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Killer Frogs Threatening Pond at San Francisco park; 'They're Eating Each Other'
Killer frogs have taken over Golden Gate Park's otherwise peaceful Lily Pond in San Francisco, causing a big problem. According to KPIX-TV contributor and San Francisco Chronicle columnist Phil Mattier, the city is preparing to do something to stop the African clawed frogs. While they are just 5 inches in length, the frogs are eating everything in sight -- including turtles, fish and other frogs."They've eaten everything they can get their mouths around, and now they're eating each other," Eric Mills of the animal rights group Action for Animals, told Matier for his column. Fighting back the obvious San Fran jokes No one knows for sure when this frog species got into the pond or who put them there, but now city officials fear the killer frogs will spread throughout the Bay Area. "The fear is they will get out," Richard Schulke, president of the city's Animal Control and Welfare Commission, told Matier. Park workers have used nets and traps baited with chicken to yank about 2,500 adult frogs out of the pond. The frogs are then sent up to Fish and Game in Yountville, where they are euthanized by a special nerve poison. But the Terminator toads just keep coming back. "They are cute, but tough," Mills said. "I saw a heron swoop down and grab one. He had it in his bill for a while, tried to eat it, then just gave up and spit it out." In fact, about the only thing known to eat the frogs are crocodiles -- but that solution is probably out. So what do you do when a whole pond is infested with killer frogs? Animal Control has asked the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for the money to drain the pond and eliminate these frogs. Don't pass up the video. The news staff gets a good laugh out of some of the moonbat ideas on handling the situation. One of which is having the locals adopt the frogs and take them into their homes. Heh, it is San Francisco. Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-30 |
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