IELTS Preparation Series 2, Episode 12: Cane Toads

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Hello. I'm

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Margot Politis. Welcome to Study English, IELTS preparation.

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Today, we're going to talk about expressing attitude, and using the words so and such.

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And we're going to find out about some nasty creatures called cane toads, and all the trouble

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they can cause.

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Curious? Let's watch the clip.

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You can see these large glands he's got behind his eyes, which contain a lot of toxin. It's

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got various compounds in there but basically what it does is give you a heart attack. The

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toxin's actually all throughout the skin but the main concentration is in these glands.

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So basically, something bites it, if it gets into its bloodstream, there's a good chance

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it will be killed very quickly.

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We found a dead freshwater crocodile, which was apparently killed. Certainly a one death

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adder, which is a venomous snake, quite an important Australian snake, we found one of

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those freshly dead with a small toad in its mouth. And even to small children, if a child

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was to put them in their mouth, the toxin is quite severe.

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The flip side of that is that there are a whole lot of animals which will be out-competed

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by cane toads. So they're other animals, which eat insects for instance, 'cause cane toads

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are so numerous that they suck up all the insects from the biota, like big vacuum cleaners

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and so they can actually cause other animals to starve.

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Why are we literally sitting back and watching the cane toad invasion move further and further

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up through Kakadu and through the Northern Territory?