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Will arthritis thwart cane toads?

Posted by Bob Grant

[Entry posted at 2nd December 2008 08:07 PM GMT]

The wave of pesky cane toads that is spreading across the Australian landscape with a rapacious disregard for the continent's delicate ecological balance might be slowed by a complaint familiar to anyone who travels frequently: a sore back. And one cane toad biologist is suggesting that this weakness may be the key to reining in the invasive amphibian's impact on native Australian species.

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Animal activists hit wrong address

Posted by Bob Grant

[Entry posted at 2nd December 2008 04:24 PM GMT]

Los Angeles-based extremists who oppose the use of animals in scientific research destroyed a car, which they thought belonged to a University of California, Los Angeles, biologist Goran Lacan.

The arson attack, which occurred on November 20th, also badly damaged two nearby cars, but none of the cars belonged to Lacan, according to Los Angeles police.

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