Toadbusting :The Scientist [2008-04-01]


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	By Brendan Borrell

Toadbusting Lyall Grieve was among the first to see the carnage return to Mark's Dam last December. It was another sunbaked afternoon on the Kimberley plateau in northwestern Australia when the khaki-clad herpetologist stepped out of his Toyota Hi-Lux and onto the red soil. He hiked up a dry, grassy hill to the top of the dam when he spotted the skeleton