Ibis are often seen feeding on food dumped by humans, but citizen scientists are increasingly reporting the native species is dining out on toxic cane toads.
"It's quite amusing to watch and it's quite different from other native species and their methods of eating them," she said.
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- Watergum's Emily Vincent says ibis have developed a "stress and wash" method to avoid getting poisoned by cane toads
- Biology professor Rick Shine says the method would be effective in ridding toxins from the toad
- Cane toads were introduced into Australia in 1935
"It's quite amusing to watch and it's quite different from other native species and their methods of eating them," she said.
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