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Cool! Toads that kill after death!
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3c43997c-5736-432a-89c3-82e0bf8d0d8e/35C859BA-4806-4E5B-A368-E392FFC69E5B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14221-australian-crocs-hit-by-cane-toad-wave-of-death.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14221" href="http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14221-australian-crocs-hit-by-cane-toad-wave-of-death.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14221" style="font-size: 11px;">environment.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14221-australian-crocs-hit-by-cane-toad-wave-of-death.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14221"><H1 class="inline">Australian crocs hit by cane toad 'wave of death'</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14221-australian-crocs-hit-by-cane-toad-wave-of-death.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14221"><P>Pit a cane toad against a freshwater crocodile and who wins? Although the croc eats the oversized amphibian, it seems the toad has the final laugh.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14221-australian-crocs-hit-by-cane-toad-wave-of-death.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14221"><P>Dead freshwater crocodiles in Australia's Northern Territory were once a rare sight. But since 2005, locals have witnessed mass die-offs. Researchers now say the <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg18925394.700-leggier-cane-toads-step-up-efforts-to-conquer-australia.html">toxic and invasive</A> cane toad (<I>Bufo marinus</I>) is to blame.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14221-australian-crocs-hit-by-cane-toad-wave-of-death.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14221"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/environment.newscientist.com/img/CACC23E0-2247-4DA9-B1A2-CA8490C6B832" alt="A last supper? 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