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6 comments:
THIT!!!!
♫♫♪♫Froggie went a-courtin' he did ride uh huh.....♫♫♪
Ribbit :)
Joe watched a documentary on Cane Toads that I'm going to watch shortly .. It's on Netflix and he said it's really interesting. They were imported into Australia to eat the worms that were ruining the sugar cane crop, but alas, they didn't like the worms they were supposed to relish and the result was that the original approx 100 toads turned into 1.5 billion !!!! (yes, with a B) in about 70 years. I will have to watch it now to see how all the attempts to rid them of these toads failed. They are also poisonous to eat but dogs love to lick them because they get 'high'. LOL.
Carol - I get three different frogs out here.... the little tree toads, an intermediate size, and a large bull frog. I don't think any of them would get you high but I'd have to already be pretty drunk to lick one to find out.....
The Cane Toad story sounds typical of so many attempts by man to manipulate nature when he doesn't understand all there is to know before he starts using a shotgun to make changes.
Yes, it's amazing that they just imported the toads without really finding out if they would eat the worms. It's like the plants that were brought here by well intended but slightly stupid people; think Kudzu and English Ivy, there are many others but as we now know, once established, they are impossible to eradicate.
I even found out that some varieties of Crocosmia are invasive, I hope I didn't purchase those. They are beautiful but who wants something that just takes over your yard? Sort of like the Crocus I see in vast quantities in the middle of lawns.
Carol -Hawaii's Mongoose population is another great example... brought in to control the rats only to find out the mongoose and the rats are on different time schedules & never the two shall meet.
As far as plants are concerned, Scotch Broom and our Himalayan Blackberry also come to mind. The plan with the blackberry was to introduce a new 'thornless' variety & they never considered it would become a thorny hybrid and then just take over. The lovely Butterfly Bush is another invasive plant.
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