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https://www.fastinews.com/iNWS/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/crocodile-australia.jpg931523Researchers 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 with dead cane toads that had the toxin removed, but added a "nausea-inducing chemical" inside that quickly made the reptiles want to avoid toads for dinner in the future, according to a study published in Royal Society Publishing. The invasive toads were first brought to the continent from Hawaii as a pest management strategy in 1935, which failed, but the toxic amphibians spread throughout tropical Australia. "It's not pretty. They go into seizures. And death is fairly quick and probably very painful because it's essentially a massive cardiac arrest," Georgia Ward-Fear, a conservation scientist at Macquarie University in Sydney, told NPR of what happens to the crocodiles when they eat the toads. AUSTRALIAN RANGERS KILL CROCODILE THAT FAT..