Do you guys realise cane toads are well into NSW, don't know how far south they can survive though.
I've also heard that the cane toad's tadpole has the ability to kill off any other tadpole sharing the same bit of water (it is supposed to have the same poison as the adult) thereby killing off it's competition for food.
Would be interested to know if anyone else has heard this?
As far as killing them, anything I can lay my hands on.
roz
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....OH WHAT A FEELING!
I've heard that they're headed for Tenterfield. It's a new strain that thrives on cold weather.
TOL
I've also heard that with so many cane toads moving over the border is why NSW has been winning the past few State of Origin series.
It's also why the I Q of both states is on the rise.
TOL
For years and years and years, ever since the introduction of the toad, they have produced their tadpoles in the same water as all of the other frogs. I have kept fish ponds, in the ground, with gold fish, guppies etc and the toads and the frogs have all bred along harmoniously. It is my opinion that people in the south of Qld and beyond are being brainwashed by the whatever form of media. I am by no means an expert on toads, nor do I support their existence, but there certainly appears to be a fear of them among those who are not used to them or understand them.
Dave
TOL,
Didn't a certain NewZealand prime minister, say that about kiwis moving to Aus? BTW I am a Queensland supporter!!!
Dave,
You are probably right, but you would have to agree, we could really do without them.
roz
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Yes Roz, he did. I think it was that Muldoon bloke. Didn't think anybody would pick up on it. Got caught out, didn't I?
TOL
They have aleady made two hops towards New Zealand - that's North Stradbroke and Moreton. Next hop will be west - too Perth.
Goldfish and guppies are also introduced species....not native and don't count as living together!
Perhaps when you've seen mice/melomies or green tree frogs being eaten, I'll think you'll be convinced. But again they not just predators - they occupy a huge niche in the Australian environment.
Their poison is fairly complex - the more complexity, the more likely it will affect another generalist organism.
perhaps an observation
i work near a lagoon that has some monster barra in it...although this fact is not known by the general public.
it is also the home to my ritual Sunday night Toad Football Game
the Barra seem none the worse for the fact that there are toadpoles everywhere
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