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Title: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by freediver on Jun 4^th, 2007 at 8:23pm

Cane toad cannibalism may be the answer

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Cane-toad-cannibalism-may-be-the-answer/2007/06/04/1180809420366.html

Encouraging the cannibalistic tendencies of cane toads could be the key to controlling their massive population explosion, new research suggests.

The cane toad diet consists mainly of insects but a University of Sydney researcher has discovered they have an appetite for their own young, consuming up to 12 other cane toads in a lifetime.

Adult cane toads wave one of the three toes on their hind legs, luring in the young who are fooled into thinking it is an insect. The unsuspecting youngster is then eaten.

"We will modify ponds to encourage cane toads to breed in the same place then the toads can control themselves," he said.

Unlike other native wildlife, the cane toad has no reaction to the poison held in its gland, enough to kill a small dog.

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by oceans_blue on Jun 5^th, 2007 at 1:37am

These canetoads are now entering SA...

As for Cannibalism being the answer..I doubt it. At 12 canetoads being consumed as a total of 12 in a lifetime..would be self defaeting..have you seen the rate at which these ugly little sh!tes breed?

The rate of breeding is very prolific..walked over them every moring on the way to school in qld.

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by AusNat on Jun 5^th, 2007 at 11:04pm

And in sydney the have crossed the very wide saltwater Hawkesbury River.

I am waiting with my shovel.

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by IQSRLOW on Jun 5^th, 2007 at 11:15pm

You know that some environmentalists want you to sequester them in plastic bags and put them in your freezer so they can gently go to sleep?

Make sure you lick their backs first! :D

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by AusNat on Jun 5^th, 2007 at 11:24pm

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You know that some environmentalists want you to sequester them in plastic bags and put them in your freezer so they can gently go to sleep?

I know, but

1. I dont want cane toads in my freezer.

2. For what they do to our native animals, they deserve a good crushing.

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Make sure you lick their backs first! :D

Yum Yum!

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by danny on Jun 5^th, 2007 at 11:56pm

sequester..that doesnt sound right..

Put them in plastic bags sounds correct

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by sprintcyclist on Jun 6^th, 2007 at 12:05am

I am comfortable with the concept of a headlamp and a cheap #4 iron.

Maybe a #5 wood ?

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by AusNat on Jun 6^th, 2007 at 12:12am

Driving cars over them was fun too. ''Thump Thump''. ;D
Thats one thing i miss about living in Queensland.

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by DonaldTrump on Jun 6^th, 2007 at 2:03am

Ausnat wrote on Jun 6^th, 2007 at 12:12am:

Driving cars over them was fun too. ''Thump Thump''. ;D
Thats one thing i miss about living in Queensland.

...Or practicing your golf swing.

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by AusNat on Jun 6^th, 2007 at 1:48pm

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...Or practicing your golf swing.

Too much risk of the venom splattering up to your mouth. It's happened before.

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by freediver on Jun 6^th, 2007 at 1:50pm

It's never happened to me. I suspect it may be a bigger problem further north where the cane toads are fatter.

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by AusNat on Jun 6^th, 2007 at 1:59pm

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where the cane toads are fatter.

Hell yeah! Ive found ones the size of a big mans clenched fist. thats excluding the legs.

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by sprintcyclist on Jun 6^th, 2007 at 3:02pm

Cripes - that is just about time for a baseball bat ! Don't want to risk a club breaking.

I see the reasoning for the "thimp thump" method.

Are they the ugliest animals alive ?

Title: Re: new anti-canetoad weapon: canetoads
Post by AusNat on Jun 6^th, 2007 at 3:41pm

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Cripes - that is just about time for a baseball bat ! Don't want to risk a club breaking.

Thats why i used a shovel.

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I see the reasoning for the "thimp thump" method.

Nah thats just fun when you are driving a car. 8-)

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Are they the ugliest animals alive ?

Nah that honour goes to the ARABS ;D