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Australian park rangers say 'Toadzilla' could be world's biggest toad
Reuters ^ | 20 Jan 2023 | James Redmayne

Posted on 01/20/2023 11:02:17 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

Gray and her colleagues caught the animal and brought it back to their office, where it weighed in at a 2.7 kg (6 pounds).

Gray’s colleague, senior park ranger Barry Nolan, told Reuters the animal was euthanised due to its “ecological impact” — the usual fate for the toads across Australia.

Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935 to control cane beetles and other pests but their population exploded and with no natural predators they have become a threat to Australian species, Nolan said.

Toadzilla’s body was donated to the Queensland Museum for research.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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1 posted on 01/20/2023 11:02:17 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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2 posted on 01/20/2023 11:02:42 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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3 posted on 01/20/2023 11:04:04 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Looks like a Democrat to me..


4 posted on 01/20/2023 11:09:47 AM PST by dpetty121263
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5 posted on 01/20/2023 11:15:42 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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I thought this was a Stacey Abrams thread........................


6 posted on 01/20/2023 11:18:01 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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kinda resembles a ghettopotomus...


7 posted on 01/20/2023 11:20:54 AM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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“Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935 to control cane beetles and other pests but their population exploded ”

Let’s be clear here. The Aussies had a problem with beetles. Someone determined these toads would eat the beetles. It turns out the toads are nocturnal and the beetles are diurnal. Now they have billions of gigantic toads and not one beetle has been eaten. This is how government bureaucrats work.


8 posted on 01/20/2023 11:29:44 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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But this specimen was capable of reading cursive.


9 posted on 01/20/2023 11:30:31 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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Well, to be fair, are the toads eating any rodents?


10 posted on 01/20/2023 11:37:36 AM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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Big for a toad, but not big enough to destroy Tokyo.

Toads are related to frogs. Maybe toads' legs make good eating.

11 posted on 01/20/2023 11:40:03 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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Lick it!

I double dawg dare you!


12 posted on 01/20/2023 11:40:34 AM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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“Toads are related to frogs. Maybe toads’ legs make good eating.”

Toads are for licking.


13 posted on 01/20/2023 11:44:09 AM PST by dljordan
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What a moronic comment.


14 posted on 01/20/2023 11:44:37 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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“Well, to be fair, are the toads eating any rodents?”

I didn’t know, so I did a quick search. It turns out they will eat anything that will fit in their mouths, including other cane toads. It also turns out river rats have figured out how to deftly carve up and eat the toads. There has apparently been no redeeming value to the introduction of the species.


15 posted on 01/20/2023 11:46:15 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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Pales in comparison to the eggplant that ate Chicago


16 posted on 01/20/2023 11:46:17 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Delta 21

PASS!!!


17 posted on 01/20/2023 11:46:47 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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Evidently, at least one predator has learned how to deal with these toads poisonous secretions:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63699884

I’d guess that raccoons do this for similar reasons. Not that anybody who has to deal with them wants a lot of raccoons around.


18 posted on 01/20/2023 11:49:41 AM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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Eggplant That Ate Chicago - Dr West’s Medicine Show

https://youtu.be/b-Lc0Lra9cI

Yes, I remembered it from my misspent youth and Dick Biondi/ WLS...


19 posted on 01/20/2023 11:51:45 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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feh
20 posted on 01/20/2023 11:51:46 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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