Dutch student helps solves toad plague

Delft University student Jordy Groffen has discovered a lung parasite in cane toads that could keep them from invading Western Australia, Australian media report.


Groffen, who was working as a volunteer with a toad destruction group, discovered the parasite in toads on the front line of the invasion.
Scientists now want to seed the area with more toads with the parasite to spread the infection.
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