Exploding Toads?

[LTR12101B]

Saw this in the paper , and it's all over the net as well

http://beta.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050423/od_afp/germanytoadsoffbeat_050423161657
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1352292.htm

Experts are baffled, with several suggestions, though one I've not seen suggested yet is some form of pollution.


I have a vague recollection of one daft TV program, not sure WHAT it was or if it was true or not, that some animal would explode if you fed it an alka-seltzer, since it was incapable of burping to release the gas.

Another thought, maybe this is is a mutated or perhaps chemical damaged spawning, with something wrong with the air sac they use to croak... or is it only the wildlife programme frogs that have that?

 

[janiedriver]

They did have the 3 eyed fish on The Simpson's.

 

[Duracell]

didn't heard or read it here;

Greetings from
Duracell

 

[janiedriver]

froggie went a courting ...he did go...uh huh uh huh...froggie went a courtin...he did go...yeah...yeah. Sorry...I couldnt resist.

 

[VIPER_1069]

froggie went a courting ...he did go...uh huh uh huh...froggie went a courtin...he did go...yeah...yeah. Sorry...I couldnt resist.

should that not be a froggy went a KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

lol


just having visions of NUT HEADS that like to get high from licking TOADS etc lol .... that would scare the pants off them when it exploded lol

 

[LTR12101B]

Just had a quick look on snopes, no exploding toads there

 

[janiedriver]

Damn, another funny event shot down!!

 

[LTR12101B]

Well, I dont know - it hasn't made it to www.snopes.com yet, so it doesn't help either way.

For anyone who's never heard of them, they have the greatest collection of true/false "urban legends".

The fact that our own correspondent from the country where this is supposed to be happening has not seen it (any news yet?) is more worrying - surely it would have made the news there!