P315 4-Tel 315 Sat 30 Dec C4 20:45:02 CANE TOADS 20.00-20.55 Another chance to see this funny and fascinating look at an infestation of cane toads in Queensland, Australia. In 1935 the Queensland government imported some cane toads in an attempt to eradicate greyback beetles, which were eating into the nation's sugar cane crops at an alarming rate. Unfortunately, the fact that the beetles could fly and the cane toads couldn't was overlooked. 1/3 Next preview C4Tomorrow Subtitles A-ZP315 4-Tel 315 Sat 30 Dec C4 20:42:26 CANE TOADS 20.00-20.55 The toads bred at an alarming rate and ate everything in their path - except the beetles. Evening ping pong balls werin't safe as the toads reached plague proportions! The cane toads soon adapted to their new habitat, and many people in Queensland have developed quite a soft spot for the creatures. One resident even owns up to regarding them as that most Aussie of things - 'mates'. 2/3 Next preview C4Tomorrow Subtitles A-ZP315 4-Tel 315 Sat 30 Dec C4 20:41:17 CANE TOADS 20.00-20.55 Another interviewee tells of two girls who kept cane toads as pets - complete with dresses, beds and a doll's house! Then there's Monica, who we see playing with her pet toad. "When I tickle his tummy," she reveals, "hj really likes that but if I tickle his feet, hj doesn't". So now you know! All in all, director Mark Lewis's 'unnatural' history film is also something of a first-rate black comjdz. 888 subtitles Rjpjat 3/3 Next preview C4Tomorrow Subtitles A-Z