Cane Toads
Cane toads: TV documentary tonight
A cane toad
ABC TV is featuring a documentary about cane toads tonight.
Canetoads The Conquest is on ABC 1 at 8.30pm.
You can see the website for the show if you click here.
Small furry animal avoids cane toad poison
Scientists say a small furry animal knows how to avoid cane toads’ poison glands when attacking it.
The red-cheeked dunnart, a carnivorous marsupial, can bite the toads on the head, avoiding its poison sacs.
Sausages used to turn goannas off cane toads
A cane toad
Scientists are continuing their attempt to train native animals to avoid eating deadly cane toads.
They are feeding small sausages containing cane toad meat to animals such as goannas, to make them nauseous and thereby learn to avoid cane toad’s smell and taste.
PerthNow [read this story]
Bungle Bungle: Cane toads expected this year
A cane toad
Cane toads are expected to enter the Bungle Bungle range this year.
Turning cane toads’ weapons against themselves
Cane toad tadpoles destroying cane toad eggs (c)Mattias Hagman
Scientists have found cane toad tadpoles use a variety of chemicals to compete with eachother.
A laboratory in Sydney is working on ways of reproducing these chemicals to help combat the spread of toads.
Science Network [read this story]
Perth: Another cane toad found
A cane toad
Another cane toad has turned up in Perth, this time near a pub car park.
It is believed to have arrived on a vehicle parked near the pub.
The West Australian [read this story]
Stop the Toad foundation is urging the government to trial toad-proof fencing around trucking yards.
You can read a media release here:
Cane toads: Toad-proof fencing continues
A cane toad
Scientists are continuing to experiment with toad-proof fencing to provide wildlife sanctuaries free of the toxic pests.
This follows earlier experiments in which toads were kept away from water sources in the dry season.
Science Network [read this story]
Kununurra: Toadbusters buy all-terrain vehicles
A cane toad
Kimberley Toad Busters have acquired two all-terrain vehicles with a Lotterywest grant.
They aim to use the vehicles to catch toads more safely in crocodile-infested waters.
The West [read this story]
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