Australia's Most Destructive Creature

Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-australias-most-destructive-creature New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realengineering) Imagery courtesy of Getty Images Additional Footage Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary Queensland State Archives Dmitry Konovalov Music: The Ghost by Martin Puehringer Monster from the Deep by Young Rich Pixies Organism by Roie Shpigler Agitated Swords by Marco Martini John James by Steve Poloni Heart by Roman P In Orbit by Ian Post Chaplin--scene-2 by Maya Belsitzman, Matan Ephrat Secret Pathways by Ardie Son Wandering Caterpillar--scene-1 by Maya Belsitzman, Matan Ephrat Warts 'n All (The Cane Toad) by Don Spencer Climbing by Nbdy Nprtnt References: [1] https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/introduction-of-cane-toads [2] [3] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/bufo [4] https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14221-australian-crocs-hit-by-cane-toad-wave-of-death/ [5]https://sci-hub.se/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320708001511?via%3Dihub [6] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2006.3479 [7] https://www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM19016 [8] https://www.nature.com/articles/439803a [9] https://www.nature.com/news/2006/060213/full/news060213-4.html#:~:text=They%20found%20that%20the%20first,40%25%20of%20their%20body%20length. [10] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02317-9 [11] https://www.pnas.org/content/118/35/e2100765118?fr=operanews [12] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2019.1070