🐸Hot Tip! There’s more you can do to discourage cane toads from your garden: 🐸 - Cover or bring in pet food at night as it attracts cane toads. - Remove rubbish and other debris so cane toads cannot shelter under it during the day. - Keep your outside lights off when not needed. Cane toads like night-time lighting because it attracts moths and other insects for them to feast on.
@janedavenport13 күн бұрын
I have the Watergum bucket and lures and the system works brilliantly! I have caught and removed 1000s of cane toads from ornamental ponds. It’s super-rewarding to remove them from my garden by the hundreds. I hope major retailers like Bunnings and Garden Centres start stocking them so they are easier for everyone to find and start using.
@fourdayworkweek577611 күн бұрын
Thank you 🎉
@andrewallason453010 күн бұрын
I reckon they could just sell the lid and lures. Just redesign the lid so it snaps onto an existing 10 or 20 litre generic bucket.
@justlookin201016 күн бұрын
When did you start with the bucket,i have yet to see toadpoles in our dam.
@Owl5663 күн бұрын
I’d love to use them in my local creeks here on the darling downs. For years the climate was too cold for the cane toads but they have adapted and over the last 10 years I’ve gone from seeing none at night to seeing several a night. Soon it will be tens and then hundreds!
@Owl5663 күн бұрын
@@andrewallason4530if they just sell the lures I reckon you could make one with a coke bottle or similar as a funnel, they’re only in the creek for 8 hours so it should be still effective!
@missy180616 күн бұрын
This is brilliant for areas with cane toads! So much easier to reduce their numbers in tadpole stage instead of having to catch them when they've grown up. Thanks for sharing.
@GardeningAustralia16 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@billy414710 күн бұрын
Reginald William Mungomery. In 1935 he was sent to Hawaii to collect cane toads for introduction to Queensland to control cane beetles. He brought back 102 cane toads. What a stuff up Reg!
@MATTHEW1294416 күн бұрын
I am not sure if you realise. But new videos on cane toads haven't been made in a long time. About time. This is a niche but this trap should be common knowledge.
@rw-xf4cb16 күн бұрын
I saw some a few years ago even using dead toads the toadpoles will cannibalize them but this system is more convenient with the bait.
@chlorophyllheart14 күн бұрын
I donated to UQ to do some of this trialing years ago. I'm glad it's finally getting a video about it. Sounds like a perfect toad trap.
@andrewradford395316 күн бұрын
70 thousand eggs per year per toad. A good source of blood and bone in SE QLD since 1995 on our farm.
@missy180615 күн бұрын
I'm curious, what kind of farm do you have and how do you collect the toads and make their poison safe from other animals? I don't know much about cane toads & it's poison & am interested in learning about them.
@CitizenAyellowblue12 күн бұрын
@@missy1806They're killed humanely, then broken down, in the same way that fish fertiliser is made. The composting process breaks down the poison. The poison doesn't affect everything anyway, and the hazard is mainly for vertebrates.
@manicmasterofmetal262012 күн бұрын
Ten years ago I was caretaking my sisters house in Machans beach, Cairns. She had two cats and a dog that Needed to be looked after. The first night there I put food out for the pets and a half an hour later there were about 25 toads eating the cat food. There was a chest freezer in the laundry that hadnt been used in years so I plugged it in and it worked. I collected all the toads every night for a week. I had about 100 toads in double grocery bags in the freezer. I didn't know what to do with them but decided to bury them deep in a local cane farm. I went out with a good amount of deep frozen toads in my car but needed to get beer first so did that. On the way back to the house there is only one road into Machans Beach. I was travelling along it when I put my indicator on to turn into the cane farm. At the same time I turned I noticed a police breath testing unit ahead. I was a good 100 metres into the cane farm when a cop car came zooming down the dirt road after me, thinking I was drunk and trying to avoid them. I got around a corner and pulled up knowing what was coming next. The cop shot around the corner at speed and nearly hit my car. I was already standing casually waiting for him. He jumped out and demanded to know what I was doing in the cane field. I said very casually " just here to dump some bodies officer". He unclipped his gun and told me to put my hands up. I did, and then told him not to panic, they were only toad bodies. The look on his face 😮. He calmed down, I showed him the "bodies" and he put me on the breathalyser then let me go. He cautioned me to never say things like that to a cop again. I asked him where his sense of humour was. Still makes me laugh today.
