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Published On: 12-15-2009
Source: The Age (on line)
Cane toads are coming: pest makes way to Melbourne in pot plant
December 15, 2009 - 12:18PM
Kmart has sold 2500 Queensland palms like the one a cane toad hitched a ride in.
Kmart has sold 2500 Queensland palms like the one a cane toad hitched a ride in.
A Melbourne shopping centre has received a nasty early Christmas present with the discovery of a cane toad lurking in a pot plant.
The cane toad, one of northern Australia's biggest pests, is believed to have hitched a ride on one of 7000 assorted palm species delivered to Kmart stores from a Queensland wholesaler.
The toad was found by Kmart staff in a pot plant supplied to its store at Southland shopping centre last week.
The discovery sparked a biosecurity alert in Victoria but searches by Kmart staff and Victoria's Department of Primary Industries found no trace of other cane toads.
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Source: The Age (on line)
Cane toads are coming: pest makes way to Melbourne in pot plant
December 15, 2009 - 12:18PM
Kmart has sold 2500 Queensland palms like the one a cane toad hitched a ride in.
Kmart has sold 2500 Queensland palms like the one a cane toad hitched a ride in.
A Melbourne shopping centre has received a nasty early Christmas present with the discovery of a cane toad lurking in a pot plant.
The cane toad, one of northern Australia's biggest pests, is believed to have hitched a ride on one of 7000 assorted palm species delivered to Kmart stores from a Queensland wholesaler.
The toad was found by Kmart staff in a pot plant supplied to its store at Southland shopping centre last week.
The discovery sparked a biosecurity alert in Victoria but searches by Kmart staff and Victoria's Department of Primary Industries found no trace of other cane toads.
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