Help to kill a cane toad or 2

I have used Dettol for years now and it is amasing how well it works. Ages later I find dry everywhere.
It might only be in my head but I feel we have less toads around than we had a few years ago. If killed only 2 per week we might have a chance.
Reiner

New Pressure Pack spray will on the shelves soon.
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Check this out

Aerosol spray for cane toads

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Hi Dave,
Does your zoologist mate know of the Keelback Snake, I believe it is one of the few if not the only snake that can eat Cane Toads yet is totally harmless to humans. In fact it does not have any Fangs at all.

It is quite common in SE Qld and Often Mistaken for a venomous snake.

A lot of snakes are dying out because they cannot safely eat cane toads and they die, so the keepback is replacing them in the food chain, but there is a danger of people killing them without knowing what they are, thinking they are a brown, or a rough scaled snake.

They can be Identified by the fine ridges running down their scales (like a yachts Keel - hence Keelback) The keels are most noticable down the tail end.

They are the only snake with an underbelly with single wide scales all the way from head to their Anus, then past the anus they have 2 scales to the tip of the tail (I dont have a underbelly photo bit it is very noticable and their underbelly is quite light if not white in colour).

Then of course - they have no Fangs - just grinding teeth.
They usually live near water sources.

Unfortunatly very few people have ever heard of them, I ran over one with the slasher and thought it was a dangerous one as we have Kids and Horses but it took ages for me to identify, but now I am a real advocate of them.

Here are some pics of one we recently tried to save that had been run over by a car..

It eventually died so I checked out the bulge in the belly and it as a half digested cane toad.

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I think it would be good to educate people about it if we can.

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cheers

Kerry W

If its for the cane toads the Government should highly subsidize this can in my opinion...They allowed the bastard creature into this Country...

Just like the Honey Bee and the varroa mite...CSIRO underfunded once again..Wake up Rudd the last Prime Minister was a complete twit in this area.We at the moment are the only Country that hasn't been devastated by it..They predict if it gets here food prices will at least double and its highly likely it could come across from N.Z.
America would be stuffed if we did not export some of our bees..
Quite frightening really..




Cheers

G'day Dave,

interesting story here where one researcher is suggesting introducing them to areas where they do not exist, to help the native species learn about them before the big wave hits. Reducing the mortality rate in theory. That's a big pill to swallow.

Professor Shine's proposal

I know that Qlders are annoying, but I respect their input to this forum, most are very intelligent & I for one quite often benefit from their input.
I therefore don't agree with any method of killing them, I would be just happy to see them hop away now and then & let the rest of us live in peace. LOL & cheers.

Dave


The correct ingredients are half detol and half bleach.

You put it in a spray bottle and give them a squirt. Kills them without a problem.

I have killed hundred of them with this method.

The greenies reckon it is cruel. It is a pity it didn't work on the greenies. There is a lot of native animals birds and reptiles that have died because of the cane toads.



Tjilpi

Cane toad

Have you jokers seen the movie yet?

Kingo