The german exploding toads. - ..only in germany..

marvel911 · 04-25-2005, 02:53 PM

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ost_uid14]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.

He said the bodies of the toads expanded to three-and-a-half times their normal size.

"I have never seen such a thing," said veterinarian Otto Horst.

So bad has the death toll been that the lake in the Altona district of Hamburg has been dubbed "the pond of death". [/i

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04-25-2005, 02:53 PM	#1
marvel911 Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Northern Hemisphere Posts: 6,610 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): 0 Thanks (Received): 0 Likes (Given): 0 Likes (Received): 0 Dislikes (Given): 0 Dislikes (Received): 0 Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	[color=#660099ost_uid14][iost_uid14]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. He said the bodies of the toads expanded to three-and-a-half times their normal size. "I have never seen such a thing," said veterinarian Otto Horst. So bad has the death toll been that the lake in the Altona district of Hamburg has been dubbed "the pond of death". [/iost_uid14] --------------------------------------------------------------- That is pretty cool.[/colorost_uid14] __________________ [img:sig_uid]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/mcclean/M911.gif[/img:sig_uid]