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- sgtcaboose, on 12/03/2008, -0/+14***** cane toads. I kick at least one walking from my car to my front door every night at the moment.
- bonjourmr, on 12/03/2008, -0/+10I woulda called em chazzwozzas!
- s1mcon, on 12/03/2008, -1/+9"Thousands of cane toads moving in a front across tropical eastern Queensland state can travel 10 metres (30 feet) overnight, researchers say.
Those at the front of the invasion near the Western Australian state border can cover one km on a wet night – 10 times the distance."
What now, 1000 meters (1km) is ten times the size of 10 meters? - Laiden, on 12/03/2008, -0/+7 Dear Australia,
Holy ***** that's *****.
Love,
Your commonwealth brother, Canada - honeybrass, on 12/03/2008, -0/+6Yes, they change maths while you weren't looking. Next time keep up!
- inactive, on 12/03/2008, -1/+7It's the only time I pick up the cricket bat here. And yeah they get some distance if you get a good swing behind them.
- Poweroft, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5There is a hilarious documentary made about this. People were swerving on the roads to hit the toads and one old guy had a whole bunch of them as pets. Something good from bio class.
- Trollbane, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5The problem in Australia is that they were introduced and don't have natural predators that eat the eggs or tadpoles. Frogs and toads lay literally thousands of eggs every time they repoduce, but generally only one percent survive to become mature. So you can imagine the rate at which the population can explode if there's nothing eating the eggs.
- Nboy514, on 12/03/2008, -0/+4Is it honestly that bad!?
/From Canada - Trollbane, on 12/03/2008, -0/+4In certain parts of the country, at this time of year (early summer here), yes.
- GeckoSlayer, on 12/03/2008, -0/+4It really is.
It's wet season right now (summer), and there are hundreds of them everywhere. Trying to walk to your car and you'd step on a few. If I had to estimate, I'd say at least 100 in my yard. - inactive, on 12/04/2008, -0/+3Yup, saw it.
You might like this even better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLGuaSH2IZ0 - Mujokan, on 12/03/2008, -0/+3I'm not *not* licking toads...
- popzero, on 12/03/2008, -0/+3Damn, you guys beat me to it! I saw that a few years after it came out, and I remember a VW bus coming over the hills toward the camera, and it's swerving all over. You're thinking, "Geez, that's a lot of toads to avoid if it has to swerve like that." Then as it gets closer and closer you realize it's not trying to get around them, it's going out of its way to aim FOR them. Don't know if I remember it right, but it was a great setup!
- Cannon49, on 12/03/2008, -0/+3Oh man I watched the exact same thing in Geography class. ***** hilarious, if anyone has the chance to watch it I suggest you do:
Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_Toads:_An_Unnatu ... - GeckoSlayer, on 12/03/2008, -0/+2The normal ones can definitely travel more than 10m a night, they're able to jump more than a metre with a single jump...
- GeckoSlayer, on 12/03/2008, -0/+2Haha, I live in Townsville and they are everywhere, seriously, everyone hates them. No joke, we regularly go on toad hunts with golf clubs.
- dtele, on 12/04/2008, -0/+2here is the Australian article from last week:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,2204 ... - jgubbe, on 12/03/2008, -0/+2Golfing toads sounds like a great drunk game.
- honeybrass, on 12/03/2008, -0/+2Omnagery (Singular of Managery)
- arpad, on 12/03/2008, -0/+2Turns out Aussie crows are starting to figure out how to make food out of cane toads. The crows have learned to flip the cane toads on their backs and kill them. Then they can eat the good parts at leisure.
- inactive, on 12/04/2008, -0/+2 Yup.
And the back legs have no poison...Frog legs are quite good. The meat is white and flaky. - topho, on 12/03/2008, -0/+2Keywords being "certain parts".
- tr0j, on 12/03/2008, -0/+2If Arthritis is a number four iron golf club, then yes, that would do it.
But for the humane amongst us, popping them in the freezer over night is enough, as recommended by the RSPCA. - Eslamicolt3, on 12/03/2008, -0/+2Reminds me of this
http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/cane_toad/ - honeybrass, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1Oh, good news for once.
- TsuruchiBrian, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1Yeah I read that part like 10 x10 = 1000 times before I realized it was wrong.
- Trollbane, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1No mate, you've got to use the 3-wood to get the real range.
- CYCLEORDIE, on 12/04/2008, -0/+1very interesting.. but what a ***** written article. yes... *****
- GeckoSlayer, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1Yeah, it'd be very important to get rid of the poison, I've lost three dogs to cane toads in the last 5 years... :(
- pogla, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1Let's hit the Frog and TOAD!! (I live no where near QLD, but I still hate them... not us much as Cockroaches tho' GO QUEENSLAND!!)
- moduc, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1Interesting is that my dogs and cat didn't die even cane toads are around. I usually walk out of the house, and would see 1 or 2 sittings around. I guess they know not to eat these things. I remember seeing my dog played with one using his front legs though.
These cane toads are actually very friendly. I see them, and they look at me, no even running away. This is normal in the US with birds, rabbits, and other animals. Over there, animals run away when they see human, unless they're pets. People eat almost anything there. The toads didn't enter our home. We don't close the door like in the US (there wasn't air conditioner or heater for the house). They eat insects which is great for the farmers. - TsuruchiBrian, on 12/04/2008, -0/+11 meter per jump x 100 jumps per night = 10 meters per night.
It's simple arithmetic. - insanenoodle, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1an episode of simpsons comes to mind...
- Beatmiser, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1As long as these 'camel toads' I keep hearing about are safe...
- Bex5, on 12/03/2008, -0/+0Good!
Bastard things. - aobtd, on 12/03/2008, -1/+1mini stampede
- Bex5, on 12/03/2008, -0/+0the fact that we don't live in qld will be irrelevant soon, they've already spread interstate as it is
- Ke422aznChemE, on 12/04/2008, -0/+0The idiot who wrote the article needs to learn how to count. 10 meters over night... lol? It should take seconds....
- stack3r, on 12/03/2008, -2/+2Yeah, but its not like we give a ***** about them.
Run them over, use them as golf balls, pour salt on them, play cricket with them, light them on fire ... and its all good cause they are a pest :D - tsotha, on 12/03/2008, -1/+0I think they meant to say normal ones can travel 100m overnight instead of 10m. Because, let's face it, common garden snails travel more than 10m in a night, and they have only one foot. Ten meters just isn't that impressive unless you're a plant.
- moduc, on 12/03/2008, -3/+1In south east Asia, the cane toads live there for years. However, somehow they don't have the over population problem. Could be due to pesticides, or lack of food.
Anyway, why not catch these toads, and process them into food? Just strip out the poisonous part. I remember a kid who has a big stomach (but skinny otherwise), was fed with this to cure his illness. I am not sure it cures the problem or not, but he may lack some nutrition.
Anyway, if you can make food out of this, and feed pigs or chickens with it, it's a great thing to do.
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