ody , ▁& ▁Cl ul ow ' s ▁research ▁article , ▁the ▁water ▁r ats ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁adapt ▁the ▁hunting ▁strateg ies ▁within ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁can e ▁to ads ▁introdu cing ▁into ▁their ▁territory . ▁ ▁Method s ▁to ▁control ▁invasion ▁in ▁Australia ▁Currently , ▁most ▁attempts ▁to ▁cur tail ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁can e ▁to ads ▁have ▁been ▁un success ful . ▁Many ▁of ▁these ▁strateg ies ▁involve ▁the ▁physical ▁tra pping ▁of ▁to ads , ▁but ▁these ▁methods ▁also ▁capture ▁un int ended ▁native ▁species . ▁Since ▁the ▁largest ▁select ive ▁pressure ▁on ▁can e ▁to ads ▁currently ▁is ▁in tras pecies ▁competition , ▁these ▁physical ▁remov als ▁often ▁only ▁improve ▁the ▁conditions ▁for ▁un tra pped ▁to ads . ▁Also , ▁since ▁migration ▁is ▁high , ▁any ▁area ▁p urg ed ▁of ▁to ads ▁would ▁most ▁likely ▁be ▁re inv aded ▁quickly . ▁ ▁Many ▁new ▁ideas ▁have ▁been ▁proposed ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁can e ▁to ad ▁population . ▁Some ▁have ▁suggested ▁introdu cing ▁a ▁native ▁vir al ▁or ▁b acter ial ▁p est ▁of ▁the ▁to ads , ▁but ▁this ▁has ▁potential ▁to ▁once ▁again ▁in va de ▁native ▁species . ▁Two ▁similar ▁strateg ies ▁have ▁been ▁proposed , ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁focus ▁on ▁f ec und ity . ▁One ▁involves ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁ster ile ▁males ▁into ▁the ▁population . ▁These ▁males ▁would ▁comp ete ▁for ▁resources ▁with ▁other ▁males , ▁while ▁themselves ▁not ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁reproduce . ▁A ▁second ▁strategy ▁would ▁be ▁to