@peterpop-off11 күн бұрын
😂
@tors60117 күн бұрын
This whole story should become a short film or something. 🤣🤣
@Spirit_Monkey15 күн бұрын
This is amazing! Great video. Councils should also get on board and help subsidise this for local communities
@oasisofzen781115 күн бұрын
I just contacted my council and they said no :( so disappointing
@scrapbagstudios16 күн бұрын
This is such good news! I live on a community and I will let other members know about this. Maybe the community will buy a few to put in the creek and the dams. Thanks for sharing this. Happy New Year to you all.
@GardeningAustralia16 күн бұрын
Thanks! Yes, please share with your community☺️
@velocity982815 күн бұрын
Whats great about this trap is the simple design. All plastic, only 2 parts. Easy to understand & cheap to manufacture. The trap user only needs a cheap net & a rock. If you want lots of people to use something, its important to not over engineer it. If its too complicated, people will lose intrest or just not use it. Bravo!👏🏼 Well designed
@jonnypace46553 күн бұрын
@@velocity9828 yet the price tag is crazy for something so simple
@becsutherland450616 күн бұрын
These traps are fantastic but they should be a government initiative and given out to people in affected areas for free. Most people don’t have $100 to spend on cane toad traps.
@matthewodonoghue412315 күн бұрын
Plenty of youtube vids out there how to make your own. They just chuck a dead toad in there for bait, apparently only attracts Toadpoles not frogs!
@wackychicken15 күн бұрын
$5 per lure is a tad too expensive for mass adoption
@juliastewart7416 күн бұрын
@@wackychickenThe Australian Government spent $14.5 Billion in tax subsidies for the fossil fuel industry in the 2023-24 financial year. The Federal government can definitely afford to allocate funding to hand out free cane toad traps nationwide. The Government would prefer to waste taxpayers money on profiteering and exacerbating climate change, rather than investing in programs that would benefit us all, as well as every native species and ecosystem across Australia. $14.5 Billion equates to $540 for every person in Australia. The traps cost $52 on Watergum’s Shopify. The government could give out multiple $5 baits to everyone in Aus, as well, and still spend less in total than the tax subsidies given to the industry that is causing the climate crisis.
@tegannottelling16 күн бұрын
It would be great if you had a link to where people can get the trap. 😞
@becsutherland450616 күн бұрын
Google ‘Watergum Cane Toad Trap’
@OZTutoh15 күн бұрын
Google watergum community online store. She's wearing the t-shirt for them.
@kendone245418 сағат бұрын
Google is amazing for just this type of conundrum.
@VK2FVAX16 күн бұрын
Absolutely wonderful. I can't be more enthusiastic.
@thorout837716 күн бұрын
Fantastic work, well done 👏✔️
@aileensmith771610 күн бұрын
This is so good! I almost wish that we had cane toads so that I could participate in this program... almost. Good luck eradicating, everybody!
@martinm93114 күн бұрын
Great video and the young lady is an excellent ambassador for their cause. Citizen science. How good. They could have fishing competitions using these traps. See who can catch the most!
@justlookin2010112 күн бұрын
Since the start of this seasons Frog Id (Nov 5),for a total of 39 nights i have removed 1365 cane toads from our property on the Sunshine Coast.I saw this trap in a store in Gympie the other day and have yet to try it out, as yet i have not seen any toad tadpoles in the dam.But i'm ready for them now.
@andrewdavie3867 күн бұрын
At our place near Yeppoon over the past week I have removed 220.
@loz229315 күн бұрын
All done! I’m a toad catcher and this is a great one to try out
@lolcatz8814 күн бұрын
The tadpoles also make the water they live in toxic to native amphibians. I found a big pothole in the rock at a local creek where there were tens of thousands of toad eggs. There was also two gorgeous native frog tadpoles that were well developed with all legs but still with their tail that had died. They looked healthy otherwise so I’m surmising that they died because of toad toxin in the pothole. I’m not sure if the toxin came from the eggs or the toads that laid them, but either way it was enough to kill the native frogs and probably anything else that swims in or drinks from the pothole. My daughter and I made sure to remove all the eggs and let them desiccate on the rocks.
