[QUOTE=pfoot;25506524]so are humans, but whatever sick fuck.[/QUOTE]
You have absolutely no fucking idea of the damage they do to the Australian landscape, honestly. These animals are destroyers, they aren't native and they're killing off a lot of our wildlife.
What you're basically saying is that if you had to kill off ten thousand people to save a billion more, and there was no other way of saving them, you wouldn't do it. Which is pretty goddamn retarded.
[QUOTE=Eluveitie;25505783]Pretty much. Any animal that eats them dies.[/QUOTE]
Yep - so it better to kill them :P
I have my plastic rap ready for some dexter time
[QUOTE=killerteacup;25507103]You have absolutely no fucking idea of the damage they do to the Australian landscape, honestly. These animals are destroyers, they aren't native and they're killing off a lot of our wildlife.
What you're basically saying is that if you had to kill off ten thousand people to save a billion more, and there was no other way of saving them, you wouldn't do it. Which is pretty goddamn retarded.[/QUOTE]
The guy just doesn't know the seriousness of it, obviously. He probably lives a sheltered existence within a suburb with a loving mother that brings him food every day, with a local school that is just down the street so he doesn't have to leave his little utopia throughout the week.
[QUOTE=pfoot;25506524]so are humans, but whatever sick fuck.[/QUOTE]
Boy, I tell you now, if you were an animal, you'd give them a bad name. You. Are. A. Human. You are NOT a fox or wolf or whatever your fursona is. Deal with it.
[editline]19th October 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=killerteacup;25507103]You have absolutely no fucking idea of the damage they do to the Australian landscape, honestly. These animals are destroyers, they aren't native and they're killing off a lot of our wildlife.
What you're basically saying is that if you had to kill off ten thousand people to save a billion more, and there was no other way of saving them, you wouldn't do it. [B]Which is pretty retarded.[/B][/QUOTE]
You forget, so is he.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;25506964]They're a plague, they are also a good demonstration of how introducing an "alien" species to an habitat can fuck it all up.
Humans took toads to Australia to get rid of a huge bug problem they had, problem is, the toad has next to no predators in Australia meaning that the population can grow extremely large.
They tought about bringing snakes in to kill the frogs but they don't want to make it worse, if you had to choose, would you prefer a mildly poisonous frog plague that doesn't give a shit about humans or a deadly poisonous snake plague that can get agressive towards humans?[/QUOTE]
Because all snakes that could eat frogs are deadly and poisonous obviously. :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=MovingSalad;25507134]The guy just doesn't know the seriousness of it, obviously. He probably lives a sheltered existence within a suburb with a loving mother that brings him food every day, with a local school that is just down the street so he doesn't have to leave his little utopia throughout the week.[/QUOTE]
He probably doesn't even live in Australia, which gives him less right to accuse us of being sick fucks
[editline]20th October 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=BloodStream;25506914]
I understand that Australia probably needs you to do this, it's just a little shocking to see someone linking "humane" to the asphyxiation, freezing, and brutal bludgeoning of the toads.[/QUOTE]
You have to kill them in a certain way so they don't spray poison. Can't get too hands on, can't make them feel threatened. Freezing them is humane. Obviously it wouldn't be for a mammal but cane toads are cold-blooded so yeah
I was in Australia with my father prior to them moving into the NT. We worked on tracking a few species of lizards out in the boondocks for a year. Chances are that those lizards, once prevalent, are now all but extinct. Fuckers kill everything.
I wish you could turn them into food :(
[QUOTE=kartarn;25505735]They're pest, we have no sympathy for them.[/QUOTE]
Besides, they'll be space invaders any moment now.
OMG I hate toads too, can I move to Australia? Guys? :D
Also, related: I recall a Beavis & Butt-head episode named "Frog Baseball"
[img]http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/76/1154011272.jpg[/img]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3BN4YWX8Co[/media]
Funny as hell :v:
[QUOTE=GunsNRoses;25506608]Luckily I don't get them near me, but when I was in Queensland we went out at night and played golf with them.[/QUOTE]
I bet they won with a quadruple bogey.
Not as deadly as the Golden Dart Frog, you should be glad of that. Golden Dart Frogs have enough poison on their skin to kill over two fully grown humans.
Why don't you guys just ban them. You seem good at that.
