Spray will make cane toads croak!!! YAY!!!

[kazz]

Cane toads are a huge pest in Australia . . . . especially up north in Queensland.

A SMALL Canberra bio-tech company has developed a household aerosol that will kill cane toads in less than a minute.

''It's completely humane, there's no twitching, writhing, foaming at the mouth, turning blue or anything at all traumatic,'' the spray's inventor David Dall said.

''It's not toxic to people or family pets, and won't contaminate the garden with chemical residue. You spray the toads, they hop a bit slower, stop hopping and become unconscious. It kills them in their sleep.''

Dr Dall's company Pestat, developed the spray to help prevent family pets being killed by toads in suburban yards.

Spray will make cane toads croak

A cane toad ~

[Gumtree]

wonder how that will work with water near by....will it work quick enough before they can wash it off? hmm think I'll be sticking to a cricket bat

[kazz]

A CANE toad the size of a small dog has been nabbed in the middle of a "breeding frenzy" in Darwin.

The 861-gram (about 2 pounds) male is the biggest caught anywhere in the Northern Territory, according to environmental group Frogwatch. Measuring 20.5cm (8 inches) in length, the colossal male was one of 39 toads caught in a breeding frenzy, said FrogWatch co-ordinator Graeme Sawyer.

Hunters trap giant cane toad | Herald Sun

[Gumtree]

that is gross....I hope I never see one that size....gee's

[martyn850]

Will you get issued a can to accompany your CS/pepper spray??

[SANE-A30]

EEWWW even the little toads here give me the willys I would seriously have a heart attack if that thing hopped anywhere near me ( big as a dog)....ew and ew noway...

[sparrow803]

Holy Crap! We'd put something that big in a barn and try to milk it here in Iowa.

[SANE-A30]

Holy Crap! We'd put something that big in a barn and try to milk it here in Iowa.

lol... I know right ewww I still can't get over * BIG AS A DOG*.... yech!

[Aussie George]

I have HEARD that OC spray is not real good for them....

But my hockey stick certainly works. Just hte right weight, length and size.

[sparrow803]

Do those things bite, chase ya or spray something bad on you? Or, do they eat the crops or......

[Gumtree]

roughly
they are poisonousness & will easy kill a dog if they get the toad gunk in there eyes or mouth....they kill many other native animals & also breed by the 100's, & are very noisy, so if you like sleep or being able to walk outside without tripping over toads.......that is some of it..... ugh

[icu650]

I was reading where Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern had a special outback series which aired in the mid 2009 series. On one show they went into the Northern Territory with the "Cane Toad Elimination Group". This group collected cane frogs to eat their legs. Supposedly they cooked the legs with garlic and wine and then deep fried them. They were served with a chili sauce. I would not eat anything that guy shows on TV. Have you heard of this or tasted the legs?

[SANE-A30]

I was reading where Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern had a special outback series which aired in the mid 2009 series. On one show they went into the Northern Territory with the "Cane Toad Elimination Group". This group collected cane frogs to eat their legs. Supposedly they cooked the legs with garlic and wine and then deep fried them. They were served with a chili sauce. I would not eat anything that guy shows on TV. Have you heard of this or tasted the legs?

Frog legs are popular here in florida i've never tried them myself but others say they taste like chicken s/P when you cook them they " hop" in the pan too...... yuck!!!

[icu650]

I have eaten plenty of regular frogs legs and I love them. I will go out of my way to a restaurant that carries them. Cane frogs I think are poisonous and was surprised that this TV show demonstrated how to cook and eat them. I guess it is like that Japanese Puffer fish.

[marinepilot]

I was reading where Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern had a special outback series which aired in the mid 2009 series. On one show they went into the Northern Territory with the "Cane Toad Elimination Group". This group collected cane frogs to eat their legs. Supposedly they cooked the legs with garlic and wine and then deep fried them. They were served with a chili sauce. I would not eat anything that guy shows on TV. Have you heard of this or tasted the legs?

I have eaten plenty of regular frogs legs and I love them. I will go out of my way to a restaurant that carries them. Cane frogs I think are poisonous and was surprised that this TV show demonstrated how to cook and eat them. I guess it is like that Japanese Puffer fish.

I have to admit, the first thing I thought when I saw that picture was GROSS!! But the second thing was My goodness what HUGE legs that thing has!! It would be like eating a chicken leg, especially since frog legs do pretty much taste like chicken.

As for it being poisonous, are they referring to the poison that can kill another animal such as in their mucus or venom or whatever it is? Or are they actually referring to the other animals that eat them getting sick because they are poisonous to eat. The Japanese puffer fish is basically poisonous, and it takes a very skilled sushi chef to cut it so that there is not too much poison in each piece to hurt you, but only give you the "zing" that it does. However, I would think that frying it (either the fish or the frog legs) would kill off any poison in the meat.

Just my $.02