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Toads killing outback crocodiles
Guardian ^
| 6/6/08
| Barbara McMahon
Posted on 06/08/2008 2:25:07 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
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?
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:29:11 PM PDT
by
samtheman
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To: LibWhacker
poisonous amphibians are decimating populations of freshwater crocodiles.....[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.
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:29:33 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(We are going to get McCain or Obama, no ifs ands or buts. I know who I'll vote for.)
To: LibWhacker
The folks in Queensland are not amused.
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:31:02 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Given such dismal choices, I guess I'll vote for the old guy.)
To: Graybeard58
Yeah, but not many “journalists” can even count to ten.
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:32:04 PM PDT
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: Graybeard58
If they were "decimated" between 2006 and 2007, there would have been "more than" 540 left in 2007. So you're suggesting that the crocs selected every tenth toad for execution?
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:33:15 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Given such dismal choices, I guess I'll vote for the old guy.)
To: samtheman
Are they like the commies Democrats, always believing that the next time will prove their theory right?Precisely!
Hey, they're dangerous blubbering fools and scumbags, but they think they have good intentions.
To: LibWhacker
Too bad they can’t decimate the population of saltwater crocs.
To: Jeff Chandler
So you're suggesting that the crocs selected every tenth toad for execution? 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.
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:44:02 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(We are going to get McCain or Obama, no ifs ands or buts. I know who I'll vote for.)
To: Graybeard58
nobody seems to care that the poor toads are losing their lives too.Purse makers care.
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:45:30 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Given such dismal choices, I guess I'll vote for the old guy.)
To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:47:57 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
To: Jeff Chandler
Who the heck is going to buy a toad purse!?
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:48:02 PM PDT
by
SolidWood
(Refusal to vote for McCain is active support of Obama. Period.)
To: LibWhacker
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.
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:48:16 PM PDT
by
mass55th
To: Jeff Chandler
Okay, now that looks like a bag that would hold used condoms.
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:50:16 PM PDT
by
mass55th
To: SolidWood
"Who the heck is going to buy a toad purse!?"
A frog prince?
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:51:15 PM PDT
by
mass55th
To: mass55th
Nupe, you didn’t miss anything: Guardian articles have to be excerpted but someone posted the whole thing, or rather, the remainder of it.
To: LibWhacker
LOL! Thanks for the explanation.
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:58:16 PM PDT
by
mass55th
To: LibWhacker
I guess you shouldn’t lick the toads.
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posted on
06/08/2008 2:58:30 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Like a bat outta Hell.)
To: Jeff Chandler
That’ll go great with my armadillo pumps and my cicada belt.
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posted on
06/08/2008 3:22:29 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
(Marriage=One man+One woman! Vote to amend the California State Constitution this November.)
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