Army plea as toxic toads march on. Sunday, 18 June 2006

[IGBT]

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Officials in Western Australia have called for the army to be deployed to stop an invasion of cane toads.

The toxic amphibians have spread in plague-like numbers across tropical Australia since being introduced to the country in the 1930s.

They were first brought to Australia from Hawaii to eradicate cane beetles, but they have had a devastating impact on native wildlife.

There could be as many as 100 million cane toads in tropical Australia. :Q

 

[dug777]

fscking cane toads :|

 

[Rage187]

the trick is to keep using a larger predator to take out the one before; eventually your killing lions and tigers.

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: dug777
fscking cane toads :|

..get out there wit your 7 iron and get some swing practice. 😀

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Rage187
the trick is to keep using a larger predator to take out the one before; eventually your killing lions and tigers.

so in this case we just have to kill the army afterwards?

 

[thelanx]

I remember seeing a video of the some other kind of toad problem in Australia. Sometimes there are so many that the roads are covered with roadkill. Those toads were the size of a dinner plate or bigger though. These are poisonous and small.

They carry a venom so powerful it can kill crocodiles, snakes and other predators in minutes.

Animal welfare groups have said that the humane way to get rid of these invaders is to put them into a freezer until they die.

Lol, time to spice up your frozen foods! Make sure you have some antivenom close by.

 

[Brutuskend]

Am I the only one who flashed on the Simpson's episode where Bart goes to Australia to get "Booted" and takes his pet frog?

 

[IronWing]

This movie is worth checking out:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130529/

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Am I the only one who flashed on the Simpson's episode where Bart goes to Australia to get "Booted" and takes his pet frog?

No, I thought of the same thing.

 

[wiredspider]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Am I the only one who flashed on the Simpson's episode where Bart goes to Australia to get "Booted" and takes his pet frog?

me 2!

 

[Shawn]

When will people learn that you can't introduce new species into foreign environment without problems?

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: Rage187
the trick is to keep using a larger predator to take out the one before; eventually your killing lions and tigers.

Yeah. Bigger targets = easier.

 

[Slacker]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Am I the only one who flashed on the Simpson's episode where Bart goes to Australia to get "Booted" and takes his pet frog?

I thought of the one where Homer gets hooked on toad licking :shocked:

 

[potato28]

Hey Dug... whack some into the ocean for all of us 😛

 

[Juno]

One member of Australia's federal parliament has previously suggested that people should beat them with a golf club or a cricket bat.

that's their weapon of choice? :laugh:

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: wiredspider

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Am I the only one who flashed on the Simpson's episode where Bart goes to Australia to get "Booted" and takes his pet frog?

me 2!

Or the one where Bart kills the bird but takes care of the lizards that hatched form the bird's nest... 🙂

 

[Trevelyan]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Am I the only one who flashed on the Simpson's episode where Bart goes to Australia to get "Booted" and takes his pet frog?

Yup, me too. That's American Pop Culture Foreign History.