Backbencher

Cane Toads an Unnatural History was a movie that I had to check out, from the description Dr. Isern gave us about how weird it was, and because someone in class said there is an episode of The Simpson's that references it. This documentary is about the Cane Toad, which is not native to the country, was introduced to combat the cane beetle which was destroying the sugar cane. One of the reoccurring themes I noticed was the determinations of the toads to reproduce. It was funny and interesting at times to hear the peoples opinions on the toads. I Liked how they took a serious topic like this and made it kind of funny. With no predators the toads over run the place, and they do damage to the landscape, both natural and man made. I thought it was crazy how they showed that the toad would even eat a mouse, and also the scene where the male toad is trying to mate with the road kill toad. Even though it's kind of hard for us, living where we do, to imagine being over run by giant frogs, it's a serious problem for the people in this documentary. By making this an almost "mockumentary," it shows that they can be light hearted about problem that greatly impacted the people. It also goes to show that lots of research needs to be done before introducing a none native species into a new environment, or the effects could be disastrous.