Best headline ever.


/not really, but a cool story.

Toads? That's an odd name. I'da named them chazwazzers.

That headline is additionally clever if you know what a group of frogs is called.

was magnolia the one about the guy that's murdered while trying to commit suicide?

QUAGMIRE

"Invasive species have been one of the tragedies of Australian history."

Like the English?

/I keed. I keed.

Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!

\obligatory

so i'm guessing their legs wouldn't be considered a delicacy?

what's with those french? givin up on everything??
you'd think the french restaurants in the region would be having a "bucket o' legs" special or something.

/stretchin
//got nuttin

good ole flopp: what's with those french? givin up on everything??

Yes, even the french resturants surrender.

loser_death_spiral Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!

Now thats entertainment!!

damn someone got the simpsons in before i could

Uhhh... Wasn't LOTR filmed in NEW ZEALAND?!?

All glory to the HypnoToad!

I for one, welcome our cold-blooded, insect-eating, hopping, tasty-legged,.....ahhh screw it!

was in australia in 97. THey were offering a bounty on them I think.


At any rate, my friend and I went out every night with golf clubs and wooden spears and had a lot of fun.


/more fun than freezing them
//more humane probably too
///smashy slashy

I've seen specials on those cane toads on one of the educational channels before. They brought them in from Hawaii I think to help combat grubs and they have no natural predators in Australia. They farkin spit poison. Dogs and cats get killed trying to eat them and kids can be blinded I think if shot in the eyes.
If I'm wrong on any of those points and an Aussie can point it out, well I saw it a LONG time ago

These toads need to be taken out.. WITH LASER EYES.

Calaban

They farkin spit poison. Dogs and cats get killed trying to eat them and kids can be blinded I think if shot in the eyes.

Not saying I'm an expert, but could it be possible that the gov. was just trying to make people afraid of them?
Fear = Hate?
Hate = Dead Toads?

Just sayin'

Jewish Toads?

2006-06-18 06:45:45 PM 12inpianist

Calaban

They farkin spit poison. Dogs and cats get killed trying to eat them and kids can be blinded I think if shot in the eyes.

Not saying I'm an expert, but could it be possible that the gov. was just trying to make people afraid of them?
Fear = Hate?
Hate = Dead Toads?

Just sayin'

no they're poisonious, the tadpoles too. they want to create a virus to destroy them. nothing could possibly go wrong with a virus. just set it an forget it.

They should have an annual event based around the killing of frogs. Perhaps call it whacking day.

Or when God gives them lemons, make lemonade...

/Put another toad on the barbie, mate!

Toads ftw

One of the interesting ways they deal with toad infestations is by spraying their grounds with a high dose caffeine-based solution. The caffeine soaks easily through toad skin and kills them, but without causing much nearby environmental damage.

Why don't they just run them all over with V8 interceptors?

Cane Toads

Cane Toads (1988)
Plot Outline: A documentary detailing the spread of Hawaiian sugar-cane toads through Australia in a botched effort to introduce them as counter pests.

I just watched this a few weeks ago. Quirky and worth a see. You can find it at netflix and greencine.

So it'll look something like this?



[I forget whose work this is, so whoever you are, props.]

not Australia.

There was a news article last week that they are looking to genetically engineer some of the males so that all their offspring are male. The reasoning is that if enough of these are released then the toads will eventually die out through lack of breeding females.

Communist Toaster: was magnolia the one about the guy that's murdered while trying to commit suicide?

only for the first five minutes. It isn't mentioned again after that.

bigdavemaddox: There was a news article last week that they are looking to genetically engineer some of the males so that all their offspring are male. The reasoning is that if enough of these are released then the toads will eventually die out through lack of breeding females.


it'll never work. They tried something like that in South Park once.
/everybody back in the pile!!

uwantfries: I just watched this a few weeks ago. Quirky and worth a see. You can find it at netflix and greencine.

Some of my friends are obsessed with the Cane Toads documentary. (It is pretty funny, I've seen it a couple times.)

life imitates the simpsons!

I came to confirm the simpsons reference... all is right with the world.

To anyone who said "New Zealand, not Australia":

Wrong. Australia, in fact! RTFA. They aren't referring to the location, just the whole epic battle thing.

bigdavemaddox: There was a news article last week that they are looking to genetically engineer some of the males so that all their offspring are male. The reasoning is that if enough of these are released then the toads will eventually die out through lack of breeding females.

Didn't anybody watch Jurassic Park? There's no way that'll work...

Calaban: They farkin spit poison. Dogs and cats get killed trying to eat them and kids can be blinded I think if shot in the eyes

They don't spit poison, they secrete a poison, from glands on the back of their "neck" that can kill animals that lick them... It's apparently a hallucinogenic that some strange people get off on. They *can* squirt out of the glands on very rare occaisions (and not very far), when being roughly handled (though why you'd want to pick one up has got me buggered)

That being said, I never saw one "squirt" anything except guts after be a target for a 1 wood...
I had a dog (border collie/shepard cross) that licked one and she was pretty sick for a day...

/Used to live in Cairns
//Enjoyed running toads over in the car too, but it wasn't as much fun as toad-golf

Toad Golf, Anyone?

Tiger leads with a 4 under par on the Aussie Grand Open, nailing 2 Toadies, a Birdie and an Eagle with a 5 iron.

More later.

Lurlock
Didn't anybody watch Jurassic Park? There's no way that'll work...

Life will find a way.

stevie1der
That sure worked out for the dinosaurs the first time, eh?

/I know, life in general - not specific species.

Caught two last month when on vacation in Queensland. One of them made a pathetic mewling noise as he begged for mercy.

I returned them to the garden.

/regrets this now.

nero_design: I returned them to the garden

Pretty sure that's actually illegal now.. You catch 'em, you kill 'em! (or give them to someone that will)

i live in cairns now, and theres millions of these bloody things, great way to scare a tourist i can tell ya. and cricket bats work best when it comes to whacking them. also for some real fun, tie two together and throw them at powerlines.. zap!