@jimmychoose223516 күн бұрын
Me and all my neighbours would love them. There’s like 15 dams in a small area and a creek that all of our dams flow into in flood.
@grahamjohnbarr15 күн бұрын
My neighbour & I.
@sherleabanks29415 күн бұрын
😂@@grahamjohnbarr
@Westozmagic15 күн бұрын
That’s how you say it if your stralian
@bensbees976115 күн бұрын
This is fantastic ! Thank you to all involved in this great initiative!
@raeleneneilson317911 күн бұрын
Well done WaterGum and USQ!!
@ramonasue528414 күн бұрын
I am glad to see someone is doing something about the toads. Seems like a great idea too.
@nelly36516 күн бұрын
In Townsville we used to go with a torch and pet food bag at night fill it half freeze the put in bin. Took a while but cut numbers considerably
@OZTutoh15 күн бұрын
Can you fill in the ()? "In Townsville we used to go with a torch and (what kind of pet) pet food bag at night (and) fill it (with what) half (half the bag?) (and then) freeze (the whole bag?) the (then) put (it) in (the) bin (after how long?). Took a while but cut numbers considerably"
@deaddoll136114 күн бұрын
@@OZTutoh What kind of pet food comes in a bag? Just subsitute a plastic bag, there was plenty shown in the video. Fill it with what? Cane toads, not your common sense, that's for sure. Half full or full depends on your bag and your freezer size. 24 hours in the freezer judging by other comments, but until they're dead would be a good guide. 😂
@terryking391212 күн бұрын
@@deaddoll1361😂😂👍
@Youtubeispoo-o6d15 күн бұрын
Simplicity! I love it. Invasive control everywhere needs this.
@andyrichmond185815 күн бұрын
One wee problem with this trap. I have three small ponds where I have had the qld common striped marsh frogs breeding for over 24 years. These native tiny frogs eat cane toad eggs as soon as they are laid and there have never been any baby toads in my garden. As they love the eggs they may be attracted to the chemical lure. My frogs also consume mosquito eggs so no larvae in my ponds. Nature always finds a way!
@janicefleming494115 күн бұрын
I thought the cane toad was toxic at every stage of their lives including eggs and killing whatever eats it unless your marsh frogs have evolved a way as some creatures have.
@dcptiv15 күн бұрын
@@janicefleming4941 I just searched it & you are correct.
@jim-17115 күн бұрын
She did also say, you start by identifying that you are, in fact, dealing with cane toad tadpoles.
@RaffyMaBoi15 күн бұрын
Its not a problem for you to solve, when you dont have the problem in the first place
@lindajackson73159 күн бұрын
🥰
@d12a34v56e13 күн бұрын
this is absolutely brilliant, what a great contraption
@martymcfly250616 күн бұрын
Using a dead adult toad as bait also seems to work well to lure toad tadpoles and not frog tadpoles. Easy to make a trap out of a plastic container and a funnel.
@carolinegawecki66813 күн бұрын
Need to get local councils on board and set these traps up in all waterways, especially on the Gold Coast.
@davidwilloughyby446815 күн бұрын
I love this! Incredible!
@Andysfishing7 күн бұрын
Why is there no link to Watergum? Let’s make a difference.
@AUNZAnon8 күн бұрын
This is fantastic!!!!! Congratulations!👍🏻🏅
@wazza_fishing16 күн бұрын
We have a cash a can system.Why can't we have a cash a toad system?Pretty simple to the workout
@jonnypace465516 күн бұрын
Because they get paid to recycle cans and bottles. Toads can’t be recycled 😂
@wazza_fishing16 күн бұрын
@jonnypace4655 fertilizer
@missy180615 күн бұрын
I'm sure it's because a minority would keep & breed them to get the $ which would make more work and undermine the purpose of eradication, the same as trafficking or illegal breeding of animals. Plus the Qld Government would have to set aside money for this and won't since people are doing it for free as volunteers. PS: Vic's Container Deposit Scheme to recycle cans & bottles was only introduced late 2023 even though every dwelling has a recycle bin that's picked up every fortnight that we can put our cans/bottles into.
