The Australian-Anuran War...

[Silencer]

Has made news on Sky.com and DAC:

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91059-13528964,00.html

'It's Time To Take Action'
Updated: 13:54, Monday June 19, 2006

The Australian military are set to take on an army of toxic toads.

The poisonous cane toad was initially introduced to the Northern Territory to try and control beetles that were ravaging the sugar cane fields.

But this pest needs military action.

The toad is marching relentlessly across northern Australia and now the West Australian Government has stepped in to intercept the environmental barbarians.
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State Environmental Minister Mark McGowan has written to the Defence Minister asking for permission to use soldiers in the neighbouring Northern Territory to kill the toads.

"We'd seek the Commonwealth to help us in fighting this terrible threat to native fauna in Western Australia", he said.

"It's time to take action."

Cane toads have poisonous sacs full of venom on the back of their heads which are so powerful, they can kill many predators, including crocodiles and snakes, in minutes.

All previous attempts to kill the toad have failed.

And they brought it on themselves:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Because of its voracious appetite, the Cane Toad has been introduced to many regions of the Pacific as a method of agricultural pest control, notably in the case of Australia in 1935, and derives its common name from its use against sugar cane pests.

And ain't that a nasty son-of-an-amphibian:


Our thoughts go with the brave Australian boys who'll stop at nothing to destroy this bofonid menace.

EDIT: Oh wait. I'm toxic too. I guess I'll side with the toads on this one.

 

[calculon000]

What were they using to try and kill the toad before if they now have resorted to military action?

 

[PhredBean]

Though I know it's not what is going to happen, the image of Australian soldiers stalking through suger cane fields in four-man formations shooting frogs with their rifles keeps popping in my head.

 

[The Vault Dweller]

Quite Fanatic told me alot about this. Its a famous story as far as environmental science is conscerned.

Apparently they went and introduced the toads to combat local pests, but the toads were too well adapted to the environment and soon proliferated to the point where they ran out of stuff to eat and started attacking crops. People couldnt introduce predators to stop them since the toads were naturally poisonous to predators.

They tried to eradicate them multiple times with government agents using various methods including just wandering the countryside and stuffing them into bags.

I'd love to see this "war"...lets just hope the Amphibioids dont defeat the human race.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

 

[Murdoch]

I think we should develop an amphibian version of FEV, then deploy it in Australia. I'll make it so that the toads devour the Kilus's and other Australian men, while rendering the women susceptible to the nerd pheremones of NMA members. The toads then bloat to the size of half kegs and exploding in a spectacular fireworks display.

Then we conquer Australia and take the women. I get first dibs on the ladies 'cause its my idea.

 

[Duckman]

<font>Murdoch</font>[/b]</u>]I think we should develop an amphibian version of FEV, then deploy it in Australia. I'll make it so that the toads devour the Kilus's and other Australian men, while rendering the women susceptible to the nerd pheremones of NMA members. The toads then bloat to the size of half kegs and exploding in a spectacular fireworks display.

Then we conquer Australia and take the women. I get first dibs on the ladies 'cause its my idea.

Sounds like a plan!

...Oh shit I'm Australian...

I think on the news a few years ago, they reported the first cane toad arriving in Sydney, I'm not sure how it lasted, but they just spread so rapidly. I've done some environmental study on these toads, and they just fucked over most of Queensland and are just working their way across.

That's our way of thinking working to a great length bring in a toad to combat the cane beetle, and then have that beetle decimated, and then the toad raping absolutely everything else.

I've heard also some people in far north Queensland use these toads as soccer balls due to their size, and boot them around.

 

[Pajari]

I would think that the entire population of Australia would, in unison, grunt, smash their bottles of Foster's on a rock, and use the resulting shiv to mercilessly stab the nearest frog, all the while tipping their wide-brimmed hats and complaining about dingoes accosting their young'uns.

 

[Volkov]

I would think that the entire population of Australia would, in unison, grunt, smash their bottles of Foster's on a rock, and use the resulting shiv to mercilessly stab the nearest frog, all the while tipping their wide-brimmed hats and complaining about dingoes accosting their young'uns.

All to the tune of "Tie me kangaroo down, sport".

 

[Unkillable Cat]

...Battletoads?

 

[Ashmo]

It seems like this happens every single fucking time they try to introduce foreign flora or fauna into theirs.

You'd think they'd learn.

Just think back to the time they accidentally wrecked their ecosystem with bunnyrabbits, dammit!