Crocodiles baited with ‘nausea-inducing chemical’ to prevent them from eating toxic, invasive toad
Critically endangered crocodiles hatch at Fort Worth Zoo The Fort Worth Zoo celebrated its first-ever repeated gharial breeding success with the emergence of two hatchlings this summer. The Texas zoo is the only institution in North America to have produced multiple offspring of this species. Researchers in Australia concerned about the sharp decline of freshwater crocodiles who eat a toxic, invasive toad species have come up with a stomach-churning way for the reptiles to help themselves. The scientists baited the crocodiles […]