@rhienwelzel4 күн бұрын
History lesson time! British Raj in India had a massive problem with cobras, so the British Raj put out a bounty on cobras and over time they realised there was still heaps of cobras and they found out the Indians were just breeding them for the bounty, so they stopped it and all the snake farmers released all there snakes making the original problem far worse 😂
@CassieFenton3 күн бұрын
As a Queenslander, this is brilliant! I’m going to see if I can get one of these! I’ve been collecting all the adults I see. In summer I catch anywhere from 20-50 every night just from my one backyard!
@nathanvary748214 күн бұрын
The qld government should be supplying these to every household for free and supply the lures ongoing for free aswell
@danielthompson320515 күн бұрын
Whoooo! GA finally moving with the world. From watching young Melissa king in early 90's to streaming and kept media today. Nice.
@triciasmith129816 күн бұрын
We don't have any water near us but have a gazzilion adults. So many, that you can't see the ground.
@normalisoverrated16 күн бұрын
With that many, they are obviously coming from somewhere. Consider asking your local wildlife expert & start setting up a trap or two. Together, we can make a real difference.
@terryking391212 күн бұрын
They might be coming from the drains 🤷♂️IDK 🤔
@desleypage630615 күн бұрын
Finally we may be able to get on top of these pests. Brilliant idea and so easy to implement. Will sell like hot cakes
@finding_mojo15 күн бұрын
Not sure if this is common but crows in our area now eat toads. They turn them over and eat them from the underside.
@chantaltulliez80662 күн бұрын
Yes indeed I’ve seen them doing it 👍🤪
@BushKayakersCampingAustralia16 күн бұрын
that's great but also maybe some really good fertiliser there for the garden or another use ?
@Zaihanisme15 күн бұрын
Once they've been killed by freezing you can do anything you want; some comments here mention adding to farm animal feed for protein, and I imagine they can be biodigested to create fertiliser
@BushKayakersCampingAustralia15 күн бұрын
@@Zaihanisme If the tadpoles carry the same toxins the toads do one could have some problems . If they are toxin free . yeah sure
@oasisofzen781115 күн бұрын
@@Zaihanisme Would their poison harm the farm animals though? Their poison can kill anything that eats them
@ezlow106514 күн бұрын
I hunt them every night and have got the numbers down comparedto last season woohoo! 🤸♂️🤸♀️
@DavidBall-v5i16 күн бұрын
Hawaii did the same unscientific introduction of cane toads to their islands.
@hankjones352716 күн бұрын
And Fiji :( We're really not all that smart are we😢
@TheRealMycanthrope16 күн бұрын
@@hankjones3527 we're plenty smart, we're just not that wise. Intelligent fools.
@davidwalsh760315 күн бұрын
I love simple solutions and cute dimples lol
@wozzie149216 күн бұрын
Good work
@thomaslohmann579416 күн бұрын
The QLD government should create a full time payed service, like a branch of the council who’s job it is to eradicate cane toads. They have the audacity to pay fire ant helicopters! To fly around looking for ants! But they won’t pay a full time contingent to eradicate cane toads. It was their fault! Why should we have to pay to get traps to fix it ourselves?
@oasisofzen781115 күн бұрын
Exactly, I contacted my local council and they weren't interested in becoming involved or spending the money on an actual threat to the environment, yet they have pumped so much money into the fire ant poison
@OZTutoh15 күн бұрын
Fire Ants were first seen in Australia in 2001. While Cane Toads compete with local wild-life, Fire Ants destroy everything. Cane Toads don't aggressively bite humans. Fire Ants do, and Fire Ants will kill a human with a sting allergy. So there's still a chance to stop Fire Ants from spreading and the government is very keen to accomplish that.
@skellator484812 күн бұрын
Lol. Any branch of government would mess it up. Take 18 months to form a committee them scrap the idea because they forgot what a cane toad was
@farnthboy11 күн бұрын
We're just south of Yamba in Nth NSW & the buggers are hopping around here now.
