Post by j7oyun55rruk on Dec 26, 2023 11:13:05 GMT
Starting on a patch of coastline in Queensland, they moved north to the Cape York Peninsula and south to New South Wales. In the 1980s, they made it to the Northern Territory. In 2005, they reached a place known as Middle Point, in the western part of the Northern Territory, near the city of Darwin. Something curious happened along the way. In the early stages of the invasion, toads spread at a rate of about 10 km per year. A few decades later - already 20 km per year. By the time they reached Middle Point.
They had "accelerated" to 30 miles a year. When the researchers measured the toads, they C Level Contact List realized what was going on. These northern toads had significantly longer legs than those of Queensland. And this trait was inherited. The Northern Territory News ran the story on the front page under the headline "Supertoad". The article featured an image of Superman with the head of a toad. “Nightmare toads are already on our territory, and now they are evolving,” the newspaper wrote in a panic. Contrary to all Darwin's assumptions, it seemed that we were seeing evolution in real time.
Agha toads are not only frighteningly large; from a human point of view, they are also ugly: on their muzzle. But what makes these amphibians truly "nightmarish" is that they are poisonous. If an adult aga toad is bitten or startled, it releases a milky-white mucus containing substances that stop the heart. Dogs often suffer from this poison, with symptoms ranging from frothing from the mouth to complete cardiac Previously, there were no poisonous toads in Australia; in fact, there were no toads at all.
They had "accelerated" to 30 miles a year. When the researchers measured the toads, they C Level Contact List realized what was going on. These northern toads had significantly longer legs than those of Queensland. And this trait was inherited. The Northern Territory News ran the story on the front page under the headline "Supertoad". The article featured an image of Superman with the head of a toad. “Nightmare toads are already on our territory, and now they are evolving,” the newspaper wrote in a panic. Contrary to all Darwin's assumptions, it seemed that we were seeing evolution in real time.
Agha toads are not only frighteningly large; from a human point of view, they are also ugly: on their muzzle. But what makes these amphibians truly "nightmarish" is that they are poisonous. If an adult aga toad is bitten or startled, it releases a milky-white mucus containing substances that stop the heart. Dogs often suffer from this poison, with symptoms ranging from frothing from the mouth to complete cardiac Previously, there were no poisonous toads in Australia; in fact, there were no toads at all.