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ToadsAreArthritisandinPain
Arthritisisanillnessthatcancausepainandswellinginyourbones.Toads,abigprobleminthenorthofAustralia,aresufferingfi:ompainfularthritisintheirlegsandbackbone,anewstudyhasshown.
Thetoadsthatjumpthefastestaremorelikelytobelargerandtohavelongerlegs.(46)Thelargeyellowtoads,nativetoSouthandCentralAmerica,wereintroducedintothenoah-easternAustralianstateofQueenslandin1935inanattempttostopbeetlesandotherinsectsfromdestroyingsugarcanecrops.Nowupto200millionofthepoisonoustoadsexistinthecountry,andtheyarerapidlyspreadingthroughthestateofNorthernTerritoryatarateofupto60kmayear.
Thetoadscannowbefoundacrossmorethanonemillionsquarekilometers.(47)AVenezuelanpoisonviruswastriedinthe1990sbuthadtobeabandonedafteritwasfoundtoalsokillnativefrogspecies.
ThetoadshaveseverelyaffectedecosystemsinAustralia.Animals,andsometimespets,thateatthetoadsdieimmediatelyfromtheirpoison,andthetoadsthemselveseatanythingtheycanfitinsidetheirmouth.(48)
Aco-authorofthenewstudy,RickShine,aprofessorattheUniversityofSydney,saysthatlittleattentionhasbeengiventotheproblemsthattoadsface.Rickandhiscolleaguesstudiednearly(50)0toadsfromQueenslandandtheNorthernTerritoryandfoundthatthoseinthelatterstatewereverydifferent.Theywereactive,sprintingdownroadsandbreedingquickly.
Accordingtotheresultsofthestudy,thefastesttoadstravelnearlyonekilometeranight.(49)Butspeedandstrengthcomeataprice--arthritisofthelegsandbackboneduetoconstantpressureplacedonthem.
Inlaboratorytests,theresearchersfoundthatafterabout15minutesofhopping,arthritictoadswouldtravellessdistancewitheachhop(跳跃).(50)Thesetoadsaresoprogrammedtomove,apparently,thatevenwheninpainthetoadstravelledasfastandasfarasthehealthyones,continuingtheirrelentlessmarchacrossthelandscape.
回答(46)题 A.Butthisadvantagealsohasabigdrawback--upto10%ofthebiggesttoadssufferfromarthritis.
B.Thetasknowfacingthecountryishowtoremovethetoads.
C.Butarthritisdidn'tslowdowntoadsoutsidethelaboratory.
D.Toadswithlongerlegsmovefasterandtravellongerdistanceswhiletheothersarebeingleftbehind.
E.Toadsarenotbuilttoberoadrunners--theyarebuilttositaroundpondsandwetareas.
F.Furthermore,theysoontakeoverthenaturalhabitatsofAustralia'snativespecies.
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