Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Welcome to natural nature.


Welcome! This blog has been made to imform you about australia's natural problems that humans have caused. There will be more posts soon but for now theres Perth, AUSTRALIA'S NATURAL FOREST and cane toads.

COMING SOON!
Great looking native flowers,
Algae Blooms,
Whale hunting,
and much more!

Aliens are coming to WA!



Aliens are coming to WA! These cane toads soon will be invading WA and destroying our wildlife! They were introduced to stop a bug eating the crops but they didn't and instead they ate other natural food. There are now millions of them in Queensland and now are heading for WA. CALM has been building cane toad traps to go up north with the mount Lawley bush cadets and other small groups. How to spot a cane toad. There are native frogs that are important to Australia so it is important that you don’t mistake a native frog for a cane toad. 1. Cane toads lay 1mm eggs held together by strands of jelly. 2. Cane toad tadpoles are small and black in colour but can easily be mistaken for native tadpoles. 3. Adult cane toads are heavy built and average from 100mm to 150mm in length. 4. Cane toad skin is dry and leathery. 5. Cane toads have distinctive boney ridges over their eyes. 6. Cane toad feet don’t have suckers on the end. 7. The big glands behind a cane toad's eyes release a poisonous milky liquid when it is disturbed. 8. The call of a cane toad is like a high pitch purr- a bit like a phone dial tone. For more info, click on the sites below. Calm website:http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/ http://www.canetoadbattle.com/

AUSTRALIAS NATURAL FOREST!


In Australia, there is ONLY (!!!) 3% (OMG) of natural forest left! That means humans have chopped down 97%!!!! Imagine how many animals died because there homeless!!! Then think of how many pieces of paper we have wasted!!!

Perth


Perth and it's Glory
If the explorers didn't see swan river, then there would be no perth. that is one of the many reason to look after the river and be aware of what goes in it though the drain (see p0stdraining natural life for more info) and which cause those algae blooms(see post algae blooms for more info.)

The swan river trust has been planting trees along side of the river to help stop polution going into it like the fertilizers from the grass and the rubbish. swan river trust website:
http://portal.environment.wa.gov.au/portal
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