a sweet and pleasing flavor.
sugar cane, coconuts, cassava ( tapioca ), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas, ginger, taro, kava ; livestock: cattle, pigs ,, Shrimp, pickles, goats ; fish
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All the drivers knew about the plates and they also knew about the big floppy straw hat with shredded edges, the kind natives in travel ads wear when they are out joyfully chopping cane.
There also exists a Vocaloid song sung by Len Kagamine, Dream Eating Monochrome Baku, about the Baku, depicting it / him as a sharply dressed blond boy ( Len Kagamine ) with an elephant cane.
Most frogs identify prey by movement, and vision appears to be the primary method by which the cane toad detects prey ; however, the cane toad can also locate food using its sense of smell.
In 1991, farm workers in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, were infected by eating contaminated food ; transmission has also occurred via contaminated açaí palm fruit juice and sugar cane juice.
Marco Polo also described a large portable palace made of gilded and lacquered cane or bamboo, and supported against the wind by two hundred silk cords, which could be taken apart quickly and moved from place to place.
The penalty of vandalism is a fine not exceeding S $ 2, 000 or imprisonment not exceeding three years, and also corporal punishment of not less than three strokes and not more than eight strokes of the cane.
* Many hotels in Havana also add Angostura bitters to cut the sweetness of the Mojito ; while icing sugar is often muddled with the mint leaves rather than cane sugar, and many establishments simply use sugar syrup to control sweetness.
Flutes and whistles made of wood, cane, or bone are also played, generally by individuals, but in former times also by large ensembles ( as noted by Spanish conquistador de Soto ).
The labour-intensive farming of sugar cane was the reason for the large-scale importation of African and also European mainly Irish and Scottish slaves.
* Long Cane: This " traditional " white cane, also known as a " Hoover " cane, after Dr. Richard Hoover, is designed primarily as a mobility tool used to detect objects in the path of a user.
The guide cane can also be used diagonally across the body for protection, warning the user of obstacles immediately ahead.
They also created the cross-staff, or cane of Jacob, for measuring at sea the height of the sun and other stars.
Sugar cane processing makes up one-third of industrial activity ; coconuts, ginger, and copra are also significant.
They are also a threat to many farmers since they feed on a variety of agricultural-based crops, such as cereals, sugar cane, coconuts, cocoa, oranges, and coffee beans.
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