1.   Take the cane toad.

2.   The cane toad showed no paw preference in the paper test.

3.   These range from the huge cane toad, Bufo marinus, introduced into Australia, to the dainty harlequin frog, Atelopus varius, from Panama.

4.   Poisonous cane toads have completed their march to the Kakadu National Park in northern Australia, scientists said Wednesday, sparking fears for some local wildlife.

5.   Cane toads were introduced into north Queensland in an attempt to control a beetle that was plaguing sugar cane.

6.   Crocodiles have been killed in other areas by eating cane toads, which secrete a powerful toxin if attacked.

7.   Frogs and cane toads are the only other animals known to be susceptible to the fungus.

8.   Live cane toads exported from Australia have been fueling Chinese biomedical research, but their very potency has the potential to poison patients.

9.   Scientists hope a virus from Venezuela will save a pristine tropical wetland wilderness from of a plague of ugly South American cane toads.

10.   Scientists hope a virus from Venezuela will save a pristine tropical wetland wilderness from a plague of ugly South American cane toads.