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Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988)
One of the biggest threats to natural habitats and healthy ecosystems around the world is the introduction of non-native invasive species into their realm. It could be a form of plant life like Pur…
But in interviews about the documentary, the filmmaker has always been careful to assure viewers that no cane toads were killed in the making of the movie (For a scene in which a man in a truck appears to be running over countless amphibians on a paved road, brown potatoes were substituted for the real thing and shot from a distance). A typical response to the movie is this excerpt from a film review by Chris Hicks for the Deseret News: “Press material for “ Cane Toads ” describes this unorthodox documentary as something of a cross between Monty Python and National Geographic. This entry was posted in film and tagged amphibians, Australian cinema, Beavers Patagonia Invaders, Cane Toads An Unnatural History, Darwin's Nightmare, documentaries, First Run Films, Frogs, Hubert Sauper, invasive species, Kingdom of the Spiders, Lake Victoria, Mark Lewis, New South Wales, nile perch, Northern Queensland, nutria, Raquel Dexter, Rat, Rodents of Unusual Size, sugar cane grubs, Tanzania by JStafford.
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