What do cane toad tadpoles eat?

Answer 1

Anything, in quantity. Well, except cane beetles. Introduced to Australia in 1935 as an attempt to reduce the populations of cane beetles, the cane toad Bufo marinus has been an environmental disaster. It has become so widespread and populous mainly because it will eat anything that moves. Insects, earthworms, small frogs and lizards and even rodents and small birds will be eaten. The tadpoles are arguably more damaging than the adults. They form vast swarms, eating everything and causing native fish and frog tadpoles to starve. Toads will eat cane beetles, and this is why laboratory experiments suggested them as a means of biological control. But they will only eat them when desperately hungry and offered nothing else. In a real environment with natural, far more palatable foods - they eat that instead.

Answer 2

Cane toads are immense toads native to Central and South America. They have an opportunistic diet and will eat almost anything that fits in their mouth. Because of this diet, they have become a large problem in places they have been introduced like Australia.

Answer 3

The cane toad's main prey is insects, but will eat any animal it can fit into its mouth. This may include worms, large wood ants, beetles, smaller cane toads, fish, mice, rats, and other frogs.

Answer 4

anything that they can swallow however if you have one as a pet you should feed it Crickets, Mealworms, Dubia roaches, earthworms, small frogs that are not toxic (such as young bullfrogs, spring peepers, green tree frogs,etc...),pinkies and fuzzies.

Answer 5

They eat cane beetles and other native animals

Answer 6

In their natural habitat (America) they are eaten by crocodilians and some bird- and snakespecies. In Australia, most toad-eating predators are poisoned after eating the toad.

Answer 7

lettuce