A few years ago, according to the media, cane toads were about to invade the southern states and we should have had them hopping all over us by now.

Has their invasion been stopped, or has the media just lost interest ?

they certainly moved westwards.. don’t know about south.. they’re all over the NT and I believe northern WA now.

Dropbear said:

they certainly moved westwards.. don’t know about south.. they’re all over the NT and I believe northern WA now.

They’re headed past me well down the mid north coast.. hugging the coastal strip.

Also evolved longer legs.

Expect much yelling when they reach Hornsby.

:)

There have been cane toads found as far south as Melbourne, but they got there in shipping containers from the northern states and were destroyed upon discovery to prevent spreading.

heaps in wa
south of kunnanarra in there millions

only one way to stop them
need to bred in a genetic fault

pretty much gone beyond stopping them now… I reckon

I did read about changing genes so they only had female babies but I don’t know how far they got with that.

Divine Angel said:

I did read about changing genes so they only had female babies but I don’t know how far they got with that.

surely it would be better to produce only males?

Dropbear said:

Divine Angel said:

I did read about changing genes so they only had female babies but I don’t know how far they got with that.

surely it would be better to produce only males?

Yep, 10/10

Dropbear said:

Divine Angel said:

I did read about changing genes so they only had female babies but I don’t know how far they got with that.

surely it would be better to produce only males?

They’d probably want gay marriage

I did find this though. http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Safeguarding-Australia/Cane-Toad-Research.aspx

Opinion remains divided over the ideal size stick to use on them..

A 3 or a 5 iron.

Ian said:

Opinion remains divided over the ideal size stick to use on them..

A 3 or a 5 iron.

Nah use a 12 gauge, and give ‘em both barrels!

bob(from black rock) said:

Ian said:

Opinion remains divided over the ideal size stick to use on them..

A 3 or a 5 iron.

Nah use a 12 gauge, and give ‘em both barrels!

waste of shot and powder.

bob(from black rock) said:

Ian said:

Opinion remains divided over the ideal size stick to use on them..

A 3 or a 5 iron.

Nah use a 12 gauge, and give ‘em both barrels!

Too much gun in the kitchen, Bob.

Peak Warming Man said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Ian said:

Opinion remains divided over the ideal size stick to use on them..

A 3 or a 5 iron.

Nah use a 12 gauge, and give ‘em both barrels!

Too much gun in the kitchen, Bob.

Maybe, but safer than a flame thrower indoors!

bob(from black rock) said:

Peak Warming Man said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Nah use a 12 gauge, and give ‘em both barrels!

Too much gun in the kitchen, Bob.

Maybe, but safer than a flame thrower indoors!

Why let them inside?

I think I read somewhere that they are catching some local disease & their spread is being slowed due to falling numbers.
A 5 iron slows them considerably too although mz Tamb prefers a 4 wood.

Tamb said:

I think I read somewhere that they are catching some local disease & their spread is being slowed due to falling numbers.

Sounds like the locals ‘ere, never have I seen so much azithromycin prescribed before.

poikilotherm said:

Tamb said:

I think I read somewhere that they are catching some local disease & their spread is being slowed due to falling numbers.

Sounds like the locals ‘ere, never have I seen so much azithromycin prescribed before.

Is that used to stop compulsive spherical angle measuring syndrome?

poikilotherm said:

Tamb said:

I think I read somewhere that they are catching some local disease & their spread is being slowed due to falling numbers.

Sounds like the locals ‘ere, never have I seen so much azithromycin prescribed before.

Heh heh heh.

OCDC said:

poikilotherm said:

Tamb said:

I think I read somewhere that they are catching some local disease & their spread is being slowed due to falling numbers.

Sounds like the locals ‘ere, never have I seen so much azithromycin prescribed before.

For the ear infection or the STDs?

Tamb said:

I think I read somewhere that they are catching some local disease & their spread is being slowed due to falling numbers.
A 5 iron slows them considerably too although mz Tamb prefers a 4 wood.

Plus the crows are working out how to eat them.

Arts said:

Tamb said:

I think I read somewhere that they are catching some local disease & their spread is being slowed due to falling numbers.
A 5 iron slows them considerably too although mz Tamb prefers a 4 wood.

Plus the crows are working out how to eat them.

Don’t forget the meat ants.

Tamb said:

OCDC said:

poikilotherm said:

Tamb said:

I think I read somewhere that they are catching some local disease & their spread is being slowed due to falling numbers.

Sounds like the locals ‘ere, never have I seen so much azithromycin prescribed before.

For the ear infection or the STDs?

I don’t ask where they stick things.

poikilotherm said:

Tamb said:

OCDC said:

For the ear infection or the STDs?

I don’t ask where they stick things.

A wise philosophy. It avoids gruesome replies.

poikilotherm said:

Tamb said:

OCDC said:

For the ear infection or the STDs?

I don’t ask where they stick things.

“Well, I’m just a modern guy
Of course, I’ve had it in the ear before.” — Iggy Pop + David Bowie, Lust For Life.

Robots

Is it really that hard…

What is the weakest spot of their life cycle?

What in their natural habit restricts their dominance?

What are the dangers of introducing another foreign species?

Something must eat their eggs and fry…

They may still be poisonous but small.

And as we all know, everything is poisonous in the correct amount…

Robots

Robots that look like cane toads that then hunt other cane toads down with lasers fitted into their eyes

freind showed me video from turkey creek
must have been 500 to 1000 on his front lawrn

wookiemeister said:

Robots

Too dangerous. What if they become self aware and decide we are next in line for some culling?

They may still be poisonous but small.

there tadpoles are poisonous as well

Witty Rejoinder said:

wookiemeister said:

Robots

Too dangerous. What if they become self aware and decide we are next in line for some culling?

Need some sort of automatic suicide programming built in. If they ever become self-aware they are programmed to self-destruct.

Witty Rejoinder said:

wookiemeister said:

Robots

Too dangerous. What if they become self aware and decide we are next in line for some culling?

They might be right

find it hard to believe that with all the genetic break through we had that if we put resorses in to it that we could not develop a genetic time bomb to wipe them out

robadob said:

find it hard to believe that with all the genetic break through we had that if we put resorses in to it that we could not develop a genetic time bomb to wipe them out

I would say the same thing about rabbits

Calicivirus hasn’t worked where I live, the blighters are all over the place.

rumpole said:

robadob said:

find it hard to believe that with all the genetic break through we had that if we put resorses in to it that we could not develop a genetic time bomb to wipe them out

I would say the same thing about rabbits

Calicivirus hasn’t worked where I live, the blighters are all over the place.

If only they’d waited until the official release?

roughbarked said:

rumpole said:

robadob said:

find it hard to believe that with all the genetic break through we had that if we put resorses in to it that we could not develop a genetic time bomb to wipe them out

I would say the same thing about rabbits

Calicivirus hasn’t worked where I live, the blighters are all over the place.

If only they’d waited until the official release?

So what happened ?

rumpole said:

roughbarked said:

rumpole said:

I would say the same thing about rabbits

Calicivirus hasn’t worked where I live, the blighters are all over the place.

If only they’d waited until the official release?

So what happened ?

Calicivirus was released onto the mainland before testing was completed. Perhaps if someone hadn’t jumped the gun then maybe the eventually released virus could have worked better.