Editing Cane toad (section)

===Predators===
[[File:Kookaburra with Cane Toad - AndrewMercer - DSC00046.jpg|thumb|[[Laughing kookaburra]] (''Dacelo novaeguineae'') preying on a juvenile cane toad]]
Many species prey on the cane toad and its tadpoles in its native habitat, including the [[broad-snouted caiman]] (''Caiman latirostris''), the banded cat-eyed snake (''[[Leptodeira annulata]]''), eels (family [[Anguillidae]]), various species of [[killifish]],<ref name="Tyler1989pp138-139" />  and ''[[Paraponera clavata]]'' (bullet ants).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Morrison |first=Colin R. |date=November 2018 |title=Predation of top predators: cane toad consumption of bullet ants in a Panamanian lowland wet forest |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-tropical-ecology/article/abs/predation-of-top-predators-cane-toad-consumption-of-bullet-ants-in-a-panamanian-lowland-wet-forest/31E056A8BE4E3DAECE661E8E2A7E0ED6 |journal=Journal of Tropical Ecology |language=en |volume=34 |issue=6 |pages=390–394 |doi=10.1017/S0266467418000342 |issn=0266-4674}}</ref>

Predators outside the cane toad's native range include the rock flagtail (''[[Kuhlia rupestris]]''), some species of [[catfish]] (order Siluriformes), some species of [[ibis]] (subfamily Threskiornithinae),<ref name="Tyler1989pp138-139">{{Harvnb|Tyler|1989|page=138–139}}</ref> the [[whistling kite]] (''Haliastur sphenurus''), the [[rakali]] (''Hydromys chrysogaster''), the [[black rat]] (''Rattus rattus'') and the [[Asian water monitor|water monitor]] (''Varanus salvator''). The [[tawny frogmouth]] (''Podargus strigoides'') and the [[Papuan frogmouth]] (''Podargus papuensis'')<ref name="Angus1994pp10-11">{{Harvnb|Angus|1994|pages=10–11}}</ref> have been reported as feeding on cane toads; some Australian crows (''[[Corvus]]'' spp.) have also learned strategies allowing them to feed on cane toads, such as using their beak to flip toads onto their backs.<ref>{{cite web|first=Katrina|last=Bolton |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/15/2033759.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209125627/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/15/2033759.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 9, 2007 |title=Toads fall victim to crows in NT – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2007-09-15 |access-date=2011-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozanimals.com/Frog/Cane-Toad/Bufo/marinus.html |title=Cane Toad (''Bufo marinus'') |publisher=Ozanimals.com |access-date=2011-11-12}}</ref> [[Kookaburra]]s also prey on the amphibians.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-10-31 |title=The native animals that turn cane toads into tucker |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-11-01/cane-toad-native-animals-eating/11649498 |access-date=2023-10-06}}</ref>

Opossums of the genus ''[[Didelphis]]'' likely can eat cane toads with impunity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2010/2850936.htm |title=American possums the solution to cane toads in Australia? – Science Show – 20 March 2010 |publisher=Abc.net.au |access-date=2010-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322225724/http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2010/2850936.htm <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=2010-03-22|date=2010-03-19 }}</ref> [[Meat ant]]s are unaffected by the cane toads' toxins, so are able to kill them without reaction.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6007268.ece|title=Killer ants are weapons of mass toad destruction|last=Sweeney|first=Claire|newspaper=Times Online|access-date=2009-03-31 | location=London | date=31 March 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The cane toad's normal response to attack is to stand still and let its toxin kill or repel the attacker, which allows the ants to attack and eat the toad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Frogs/Cane+Toad|title=Cane Toads|publisher=Queensland Museum|access-date=2012-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322180305/http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Frogs/Cane+Toad|archive-date=2015-03-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Saw-shelled turtle]]s have also been seen successfully and safely eating cane toads.

In Australia [[rakali]] (Australian water rats) in two years learnt how to eat cane toads safely. They select the largest toads, turn them over, remove the poisonous gallbladder, and eat the heart and other organs with "surgical precision". They remove the toxic skin and eat the thigh muscle. Other animals such as crows and kites turn cane toads inside out and eat non-poisonous organs, also thus avoiding the skin.<ref>{{cite news| last=Zhou | first=Naaman | title=Australian water rats cut cane toads open with 'surgical precision' to feast on their hearts |newspaper=The Guardian | date=25 October 2019 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/26/australian-water-rats-cut-cane-toads-open-with-surgical-precision-to-feast-on-their-hearts}}</ref>