So glad you enjoyed it! The crazy thing about the history story is that they didn't actually do any research on environmental impacts or whether the toads actually eat the beetles before releasing them! 🫣
It took a special kind of stupid to intentionally introduce an invasive species. However, I am thinking about introducing the emerald tree bore into my neighbour's land patch. The guy never trims his trees.
An interesting thought! The real tricky part would be convincing the general public in Australia not to be repulsed by them, I doubt anyone would eat one knowing its a cane toad.. frog legs aren't a normal delicacy here either 🤔
introducing an invasive toad to protect your crops from a native species is just about as selfish and stupid as what America ended up doing to large predators because ranchers didn't want to guard their cattle :(
It certainly was a fail on many levels. There are ground nesting birds, like the rainbow bee eater, that get pushed out of their nest burrows by toads 😔
@@meganswildscience what a mess. and because of Australia's history being an isolated population of pretty much everything I bet it hits the animals a lot harder than the natural encroachment that happens in larger continents that species there are used to by not being as specialized and such
Exactly right, a lot was learnt from this. Australia has some of the strictest biosecurity rules in the world now to avoid introducing more invasive species. Some pests still arrive hitch-hiking, but huge efforts are made to remove the threats before they become established.
Great presentation. Learnt heaps. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 😊
Great video! I liked learning the history too!
So glad you enjoyed it! The crazy thing about the history story is that they didn't actually do any research on environmental impacts or whether the toads actually eat the beetles before releasing them! 🫣
It took a special kind of stupid to intentionally introduce an invasive species. However, I am thinking about introducing the emerald tree bore into my neighbour's land patch. The guy never trims his trees.
It was certainly an ill thought out plan, to say the least! Thanks for watching 😊
They look like an untaped source of food! Eat up and enjoy frog legs!
An interesting thought! The real tricky part would be convincing the general public in Australia not to be repulsed by them, I doubt anyone would eat one knowing its a cane toad.. frog legs aren't a normal delicacy here either 🤔
introducing an invasive toad to protect your crops from a native species is just about as selfish and stupid as what America ended up doing to large predators because ranchers didn't want to guard their cattle :(
It certainly was a fail on many levels. There are ground nesting birds, like the rainbow bee eater, that get pushed out of their nest burrows by toads 😔
@@meganswildscience what a mess. and because of Australia's history being an isolated population of pretty much everything I bet it hits the animals a lot harder than the natural encroachment that happens in larger continents that species there are used to by not being as specialized and such
Exactly right, a lot was learnt from this. Australia has some of the strictest biosecurity rules in the world now to avoid introducing more invasive species. Some pests still arrive hitch-hiking, but huge efforts are made to remove the threats before they become established.