# Oh, Australia, you try and you try... more imported species issues

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**Created:** [January 14, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-australia-you-try-and-you-try-more-imported-species-issues/481271 "2009-01-14T16:43:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-australia-you-try-and-you-try-more-imported-species-issues/481271/21 "2009-01-15T16:50:56Z")

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I created a monster.  
Yay, me!

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**Author:** ![Incref](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-australia-you-try-and-you-try-more-imported-species-issues/481271/22 "2009-01-16T03:19:54Z")

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> [@Caught\_Work](#):
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> Cane toads anyone? Try finding something to swallow after consuming that thing.

Don’t be silly you don’t eat cane toads! You [smoke them.](http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oaAX3Tw-7A8)

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**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-australia-you-try-and-you-try-more-imported-species-issues/481271/23 "2009-01-16T03:58:38Z")

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> [@Caught\_Work](#):
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> Cane toads anyone? Try finding something to swallow after consuming that thing.

Actually, I’ve seen some reports over the last 2-3 years of some species of birds learning how to eat the Cane Toads. I think it was Crows and Magpies which had learnt to flip the toads over and eat around the poison sacs.

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