The reading and the lecture both discuss the cane toad and its rabid spread and multiplication that causes harm to the other small native animals that are not pests. The reading discusses three possible solutions to control the growth which the lecture refutes every one of them.
First, the reading claimes that one solution is to build a national fence to prevent the cane toad from crossing into the other unaffected areas in Australia. The lecturer opposes this, by saying that as the water stream in the waterways will continue to flow. The young toads and eggs most possibly carried out by the stream past the fence and reach to the unharmed areas. The lecturer also said even a few eggs and young toads are able to multiplicate and form a population.
Second, the Reading presents the argument that cane toads can be captured and eliminated by volunteers. It also claimes that the young toads and eggs are even easier to be collected and then destroyed. The lecturer counters this argument by saying that this will inadvertently destroy the endangered toads and frogs. The untrained volunteers might not be able to distinguish between the cane toads and other frogs especially when they are young.
Lastly, the reading suggests that the ongoing development of a disease-causing virus by the researchers that will aid to eliminate the cane toads in the area could be a solution. The professor in the lecture refutes this. She said that this will be a bad idea because it will have a horrible consequences in the natural habitat of the cane toads in central and south America. The infected toads might be transferred to the cane toads natural habitat by researchers or pet collectors and this will devastate the population and harm the ecosystem badly.
The
reading
and the lecture both discuss the
cane
toad
and its rabid spread and multiplication that causes harm to the other
small
native animals that are not pests. The
reading
discusses three possible solutions to control the growth which the lecture refutes every one of them.
First
, the
reading
claimes
that one solution is to build a national fence to
prevent
the
cane
toad
from crossing into the other unaffected areas in Australia. The lecturer opposes this, by saying that as the water stream in the waterways will continue to flow. The young
toads
and eggs most
possibly
carried out by the stream past the fence and reach to the unharmed areas.
The
lecturer
also
said even a few eggs and young
toads
are able to
multiplicate
and form a population.
Second, the
Reading
presents the argument that
cane
toads
can
be captured
and eliminated by volunteers. It
also
claimes
that the young
toads
and eggs are even easier to
be collected
and then
destroyed
. The lecturer counters this argument by saying that this will
inadvertently
destroy
the endangered
toads
and frogs. The untrained volunteers might not be able to distinguish between the
cane
toads
and other frogs
especially
when they are young.
Lastly
, the
reading
suggests that the ongoing development of a disease-causing virus by the researchers that will aid to eliminate the
cane
toads
in the area could be a solution. The professor in the lecture refutes this. She said that this will be a
bad
idea
because
it will have a horrible
consequences
in the natural habitat of the
cane
toads
in central and
south America
. The infected
toads
might
be transferred
to the
cane
toads
natural habitat by researchers or pet collectors and this will devastate the population and harm the ecosystem
badly
.