Saint in Paradise Posted 21 February, 2010 Share Posted 21 February, 2010 Australia's cane toads :shock: SYDNEY (Reuters) - A tin of cat food may be the solution to reducing the number of toxic cane toads in Australia, one of the country's major pests which environmentalists have tried for years to stop from killing off the native wildlife. Scientists from the University of Sydney said that putting cat food close to ponds inhabited by baby cane toads attracts carnivorous ants that are also immune to the toads' poisonous skin. The ants then attack the baby toads and eat them. "In one spot we tested, 98 percent of the baby toads were attacked within the first two minutes," researcher Rick Shine told Reuters. "It was a bit like a massacre." "Baby toads are incredibly stupid and their reaction to being attacked is to freeze. I think they're trying to advertise the fact they're poisonous and let the predator get a taste of that, but it doesn't work for the ant because it isn't affected." Full story is at :- http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/odd/6829550/cat-food-latest-weapon-against-australias-cane-toads/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintbletch Posted 21 February, 2010 Share Posted 21 February, 2010 February 2012 - Sydney. Scientists are desperately trying to find a solution to the massive number of carnivorous ants swarming across Queensland and New South Wales.... She swallowed the spider to catch the fly...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 21 February, 2010 Author Share Posted 21 February, 2010 February 2012 - Sydney. Scientists are desperately trying to find a solution to the massive number of carnivorous ants swarming across Queensland and New South Wales.... . Now there is an idea for a film :D Yes it has been done before and if I remember it had Joan Collins in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 21 February, 2010 Share Posted 21 February, 2010 February 2012 - Sydney. Scientists are desperately trying to find a solution to the massive number of carnivorous ants swarming across Queensland and New South Wales.... She swallowed the spider to catch the fly...... That reminds me of the simpsons episode where Bart releases some lizards into the wild and they kill all the pigeons. They then worry about the town becoming over run with lizards, but it's suggested that when that happens they will release snakes to wipe out the lizards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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