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Some populations of freshwater crocodiles are dying in droves across northern Australia. The culprit is the pervasiveness of a super-poisonous toad humans brought to the continent decades ago. The animals suffer a fairly quick and likely painful death. Their decline also leaves a “huge hole in the ecosystem,” conservationist Georgia Ward-Fear says. NPR has more: https://flip.it/jHLwvf
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