@carloscatano175016 күн бұрын
Fantastic!
@nancycurtis73159 күн бұрын
Wonderful idea. ❤
@danc.550916 күн бұрын
Are the adult toads more active during the day, or night? What other animal behaviours occur? Do they migrate only during high humidity over land? If the tadpoles rarely come up to breathe, perhaps a natural oil barrier like tea tree oil in the water might affect them? Is there a critical size of when they are able to reproduce? Do they have a mating season? What methods do they use to signal to a mate?
@GardeningAustralia2 күн бұрын
Great questions!!! We suggest asking your state museum, or perhaps the experts at Watergum can help 🐸
@empiresrikesfat3 күн бұрын
dang a princess and her toads
@260bossute11 күн бұрын
What a great idea!!
@mattashby364216 күн бұрын
Would be great if the QLD gov got onboard
@oasisofzen781115 күн бұрын
I just contacted my local council and they aren't interested in putting any resources into it :(
@mattashby364215 күн бұрын
@oasisofzen7811 may I ask what council this was?
@bxyw9 күн бұрын
Wow isn't that a classic council move
@lindajackson73159 күн бұрын
And NSW - NOW!
@MissAnthropeR615 күн бұрын
I moved into a rental on the gold coast 2 months ago and it was my first time experiencing these buggers. I don't have a pond, just a back yard. This won't be useful for me, unfortunately. I hate them. I can't let me dogs out to go toilet in the night without putting them on a lead and its a horrible experience as one of my pooches refuses to pee unless he can walk around on his own. 😢
@bobkoroua15 күн бұрын
This is going to have a huge impact.
@norinickrrostron900116 күн бұрын
It does work though only to a degree. I still found myself scooping lots of them with a hand net.
@stuz3214 күн бұрын
Great work ❤
@rossdark71312 күн бұрын
Awesome, hope it really takes off. Even though it may never eradicate the pest, but it's a start. Do they have anything for adults?
@sarcasmo5715 күн бұрын
Where can I get a trap and bait?
@danielthompson320515 күн бұрын
I found cane toad 'toadpoles' tend to follow each other like a conga line un my local park water ways, were as the natives then to be solitary and move by themselves. (And toads are so much darker to)
@ralsharp601315 күн бұрын
Well done! 😊
@jimtekkit15 күн бұрын
These things are prolific. On a one acre block, nowhere near water and with very few hiding places, I culled over 50 toads in one session. And there was still more after that.
@thedandyyoutubers167113 күн бұрын
This should be on every News bulletin every day until everyone knows about it.
@northislandguy14 күн бұрын
Fantastic
@auntybeebee16 күн бұрын
I heard about this on my kids school excursion in 2018 while it was being developed, bought one as soon as I saw it was commercially available. Used it in my dam but I caught hardly any (maybe 40 total across 2 attempts) despite seeing heaps in the water. I used it as depicted. The toad tadpoles did not seem interested. (I'm sure they were cane toad ones). Not sure why it didn't work for me. Open to any suggestions!
@norinickrrostron900116 күн бұрын
Same thing happened in my pond. I think this trap needs to be placed close to a large batch of tadpole. In my case despite being thousands of them, they were spread out across the pond. I imagine it would have been the same in your dam.
@brothermaynard320015 күн бұрын
I wish there was a way to deal with obnoxious road toads.
@erikas97415 күн бұрын
Yippie finally. How can I have a bucket?
@andrewford8015 күн бұрын
This is amazing. But I never knew there were that many wild cane toads. How depressing
@lordanderson809015 күн бұрын
I’ve dispatched about 100 Caines with my Indian myna trap. Haven’t caught any mynas yet😂
@screwyu132915 күн бұрын
Has the government, both state and federal been hit up to fund this?
@dnawormcastings15 күн бұрын
Wow what a great idea 🇳🇿👍
@raykanoon770515 күн бұрын
Well done. Genius
@foxfaith2413 күн бұрын
Yall should contact some organizations in Florida, USA. They have invasive cane toad issues as well.
@elgordo90314 күн бұрын
Need something like this for carp.
