Cane Toads
Roadkill is a reality of Australian life.
Drivers should slow down, be aware, and avoid killing native animals without putting their own lives in danger. Other animals, though, may not deserve so much care.
You shouldn’t run down kangaroos, for example - but cats could be another matter.
Continue reading "Would you brake for a cane toad? A kangaroo? A cat?" »
OUR major trading pals the Chinese are about to celebrate the Year of the Tiger, but one Queensland businessman would like to see a Year of the Cane Toad introduced soon.
None of this has anything to do with the once- celebrated pro golfing Tiger who morphed into a “cheetah”. Nor is it about trying to get the Chinese to back our NRL team famous for eating Cockroaches for dinner.
But it could help rid the scourge of warty immigrants from South America, now hopping their way as far south as Melbourne and west into the Northern Territory, destroying native fauna along the way.
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Mikko says:
Oh dear, did anyone watch Wild Thing Violet’s video clip of Baz and Daz the cane toad mates above (3.58 pm, 23/2). Almost makes you feel sorry for them, especially how poor Baz “ends up”. ROTFLMAO as the kids would say. Read more »
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WA Aggie says:
Ahhh, Martin G. “pest” is like the term “weed.” Everything is relative, my friend! If this is as successful as it appears it could be, cane toads will no longer be considered pests, and the last thing we’d want to do is get rid of them! Love the article, Mikko. … Read more »
As the emissions trading scheme debate moves towards a frenzied climax in the Senate, Australia is sadly overlooking the biggest environmental issues facing this country right now.
I believe the greatest threat to this nation’s environment right now is not global warming but feral animals and noxious weeds.
Cane toads, lippia, foxes, serrated tussock, donkeys, feral cats, rabbits, Fireweed and Parthenium weed are hardly subjects of household discussion, yet between them they are destroying our native fauna and flora at an astounding rate.
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RICEElsa35 says:
I had a dream to make my organization, nevertheless I didn’t have enough of money to do that. Thank heaven my close mate told to use the mortgage loans. Hence I received the short term loan and made real my old dream. Read more »
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Rick Eyre says:
“I believe the greatest threat to this nation’s environment right now is not global warming but feral animals and noxious weeds.” Let that astonishing remark be John Cobb’s political epitaph. Read more »
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