Cane toads ‘invade’ Western Australia – 12 Nov 08

Australia seems to be losing a battle against the Venezuelan cane toad.

About 100 were brought to Australia in 1935 to combat sugar cane beetles.

But the toads went after everything else and have expanded their empire across northeastern Australia.

Tony Birtley reports on the effort to stop them moving to Western Australia.

Duration : 0:3:39


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25 Responses to Cane toads ‘invade’ Western Australia – 12 Nov 08

  1. JJfactor1 says:

    pleze all aussie …
    pleze all aussie animal lovers organise toad hunts at least every month we made this mess we need to clean it up pleze hunt them

  2. crypto457 says:

    the austrailians …
    the austrailians did it once before during a rabbit invasion, and also it is encouraged to to squish them with tripple wide tires, shoot them and use them as fertilizer, they also use their skins as coin purses.

  3. moatguy says:

    They can be called …
    They can be called one-humped camels too. Some animals have more then one comman name.

  4. KN0MAAD says:

    Hey thanks,I didn’t …
    Hey thanks,I didn’t know about that one, but I did know they are called Dromedaries. =D

  5. moatguy says:

    Also Australia is …
    Also Australia is the only country today where one humped camels live wild. Wild one humped camels are extinct in their navite Africa.

  6. pandarocks102 says:

    paste this to 2 …
    paste this to 2 other videos
    go to your channel and see your comments
    JUST DO IT IT SCARY!!!

  7. treemania says:

    Dettol works…for …
    Dettol works…for some reason

  8. KN0MAAD says:

    Camels too, …
    Camels too, Australia has more camels than any other country XD

  9. lalta08 says:

    That may be …
    That may be difficult. Cane toads were introduced to Australia in the 1930s.

  10. moatguy says:

    We can’t use a …
    We can’t use a virus until we are sure it’s harmless to our native animals.

  11. moatguy says:

    Better safe then …
    Better safe then sorry.

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  13. universallydespised says:

    do they come with …
    do they come with mayo?

  14. renae4 says:

    you can actually …
    you can actually freeze them

  15. renae4 says:

    oh fark im moving …
    oh fark im moving to derby, lame! i get to kill the cane toads atleast.

  16. Dawnslight91 says:

    cheese
    cheese

  17. anveshane says:

    fuck em people down …
    em people down under..

  18. y2knoproblem says:

    Who was the genius …
    Who was the genius that brought the cane toad to Australia? He should spend the rest of life collecting cane toads.

  19. kotk05 says:

    My weapon of choice …
    My weapon of choice: a sock filled with rocks

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    News that concerns …
    News that concerns Muslims!!!
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  21. kimz86 says:

    hahaha!
    hahaha!

  22. EmperorAtahualpa says:

    “ll i know is.. the …
    “ll i know is.. the two of us took over this comment table! :D

    Yes indeed…in fact, I think we are disturbing the “YouTube ecosystem” right now. :P

  23. kimz86 says:

    all i know is.. the …
    all i know is.. the two of us took over this comment table! :D

  24. EmperorAtahualpa says:

    Yes, personally I …
    Yes, personally I would take that risk, but (perhaps fortunately) I’m not the one in power to decide. :)

  25. EmperorAtahualpa says:

    “well.. the new …
    “well.. the new balance in the ecosystem might also work for them true, but maybe not as good as this one so..”

    Maybe you’re right, maybe you’re not. I guess in this case, we’ll never know. :)