anya4oz

Just read on the BBC News site that:

'Cane toads have overwhelmed the local wildlife in Queensland. Authorities in northern Australia have launched a competition to find the most successful way of slowing the devastating spread of cane toads'.

See news story 'Australia hunts down toxic toads' at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4242107.stm

But seriously, has anyone here got any good ideas about how they could do it? My idea (playing repeats of reaility TV programmes such as Big Brother House, to drive them away) might be a tad too drastic...

Anya.

GCS15

I quiet like running them over in my car. Or kicking them. Pouring salt on the buggers does bugger all in my experience.

Pollyana

Golf tournaments??
Cricket matches??

Helium Kid

Had my first experience of cane toads on my recent visit.
I had a round of golf with a couple of guys from Sydney on the Sunshine Coast and was amazed to see them bashing the critters with their clubs as we went round.

By around the 9th hole I was getting more success with bashing the toads than I was with hitting the golf ball.

I didn't realise they were such a pest.

Phoenixuk2oz

Apparently putting them in the freezer or pouring dettol on them :scared:

Either does the trick

wombat42

NAPALM! Roast em' all.

MrsDagboy

Yeah & 99 million of them are in our front yard .

Golf club are the weapon of choice in this house .

leedslad

I've heard that if you hit them with a bat of golf club they can spray into your eyes, and it feels like you've been smashed in the face by a bigger bat or club!

always wear safety goggles on the golf course

leedslad

You should open the world's first toad driving range!

Now there's an idea!!

anya4oz

It's so reassuring to see that the Brits (and their Colonial cousins) are just as soppy about animals as ever they were

Just joking: I know they are a pest (the toads that is, not the Brits )

So having beaten, frozen or poisoned the b*ggers, can we be really green and recycle them? Could one make high quality shoes/handbags etc out of their skin? Could their flesh be used as a new eco-friendly fuel in power stations? Or might their venom be useful for injecting into vain women's faces in order to get rid of those troublesome wrinkles?

I think we should be told....

Anya.

Brissiegirl

if you feed your cats/dogs outdoors, make sure it's out of reach of the toads.. cat won't touch the food if a toad has been helping itself from the dish.. same with pet drinking water - toads will have a bath in it, hence making water undrinkable... so again out of toad reach!!

I haaaate toads.. revolting things - but watch crows eat the flat-pack road kill toads - they flip them over onto their backs and proceed to extract bits from the underbelly - crows are noisy, but very very clever...

wargod

Export them to the French !!!!!

leedslad

now there's a money maker!

badri

Or to Japan.

Hmm I should talk to the exporter soon

Badri

wombat42

The French would die a painful death if they tried eating these frogs considering they are poisoness.