niggles Posted April 10, 2012 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8640207.stm 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldtop Posted April 10, 2012 I recall reading a while back, they were trying to introduce certain animals to start eating the toads as they were becoming too much of a pest. When i saw the sausages in the title i thought it was to give the animals a taste of the tender toads meat, guess thats not the case. Id prefer anything and everything to eat the bastards, i hate em. Cool strategy none the less Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niggles Posted April 10, 2012 eating most kinds of supermarket quality meat tends to make me feel fairly ill. I wonder how sick cane toad sausages make one feel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldtop Posted April 10, 2012 Cant hurt to try can it nig? never know, you might find your brand. Haha fuck that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niggles Posted April 10, 2012 Its the old eat the cane toad sausages at school so you vomit and get to go home trick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldtop Posted April 10, 2012 Hahah ohh mate played that one off a couple times in my day Scrape the meat off me golf clubs and make a sanga Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted April 10, 2012 I saw them do frog legs with them, theres quite a bit of meat on them, trick is to skin them quick and clean the poison being localised in the shoulder glands I believe. Probably taste like chicken but you won't catch me eating the disgusting things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted April 13, 2012 Eat the wagon wheel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyChesnutt Posted April 13, 2012 oh my, god. SO glad i am not eating right now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted April 16, 2012 yeah I would probably try it too.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete34 Posted June 21, 2012 wow niggles they could spread the baits by helicopter, especially before the toads reach a location and train many species not to eat cane toads it would work in other ways not just can toad, like train animals not to eat other animals/insects/plants Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jox Posted June 21, 2012 There are some native animals that can eat or have worked out how to safely eat cane toads. The beat way to save aussie wildlife, get rid of all the domestic pets (cats,dogs etc) & give everyone a pet quoll!! By the way I'd try eating one as well & there skin makes great leather (you would need a lot of them to make a nice leather recliner). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niggles Posted June 21, 2012 I think I made a seperate post about how the can use cane toad toxin to catch their tadpoles... let me find the article.. here it is! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-13/poison-pill-the-latest-weapon-against-toads/4067352 good stuff! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niggles Posted June 21, 2012 P.S. I would love a pet quoll, or wombat, or echidna. But they wont let me. Nor will they let me have a hedgehog. Im quite bitter about that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jox Posted June 21, 2012 I saw that post on the toad toxins/tadpoles, niggles, very interesting. Wombats are cool but fuck man they can bite hard. One of the first natives I got bit by when I was starting out working with wildlife. GIVE EVERYONE A NATIVE ANIMAL FOR A PET!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niggles Posted June 21, 2012 One of my rellies runs a native animal sanctuary in country victoria, as a kid I got to cuddle baby wombats and joeys and whatnot. Baby wombats are very puppylike and playful.. but yeah they sure can bite. Her door was reinforced with steel so the wombats couldnt dig through it. Good times! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
