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Thousands of the amphibians have died in recent days in a pond in Hamburg's Altona district, with their bodies swelling to bursting point.

The toads' entrails are propelled for up to a metre (3.2ft), in scenes that have been likened to science fiction.

Scientists are baffled. Possible explanations include a unknown virus or a fungus in the pond.

"You see the animals crawling on the ground, swelling and then exploding," German conservationist Werner Smolnik told AFP news agency.

The bodies of the toads expanded to three and a half times their normal size, he said.

"I have never seen such a thing," AFP quotes veterinarian Otto Horst as saying. The site - which has been dubbed "the pond of death" - has been closed to the public.

The exploding toads have also crossed the border north into Denmark, according to Danish Radio.

It reported that a large number of toads that live in a pond near Laasby in central Jutland have started to suffer the same fate as the German amphibians.

The toads crawl onto the land, swell up and explode in the middle of the night, the radio said.

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Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4486247.stm)

Anyone else find this exceedingly odd?

Anyone else find this as exceedingly odd?
I do

Wow, how very weird.

Suicidebomber toads? :confused:

aw poor toads!

:confused:

Exceedingly odd man? It's way beyond that. I'd have to say it sounds like something straight out of the Hitchhikers Guide "trilogy"...

Interesting theory on why toads explode


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050428/ap_on_sc/germany_exploding_toads_8

absolute tosh.

:eek: Hamilcarah's 5th Prophecy is being fullfilled:
"Cursed are the days when the water creatures of this earth are consumed with air, for a great famine shall then descend upon man." -Hamil 5:17

It's the beginning of the end...

lol well according to the sun its to stop them from being eaten by crows, therefore it must be true!!!

Who's Hamilcarah?

absolute tosh.

It sounds like a lot of people have seen them but you think its made up? why would somone do that?

Who's Hamilcarah?
tis a joke :)

Odd... Maybe a sign from God himself... What's next?
Exploding birds... It getting dangerous out there...

Maybe someone's doing experiments akin to those in the Hulk (movie). I hope that everyone here agrees with me that that film was terrible

Maybe someone's doing experiments akin to those in the Hulk (movie). I hope that everyone here agrees with me that that film was terrible
exactly the movie i though of when i saw the title :P



and yes it was horrible


Except for the part with the F22's






and the RAH66's...


:D

Maybe someone's doing experiments akin to those in the Hulk (movie). I hope that everyone here agrees with me that that film was terrible

But Jennifer Connelly is so hot.

Not that it makes it all okay but maybe it has something to do with the glycolic levels of the toads and something being intro'd to their immediate environment.
The f*cked up thing is you know someone (if that isn't already the case) is going to figure out how to do this with their own faculties and intent.

Any interesting furthers i would appreciate a telegram (if anyone bothers) on this subject .... ;)
I don't have much time online right now, gotta read/post later.

Why does this sort of thing always happen to frogs? I keep seeing this stuff on the papers about them finding 3-headed frogs, asexual frogs, hermaphrodite frogs, mutant frogs, frogs with too many feet, frogs with too few feet...and now exploding frogs.

People, the term is Toads, not Frogs. They are not interchangeable words. They are two different species. Carry on.

People, the term is Toads, not Frogs. They are not interchangeable words. They are two different species. Carry on.

You mean I've been eating toad legs??? *ptooo* ack ack

Maybe someone's doing experiments akin to those in the Hulk (movie). I hope that everyone here agrees with me that that film was terrible

It depends on whether or not you enjoy comic books.

From The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1470957,00.html