349 - Cane Toads and Other Terrible Decisions with Animals

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

Fact, History, Facts, Comedy

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

This week we look at the disastrous decision to introduce cane toads to "take care" of cane beetles in Northern Queensland. But they're not the first introduced species to run amuck; possums, lizards, fish and birds... turns out humans have been making bad decisions for centuries!

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REFERENCES:

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/1803

https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Invasive-Species

https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/wild-rabbits/

https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/10-facts-about-cane-toads#gs.2i6ize

https://pestsmart.org.au/toolkit-resource/how-did-the-cane-toad-arrive-in-australia/

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0:34.8	Hello and welcome to another episode of doogawon.
0:38.1	My name is Dave Wanky and as always I'm here with Matt Stewart.
0:41.0	Hey Dave, how's it going?
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