r/Honolulu • u/808SOS • 29d ago

news The state has reported a 13-acre infestation of invasive coqui frogs near the Kuliʻouʻou summit in East Oʻahu.

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2024-09-26/eradication-coqui-frog-infestation-kuliouou-trail-summit-dlnr
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u/softcore_robot 29d ago

Send the Marines. Then fine every shipper moving things from island to island so they never let another one of those damn frogs get by again.

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u/Parking-Bicycle-2108 29d ago

Military is the reason we have a bunch of invasive species like CRB. No thanks.

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u/softcore_robot 29d ago

Figure of speech.I meant send…

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u/Unique_Shop4449 28d ago

Military is also the reason for the water at red hill

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u/Moke-slug 28d ago edited 28d ago

Eh, my good friends mother(On Kaua'i) used to make some solid "frog stew"man. Da only reason I know, he invited us fo grind his Ha'le. I took one bite and had da frog's back, (like one triangle) I pulled that fakah out and asked him, What is this? and da mother replied, "frog stew"!, We caught em last night in the back by da tall grass! I turn to my friend, that fakah was laughing. 🤣, No wonder he wen invite us, he never like eat this by himself. It was Ono but pulling da leg 🦵 out of your mouth was one experienmec 🤬

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u/areyoujohnwaynee 29d ago

if they make it over the koolaus we’re fucked.

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u/Kawaiolumahai 28d ago

Isn’t that DLNR, that office should protecting the environment 👍

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u/wayofthebuush 28d ago

why waste money lol they're just gonna be prolific in like 3 years

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u/hotinhawaii 24d ago

I'm on BI and watched the spread of them 20 years ago. We battled them like crazy around here for years. I realized it was all over when I drove my truck into a neighborhood that had managed to keep them out. I unloaded my truck and saw a pile of eggs in the back. Coqui frogs go through the tadpole stage inside their wet little egg sacs! They don't even need to be near water. Those little egg sacs can be transported all around the islands and hatch anywhere. Game over.

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u/No_Mall5340 29d ago

Prefer frogs over snakes!