Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
1987
- NFSA ID1zbvew1c
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary
- Duration48 mins
- Year1987
The Queensland Government imported the cane toad from Hawaii in 1935 to save the state’s sugar crop from the greyback beetle. The operation failed spectacularly – because the beetle could fly, and the cane toad couldn’t! The cane toad adapted beautifully to its new environment, spread everywhere, ate everything and soon became a pest of plague proportions. Pest or pet, this offbeat documentary takes a humorous look at the different ways people have responded to living with the cane toad.
Film Australia. © National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Image: Arthur Mostead
The Queensland Government imported the cane toad from Hawaii in 1935 to save the state’s sugar crop from the greyback beetle. The operation failed spectacularly – because the beetle could fly, and the cane toad couldn’t! The cane toad adapted beautifully to its new environment, spread everywhere, ate everything and soon became a pest of plague proportions. Pest or pet, this offbeat documentary takes a humorous look at the different ways people have responded to living with the cane toad.
Film Australia. © National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Image: Arthur Mostead
- NFSA ID1zbvew1c
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary
- Duration48 mins
- Year1987
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