[QUOTE=pfoot;25506524]so are humans, but whatever sick fuck.[/QUOTE]
Misanthropy is so edgy and cool.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;25506964]They're a plague, they are also a good demonstration of how introducing an "alien" species to an habitat can fuck it all up.
Humans took toads to Australia to get rid of a huge bug problem they had, problem is, the toad has next to no predators in Australia meaning that the population can grow extremely large.
They tought about bringing snakes in to kill the frogs but they don't want to make it worse, if you had to choose, would you prefer a mildly poisonous frog plague that doesn't give a shit about humans or a deadly poisonous snake plague that can get agressive towards humans?[/QUOTE]
Then bring in mongooses to eat the snakes, then problem solved mongooses are awesome
[QUOTE=Strongbad;25507171]Boy, I tell you now, if you were an animal, you'd give them a bad name. You. Are. A. Human. You are NOT a fox or wolf or whatever your fursona is. Deal with it.[/quote]
Not to be nit-picky, nor am I agreeing with him in anyway, but humans are animals. You can't deny that. There's nothing that separates us from the animal kingdom other than our superiority complex toward nature. Seriously, people take it almost like an insult to be categorized as animals. It's an undeniable fact.
[editline]20th October 2010[/editline]
Also, Shooting an invasive species such as this with a shotgun might make a fun afternoon. I'm all for the culling of invasive species, they wreak havoc on natural habitats.
This reminds me of a book I read when I was younger,
it was about cane toads and the (fictional) story of how they got turned into pancakes and dried out in the sun,
and then the younger ones would stack them up in huge stacks back at the village (:confused:)
Fucking settlers bringing their shitty animals here.
[QUOTE=GhettoGeek;25524237]Then bring in mongooses to eat the snakes, then problem solved mongooses are awesome[/QUOTE]
This.
No, seriously. I mean it.
[QUOTE=MovingSalad;25507134]The guy just doesn't know the seriousness of it, obviously. He probably lives a sheltered existence within a suburb with a loving mother that brings him food every day, with a local school that is just down the street so he doesn't have to leave his little utopia throughout the week.[/QUOTE]
I don't live in Australia, but holy fuck chill, it sounds like you are talking about the end of the world.
I didn't know Australia had such a problem with these.
Interesting to know.
When I was in Fiji last year, as soon as the sun went down the damn things were everywhere. I didn't understand why everybody hated them at first, but by the time I left I hated them too.
Keep in mind I consider myself an environmentalist.
Anyone who doesn't want to kill as many cane toads as possible doesn't know shit about their destructive power or hates the environment. I deplore the death of any creature, however I would gladly take up arms against those fuckers if it meant protecting the Australian wildlife. They have tried their hardest to eradicate every animal they have come across and eat anything that will fit in their mouths. Combined with the fact that they don't need all that much water, are filled with poison and are durable as all hell and you've got a problem. Kill the fuckers by any means necessary.
[QUOTE=shatteredwindow;25524451]I don't live in Australia, but holy fuck chill, it sounds like you are talking about the end of the world.[/QUOTE]
Seriously you have no idea how serious the cane toad problem is.
[QUOTE=kartarn;25505461]I like to get one in a plastic bag and stab it.
Oh the great fun you can do with cane toads![/QUOTE]
Y'know, if they ever mutated to giant size, like the size of cows, you'd need more than a knife and plastic bag. More like a ruddy great broadsword.
That'd actually be an interesting and pretty screwed-up scenario; Australia's cane toad population evolving into giant monsters, and loads of people having to go out into the deserts and suburbs to slay the beasts. It'd sure put a big new twist on the cane toad problem.
[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;25523702]Why don't you guys just ban them. You seem good at that.[/QUOTE]
Please tell me, how are you still gold member?
Seriously, almost every post I see from you is idiocy.
[editline]20th October 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=Faren;25524377]Fucking settlers bringing their shitty animals here.[/QUOTE]
Implying you are native fauna.
[QUOTE=CharadesV2;25506285][img_thumb]http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2905/49525479toad2copy.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
So we invited a bunch of cane toads to kill another pest right?
Now they have bred out of control. I heard that some scientists were trying to mess with their genes to slow down their reproduction or something along those lines.
This sounds very familiar...
cane toads gave me cancer
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