Today let me take you back to Perth, to the WA Museum.
Can you imagine there were live lobsters in that box?
Isn´t that kinda cruel?
Cute, huh.
In contrary to the Cane toad Wiki says: "The cane toad in Australia is regarded as an exemplary case of an invasive species... In June 1935, 102 cane toads were imported to Gordonvale from Hawaii. By March 1937, some 62,000 toadlets were bred in captivity and then released in areas in northern Queensland... Since their release, toads have rapidly multiplied. By 2011 they were estimated to number over 200 million and have been known to spread diseases, thereby affecting local biodiversity."
There even was a The Simpsons-episode on this.
But these are cute 🐸
This certainly is for.....
Have a happy Saturday and weekend, we´re having a long one (Pentecost).
12 comments:
...cruel, it's cruel to eat them?
No. I think if you kill them fast, that´s what animals do, too. But keep it live in a dark box...
Hello, Iris
I would think the boxes are how the lobsters are shipped, with Ice packs?
Great museum exhibits. It is sad how fast the non-native species can take over. I would enjoy the birds of WA exhibit. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great day and happy weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.
Australian creatures are fascinating. Sad that interference by humans has disrupted this remarkable place, but evidence is that the disruption began with the first humans tens of thousands of years ago, and the Europeans have only added to it.
best, mae
Those cane toads sound like a terrible problem. Hopefully we can move towards more sustainable and humane treatment of all animals.
Eileen, yes, a bit scary and very dumb to bring in such species! There weren´t more birds than that and it was so dark inside...
Tol a great weekend!
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Mae, the Europeans really bumped in very hard... These days you´re not even allowed to bring tea-bags in (at least last time I checked)
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Shiju Sugunan, they are very hard to get under control as they have no enemies...
That is amazing how the toads of multiplied, Iris. We must be careful when we change things even a small amount.
Very cruel. Interesting museum post too.-christine cmlk79.blogspot .com
You learn so much traveling and visiting places like this. Thanks for sharing and have a good weekend!
This type of human bungling of the natural world just keeps happening. So frustrating. We now have acres covered with Autumn Olive, a plant not native here but brought in as highway landscaping. It spreads like wildfire, has big thorns, crowds out native plants, and seems impossible to kill. Purple finches like the berries, which is causing their purple coloring to turn more red.
This is my kind of place to visit. It looks great. There's a great film about cane toads in Australia. It's called Cane Toads, an Unnatural History. Perhaps you've seen it. And that rock lobster looks a lot smaller than our lobsters. grin. Have a great rest of your weekend. hugs-Erika
Those foam boxes are used for shipping the lobsters to restaurants, they don't keep them in there for long, if there is enough room they put them in a lobster tank with water and rocks until they need to cook them. Usually they are sent by plane so delivery is pretty speedy.
I have seen pictures of cane toads and boy are they ugly! I'd rather see those cute little frogs.
The ancient footprints are interesting.
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