Apparently cane toads are poisonous through out their life, but small toad,
small amount of toxin.
http://australianmuseum.net.au/cane-toad
On 24 March 2015 at 09:12, peter boyd <> wrote:
> Sparrows.
> I saw two Sparrows near the rubbish compactor at Morayfield Shopping
> Centre.
> I remarked to a chap that they were the first I had seen for a long time.
> He said the Indian Myna (now called the Common Myna) eat the Sparrow eggs
> in the nest.
> Does anyone know if this is true, and if so, what other bird eggs are
> these introduced pest eating.
> I saw a Cane Toad come out of a Rainbow Bee-eater tunnel nest with an egg
> at Toorbul Wader roost
> about three years ago.
> I clean up the Toads at nesting time as best I can but the nesting
> Bee-eater numbers are dropping
> off around Toorbul and Bribie Island.
> Sometimes the track to the bird hide at Buckley’s hole is black with
> little toads leaving the water
> and the snakes line up for a feed.
> I have been told they are not poisonous until they are about three months
> old.Is this true.
> Peter Boyd
>
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