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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 18:05:57 +0100
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- From: torkel@SICS.SE
- Subject: Re: WORDS-L TP: Nancy's Science/Nature Question
- Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun,
- 24 Jan 93 11:53:46 -0500. <9301241658.AA04514@sics.se>
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- >But you're not safe even if you avoid the ocean! How about those
- >nasty cane toads (Bufo marinus) that were imported to control insects
- >and are about to take over Queensland and NSW? Indestructible,
- >apparently.
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- The cane toads (imported from Hawaii) are indeed poisonous, and some people
- dry and smoke them. On the other hand, little children keep them as pets.
-