Up here, cane toads are as common as backpackers, hippies and property developers. Unlike these, we can actually kill cane toads. Should we? Well, they are an introduced species. But so is the dingo, technically speaking. Have they been here long enough to be considered locals? Probably not. They do have a huge impact on the native fauna though and have all but decimated native animal populations wherever they spread.
I don’t go out of my way to hurt them, but when I find them I have been known to shake their mortal coil. So I asked twitter, and here are some of the responses. Cane Toad Golf + Dettol Spray Bottles seem to be the most popular suggestions!
Apologies for the repeated question below, apparently embedded tweets don’t allow you to embed the reply only, and some don’t seem to render at all. Hopefully twitter will fix this.
https://twitter.com/OzEquitist/status/216746426569457666
https://twitter.com/Redror/status/216743735545958401
https://twitter.com/Redror/status/216743925208186880
@dnadigital_com
Garden spade…. 👍👏👏👏👏— The One & Only! (@ReaderCanWrite) June 24, 2012
@dnadigital_com Buy those cane toads in your backyard facebook shares, they'll be out on the street in no time.
— David Nash (@david_nash) June 24, 2012
@dnadigital_com put little helmets on them and blast them out of a cannon, new circus act/tourist attraction.
— INDI #FREEDANNY (@Indian_one) June 24, 2012
@dnadigital_com @ozequitist Dettol in a spray bottle – direct spray toad gone to toad heaven! Or catch and freeze!
— CountryRegional (@CountryRegional) June 24, 2012
Aren't you in Byron? Bit scary they are so far south. Straight dettol in spray bottle will get them every time.@dnadigital_com
— Meg Roberts (@megsmono) June 24, 2012
https://twitter.com/photograchclair/status/216844664983130112
Link to “HOPSTOP“