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Re: Frogpocalypse Now

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I've long thought that if I had one "save the world" wish I'd have to think hard about confining invasive species to their native habitats. Admittedly, climate change, nuclear war, and space rocks are more dangerous, but man, getting rid of honeysuckle, kudzu, emerald ash borers, cane toads, etc would be quite an improvement.

Re: Frogpocalypse Now

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post #3

I've long thought that if I had one "save the world" wish I'd have to think hard about confining invasive species to their native habitats. Admittedly, climate change, nuclear war, and space rocks are more dangerous, but man, getting rid of honeysuckle, kudzu, emerald ash borers, cane toads, etc would be quite an improvement.

That reminds me, I need to prioritize ripping blackberry plants, which obviously love their new Washington state environment, from my backyard.

I'm constantly reminding my mother when I visit her in Florida that, no, taking some clippings of that plant back home is probably not a good idea. You'd think it wouldn't be much of an argument after she just went on about what a problem cane toads are.

Re: Frogpocalypse Now

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Cane toads have these things going for them: they are bigger than other toads (the biggest cane toad on record weighed 5 pounds 13 ounces, almost as much as a Kalashnikov rifle)

Is that a bit of a Freudian slip indicating what the author wants to do with the toads?

Re: Frogpocalypse Now

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post #3

I've long thought that if I had one "save the world" wish I'd have to think hard about confining invasive species to their native habitats. Admittedly, climate change, nuclear war, and space rocks are more dangerous, but man, getting rid of honeysuckle, kudzu, emerald ash borers, cane toads, etc would be quite an improvement.

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Re: Frogpocalypse Now

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Cane toads have these things going for them: they are bigger than other toads (the biggest cane toad on record weighed 5 pounds 13 ounces, almost as much as a Kalashnikov rifle) Is that a bit of a Freudian slip indicating what the author wants to do with the toads?

That struck me as odd too. I know roughly how much one of those rifles weighs but I would imagine that the vast majority of the people reading this have never held one.

Re: Frogpocalypse Now

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Cane toads have these things going for them: they are bigger than other toads (the biggest cane toad on record weighed 5 pounds 13 ounces, almost as much as a Kalashnikov rifle) Is that a bit of a Freudian slip indicating what the author wants to do with the toads?

Isn't that the kind of thing that everyone wants to do to cane toads ?

Re: Frogpocalypse Now

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post #3

I've long thought that if I had one "save the world" wish I'd have to think hard about confining invasive species to their native habitats. Admittedly, climate change, nuclear war, and space rocks are more dangerous, but man, getting rid of honeysuckle, kudzu, emerald ash borers, cane toads, etc would be quite an improvement.

...Humans?
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