Professor Shine said one way around the problem could be to release the missing hormone into water in order to shift some of the gene-edited tadpoles into adulthood.

They’re turning the cannibal tadpoles into adults! On a serious note, this is fascinating and the article is worth reading. They’re basically gene editing the toads so the tadpoles never turn into adults and remain naturally cannibalistic, to help reduce the invasive species’ numbers.

Cannibalistic toad version of axolotl? That sounds kind of cool to be honest.