Reason number one NOT to live in Australia

[GreenandBlackOtter]

enlarge it at your peril

BUT, everyone, you gotta hand it to frogs and toads. We've just fished some spawn out of our pond (not sure if it's frog or toad yet) and the quantity is about 4/5 times the body mass of your average frog/toad.

That's like us giving birth to a Mini (now there's an idea!)

lol @ Califrau's ex-MIL being the biggest problem in Australia.

they are a pest introduced to get rid of the cane beetle - only prob - toad lives on ground, beetle lives in cane stalks. Like most introduced species - they are now prolific.

As someone else said - lots of worse things to worry about than cane toads ( says a proud queenslander cane toad )

Oh no!!!
Still, at least there is the Pacific Ocean between you!

I will now forever have a picture of a giant cane toad in my mind whenever Califrau's MIL is mentioned on MN....

Oh please, that toad is not the size of a dog! Enlarge the picture. Its just a bit bigger than the mans hands - a tiny cat maybe!

I've been to Aus twice, and travelled 3 states and have never come across creepy crawlies of any kind! I see more spiders in my bathroom here in the south of england in the middle of winter!

I think people who avoid Aus on the basis of its 'wildlife' are really missing out on a beautiful and fantastic country.

I'd emigrate tomorrow if I had the points to back up an application!

(And I am the biggest scaredy cat you'll ever meet when it comes spiders etc)

I could live with the toad tis the spiders that put me off"

Kane toads are the least of your problems once global warming kicks in.

There's a fab documetory about Cane toads - anyone else seen it - I cen't remember what it was called?

Surely it's a reason not to go to Hawaii rather than Oz.

Thats a good point, twentypence!

I'm desperate to visit Hawaii, its the money that puts me off more than the toads though to be fair!