Fifteen years of Queensland research has identified and proven a solution that prompts cane toad tadpoles to turn cannibalistic and eat cane toad eggs.
Last summer, it eliminated more than 1 million cane toad tadpoles in Queensland.
Although unsuccessful in finding an Australian company willing to take up the patent, the product was sold to a pest control firm in Washington, DC, in 2016. The product will take four to five years to be developed for the market.