Purse makers care.
Posted on 06/08/2008 2:25:07 PM PDT by LibWhacker
The habitat of cane toads is spreading across Australia and the poisonous amphibians are decimating populations of freshwater crocodiles, according to a leading biologist.
Dr Mike Letnic, of Sydney University, says scores of crocodiles in the tropical, northern region have died after eating toads. His team visited the Victoria River district of the Northern Territory.
"[In 2006] we counted more than 600 crocodiles and in 2007 we counted less than 400," he said. "There were dead crocs everywhere. The only thing that had changed between visits was that cane toads had moved through the river system."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Cane toads were introduced from South America to combat beetles infesting sugarcane. They had little effect but bred prolifically and proved an environmental peril, with their toxin killing native animals.Isn't this like the 10,000th time Australia tried "fixing" a problem by "introducing" a new specie into the environment only to have disastrous results.
Are they like the commies, always believing that the next time will prove their theory right?
[In 2006] we counted more than 600 crocodiles and in 2007 we counted less than 400
If they were "decimated" between 2006 and 2007, there would have been "more than" 540 left in 2007.
The folks in Queensland are not amused.
Yeah, but not many “journalists” can even count to ten.
So you're suggesting that the crocs selected every tenth toad for execution?
Precisely!
Hey, they're dangerous blubbering fools and scumbags, but they think they have good intentions.
Too bad they can’t decimate the population of saltwater crocs.
Mutual destruction. The crocks die after eating toads.
The article claims that the crock population was "decimated", from the numbers given, it was worse than that and nobody seems to care that the poor toads are losing their lives too.
Purse makers care.
Ok that is just gross.
Who the heck is going to buy a toad purse!?
A thread about crocs dying after eating poisonous toads, and somebody’s comment gets deleted? It must have been a good one. Sorry I missed it.
Okay, now that looks like a bag that would hold used condoms.
A frog prince?
Nupe, you didn’t miss anything: Guardian articles have to be excerpted but someone posted the whole thing, or rather, the remainder of it.
LOL! Thanks for the explanation.
I guess you shouldn’t lick the toads.
That’ll go great with my armadillo pumps and my cicada belt.
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