@ronaldmansfield.643914 күн бұрын
They are attracted to bright light. Maybe for the insects it attracts.
@jonnypace465516 күн бұрын
Great idea but having to fork out $75 for a trap plus shipping is a little steep for a “not for profit” organisation. I understand they need to cover costs, but that’s over the top as most people won’t pay that much. The local councils should also step up and free issue these traps.
@neilfrasersmith16 күн бұрын
A common misunderstanding. 'Not for profit' doesn't mean they don't want to make money. It just means they will keep all the surplus income, over the cost of good sold, for themselves, and pay no tax as they haven't made a profit.
@insAneTunA16 күн бұрын
@@neilfrasersmith That is not true. Non profits can make a profit, but they have to put all the profits back into whatever they are doing. They can't use the money to enrich themselves. Very often organizations like this do a lot more activities, such as education programs, but they also do a lot of research, and cane toads are not the only invasive species.
@RustyH4315 күн бұрын
Living in a rural area we have to pay shipping on so many things ---- I am sure the high charges for shipping is an easy way for higher profits.
@OZTutoh15 күн бұрын
Other commenters here are saying you can build a trap yourself from youtube guides and bait the trap with a dead cane toad.
@jonnypace465515 күн бұрын
@@OZTutoh this trap design is nothing new at all. I use to make similar fish traps with a cut down drink bottle and invert the top half to form a funnel. Works exactly the same and it’s free!
@ralsharp601315 күн бұрын
Brilliant 👏
@ArmageddonAfterparty16 күн бұрын
Before even watching this video, I wish to have said what I have been saying for over a decade about this: how hard can it be to make a tiny robot with a camera with a database attached to recognise and zap, burn, depose of or have a secondary vehicle collect pests? Surely the tech is cheap enough?
@paulg301216 күн бұрын
The version for unwanted, undesireable humans is already being tested in Ukraine.
@ArmageddonAfterparty16 күн бұрын
@@paulg3012 You misspelled Palestine.
@garfieldnotthecat577715 күн бұрын
@@ArmageddonAfterparty Surely you mean isreal?
@biok2thep67016 күн бұрын
I hope Florida looks into this, they have taken over south and central Florida.
@ramanipoonehela81215 күн бұрын
Where can you buy the traps?
@lexnite2216 күн бұрын
The Queensland Premier and Minister for Agriculture, along with local cane growers and the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations (BSES), pressured Prime Minister Joseph Lyons to rescind the ban on cane toads in Australia in 1936. The toads were then released in Queensland's sugar cane regions. Was the PM really pressured or paid, we don't know, only blaming each other.
@rickpratchett675815 күн бұрын
I wonder- would live cane toad tadpoles be good fish food for aquaculture farming? If you are going to catch them you may as well make good use of them.
@ezlow106514 күн бұрын
No they are toxic!
@XtrovertedHermit2 күн бұрын
Heres my method. Set a bucket(or 2) 3/4 in the ground with 3/4 full of water. put a couple of rocks next to them so the cane toads can climb in. They cannot get out of the bucket. If crows can see the bucket they will eventually pull them out and feed off them. Dont worry, they have learnt how to eat them without dying. Keep the water level constant every week and it may need changing if theres mosquito larva in it. your welcome.
@mrc630114 күн бұрын
and no link to buy one? gardening australia is right behind this, yeh right
@mzanziman915015 күн бұрын
Are the tadpoles poisonous as well? It would be interesting to see what would happen if you dried it and added it to maybe chiken or pig food
@hippieyoda199315 күн бұрын
Surprisingly I just read that yes they are poisonous as tadpoles still. :(
@rikkcampbell897515 күн бұрын
How can I get some for hinze dam
@eyeflynoosa8 күн бұрын
i got some baits a few years ago, made a trap out of a plastic storage box, it caught gazzilions of them, the worst part was having to dig a big hole to bury the rotting things in , the stink was unbeleivable .🤮 so get some baits people buy a trap or make your own, they work gurenteed
@MrASchmidt5 күн бұрын
7:10 can chickens feed on them?
