Exploding toads baffle experts: Papa Ratzi's first miracle?

[emad]

Sunday, April 24, 2005. 9:26am (AEST)

German explosions: could they hold the answer to the cane toad problem? (Reuters)

Exploding toads baffle experts

Hundreds of toads have met an unexplained, explosive demise in Germany in recent days, it was reported on Saturday.

According to reports from animal welfare workers and veterinarians as many as a thousand of the amphibians have perished after their bodies swelled to bursting point and their entrails were propelled for up to a metre.

It is like "a science fiction film", according to Werner Smolnik of a nature protection society in the northern city of Hamburg, where the phenomenon of the exploding toad has been observed.

"You see the animals crawling on the ground, swelling and then exploding," he said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1352292.htm

[notadmblnd]

1. Is the pretzeldent visiting Germany

if so, just explain to them that htis is one of the ways he entertains himself. Blowing up frogs was one of his favorite childhood pastimes.

[Theres-a]

2. The end is near

For the toads anyway.

[On the Road]

3. Now ABC is Sounding Like the National Enquirer

"Exploding toads baffle experts!!"

So maybe it's true. So what?

[giant_robot]

4. Seth Dove must be in Germany!

(A very inside joke for those who've seen "The Reflecting Skin". Eben told me to do it.)

[BringEmOn]

5. "Oh, no thanks...if I eat one more fly I'll burst!"