I squash toads

[Comedian]

Riding home from work last night I got 8 toads.. that was a 50% strike rate. Am I alone in this activity?

[Chanboy]

If / when I see one in Sydney, I'm sure I will do the same.

[The Womble]

Mate, we're all Gods creatures.



Slaughter the Toads as you see fit Gods creature. They are an unholy abomination

[Max]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck! Just as well you've got mudguards, that's all I'm saying! Where's the vomit smiley when you need it?

Max

[Comedian]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck! Just as well you've got mudguards, that's all I'm saying! Where's the vomit smiley when you need it?

Max

I can assure you that SKS chromoplastics keep toad entrails off the frame

Kermit doesn't like introduced species.

So am I alone in this? I couldn't believe my luck last night.

[jet-ski]

gross

[brentono]

That's where it starts...

[Uncle Grumpy]

When I lived in Byron Bay, my house mate had a bull terrier that used to lick the cane toads and trip out.

"Howwwwllll....."

"Oh, Kaiser's stoned again."

I did find what I thought was a cane toad one night at Glenbrook, which is well outside their distribution. I didn't kill it because I wasn't sure if it was a Giant Burrowing Frog:

http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Helei ... traliacus/

I alerted the park rangers who keep an eye on the water bodies for cane toad spawn, which is unique because the spawn is in strings and the tadpoles swim in shoals.

If it was a cane toad, it was probably just a one off that travalled down with some tourists.

Grumps

[marinmomma]

Those blighters will be breeding like crazy with all this water here....nothing that a tennis racket and a cricket bat won't take care of

Pity there's not much of an answer to the mozzie plague that is coming...stock up the Aeroguard!

[foo on patrol]

Don't do it on my bike......but a car and truck is a different matter!

[Comedian]

Don't do it on my bike......but a car and truck is a different matter!

You should give it a go ... it's kinda fun.

I missed one with the front but got it with the back. Bump squelch

[Quinns Rocks Roadie]

Toads are like snakes - a simple run over does not usually maim them.
You need to hit the front brake hard momentarily as you go over the toad to cause mortal damage...just watch out for internal fluids splatting you and the bike.

Eric.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvV8OT-mmE&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]

[Mustang]

Toads are like snakes - a simple run over does not usually maim them.
You need to hit the front brake hard momentarily as you go over the toad to cause mortal damage...just watch out for internal fluids splatting you and the bike.

Eric.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvV8OT-mmE&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]

Ditto,
They would scarcely know you had ridden over them. At the Cunnings (Bunnings) check out today, they had toad spray in a can????

[sogood]

Toads are like snakes - a simple run over does not usually maim them.

Weight weenies on toads!

[Comedian]

Toads are like snakes - a simple run over does not usually maim them.

Weight weenies on toads!

Yeah well.. they were popping for me. I can't imagine them living after a good POP.

[trailgumby]

Reminds me of a scene from that doco Cane Toads.

Picture this orange Kombi heading up the highway in the shimmering heat haze directlly towards teh camera, as the guy starts telling about how they'd be all over the road ... and the Kombi suddenly starts swerving to the sound of audible pops as he describes the sound they made.

[Comedian]

Reminds me of a scene from that doco Cane Toads.

Picture this yellow Kombi heading up the highway in the shimmering heat haze directlly towards teh camera, as the guy starts telling about how they'd be all over the road ... and the Kombi suddenly starts swerving to the sound of audible pops as he describes the sound they made.

That was me only with a Giant hybrid and a magicshine.

You know what they say too - "Once you POP you just can't stop"

[trailgumby]

Go for it - just make sure you wear your full protection safety glasses

[Chrisso78]

Nice work, filthy things they are'
I got one with the wipper snipper the other day...didn't die....huge conversion goal from backyard over fence and front lawn onto road.....didn't die....he was trying to get back into backyard with his mates....lawnmower did the trick!

[the grid]

Ok this is not cycling but in the rain at Xmas we ran over a toad (on purpose) in my brothers jeep. It felt like we hit a brick! So we went around again to see the biggest (squashed) toad i have ever seen.

[lethoso]

there's a whole bunch out on one of my routes home from work, I normally don't worry about them too much, but last night & tonight I remembered this thread and had a go. Hit about half a dozen last night - but I'm not sure if I definitively squashed many of them.

You need to hit the front brake hard momentarily as you go over the toad to cause mortal damage

Tonight I tried this - much bigger bump going over them. Just don't be a dumbarse like me and do this as you swerve at one to hit it, did (what felt like) a huge front wheel skid across the toad and almost ate crap. I got the bugger though - he ended up in my rear derailleur. Is toad blood a better or worse chain lube than WD40?

[foo on patrol]

[CommuRider]

Toad blood: Harry Potter.

It makes a nice accessory

[marinmomma]

Not squashing them, but killing them off around the house by squirting them with a shot of Dettol...sends them hopping around like mad for a few moments then kicks in and knocks them off...we should have some evidence of the dettol's effectiveness in the morning

[duds2u]

My wife was "on safari" with the dettol gun mid last week. Somehow she shot herself in the eye with neat dettol. (I've got to get the sights checked)
We now know why toads curl up and die.

Itled to a trip to the doctor and eye drops 4 times a day for a week and it's still red. At least the eye is Ok and not pussy any more and the doctor reckons there won't be any permanent damage.