@GardeningAustralia2 күн бұрын
Great question! As they can be poisonous to many creatures, we suggest checking with the experts first, such as those at your state museum or Watergum. 🐸
@billsmith510915 күн бұрын
How long do the adults live?
@qbmac230616 күн бұрын
If these guys were serious about eradicating Cane Toads, they would be offering their lures for free and not charging $105 for a kit.
@scrapbagstudios16 күн бұрын
So who is going to fund the manufacture and research? Do you expect this young woman to work for no pay and dip into her own pocket to have them made? More to the point why is the government not serious about eradicating them?
@michaellinahan774016 күн бұрын
@@scrapbagstudios since it was their fault in the first place!
@mrzoukdotcomzouklambadaboo821216 күн бұрын
We always end up funding their fcu ups n failures...they're useless at everything...
@hankjones352716 күн бұрын
She wasn't even born then, how was it her fault? Or perhaps you are blaming her charity, which was set up after the release to counter said release. How you are blaming them is beyond me.
@michaellinahan774016 күн бұрын
@@hankjones3527 if you follow the context I was replying to the previous comment that suggested the (QLD) government pay as the original decision to release these pests was their bright idea.
@blaizerhodes15 күн бұрын
I'm not sure this is such a great idea. You're going to select for cane toads that don't eat can toad eggs. That will lead to a whole lot more eggs hatching, which will in turn lead to more cane toads in subsequent generations (higher egg viability)?
@insAneTunA16 күн бұрын
I had a discussion about the cane toad in Australia, and about invasive species in general. Some people seem to think that certain bird species in Australia have miraculously "learned" how to wash and eat the cane toads, as if that would solve the issue even if it were true. Nevertheless I noticed that people can get angry when you point out that they are spreading an invasive species. I was pointing out to a few people that they were spreading an invasive plant species here in Europe, the prickly pear, which was also a big issue in Australia. But people just don't seem to care. It isn't bothering them, so they do not see the problem, not even when I explained what the problems are.
@paulreid222315 күн бұрын
Crows have been observed flipping cane toads over and eating their soft parts out : With that estimate of 2 billion cane toads, there aren't enough hungry crows to make a meaningful difference ..😢
@gapho519815 күн бұрын
Evolution finds a way.
@insAneTunA15 күн бұрын
@@gapho5198 Later research carried out jointly by several Australian Universities casts doubt on these reports. So there is no certainty that it is true.
@gapho519815 күн бұрын
@@insAneTunA right, according to "several Australian universities" everything on earth will always stay the same, good to know.
@insAneTunA15 күн бұрын
@@gapho5198 Nobody ever said that. So it makes no sense to make such a statement. Science is based on actual facts and studies and evidence. It is not based on folklore or on things what people think that they might have seen. People might have seen a bird trying to eat a poisonous toad, but did those people track that particular bird to see if the bird did survive? I can't tell you if scientist ever did a control tests just to see if those birds are even able to survive eating a poisonous toad. Some reports suggest that the black kite and not the crow eats the bellies, other reports suggest that the Ibis is washing the toads before eating it. But just because there are some reports doesn't mean that it is a proven fact. For example, some people have reported a creature that they call bigfoot, but those report have never been proven to be true.
@helenmcleary694323 сағат бұрын
Detol will do the job
@spencerlee450514 күн бұрын
yes cane toads are potentially the most worse for the environment for australia however, fire ants are statistically worse
@krispipermel13 күн бұрын
brillant
@thedandyyoutubers167113 күн бұрын
Wow
@PaulineJuchnevicius-yx9yx5 күн бұрын
Hello there again. Here is the title to the KZbin video. “Gardening Australia- New cane toad traps / pest and disease control “ Hope this helps. Bye for now 😎
@JohnSmith-pn1vv15 күн бұрын
$5 per lure doesn't sound very non profit to me. It would cost me $1000s a year to make a small dent. Need to come up with something cheaper
@astral_Y_T11 күн бұрын
I would happily buy some to put around my property, but the citizenry uptake on this product won't be that high and should not be relied upon to do so. The Government should heavily fund this to undo the damage that *they* introduced. Regardless, amazing work by all that put this together to be so effective with little consequence for other environments and fauna.