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Yep, and just see how brilliantly that worked to keep the cain toad[1](among other species, which turned out to be quite a pest) out of the country. [1] https:
by CaptainZapp 6y ago
Yep, and just see how brilliantly that worked to keep the cain toad[1](among other species, which turned out to be quite a pest) out of the country.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toad https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toad
- Jedd 6y agoIt is because of our early history - heavy with hubris - with introduction and escape/release of cane toads, prickly pair, tiger pear, rabbits, foxes, camels, fruit fly, etc ... that Australia is now extremely cautious.
- itcrowd 6y agoThat was in the 1930s.. quite a stretch to project that failure to modern times.
- lathiat 6y agoThe cane toad was introduced intentionally (it just turned out to be a bad idea). It was also the 1930s.