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Published online 15 February 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060213-4

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Cane toads leg it across Australia

Pests are evolving longer legs to speed their invasion.

Need to get somewhere fast? Growing longer legs is the cane toad's answer. The amphibian pest is accelerating its march across the Australian landscape, leaving a trail of ecological devastation.

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