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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Thu Apr 28, 2005 @ 6:15am
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BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- More than 1,000 toads have puffed up and exploded in a Hamburg pond in recent weeks, and German scientists still have no explanation for what's causing the combustion, an official said.

Both the pond's water and body parts of the toads have been tested, but scientists have been unable to find a bacteria or virus that would cause the toads to swell up and pop, said Janne Kloepper, of the Hamburg-based Institute for Hygiene and the Environment.

"It's absolutely strange," she said. "We have a really unique story here in Hamburg. This phenomenon really doesn't seem to have appeared anywhere before."

The toads at a pond in the upscale neighborhood of Altona have been blowing up since the beginning of the month, filling up like balloons until their stomachs suddenly burst.

"It looks like a scene from a science-fiction movie," Werner Schmolnik, the head of a local environment group, told the Hamburger Abendblatt daily. "The bloated animals suffer for several minutes before they finally die."

Biologists have come up with several theories, but Kloepper said that most have been ruled out.

The pond's water quality is no better or worse than other bodies of water in Hamburg, the toads did not appear to have a disease, and a laboratory in Berlin has ruled out the possibility that it is a fungus that made its way from South America, she said.

She said that tests will continue. In the meantime, city residents have been warned to stay away from the pond.

i could be wrong but i think it could be the end of the world or something
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cinderella_soul replied on Thu Apr 28, 2005 @ 8:09am
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we're heading in that direction-- not irreversibly however. you know what makes me sick-- we do things and we have the information that those things are not good for the whole planet/species. We, also, do things not knowing what they will bring -- how impetuous/risky/foolish even.
And then problems arise and scientist in this life or any other for that matter do not know everything/cannot solve everything.
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Thu Apr 28, 2005 @ 12:11pm
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That's pretty fucking freaky... Know of any videos of this happening?
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Thu Apr 28, 2005 @ 12:21pm
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[ ] toads in Germany: blame the crows

BERLIN (AFP) - Toads have been exploding by the hundred in Germany because they are being attacked by crows, a veterinary surgeon revealed.

Animal welfare workers and veterinarians had reported that as many as 1,000 toads had swelled to bursting point and exploded in recent days, propelling their entrails up to a metre (three feet) into the air.

Now a veterinary surgeon, Frank Mutschmann, who has examined the remains of the toads, said they had been pierced with a single peck by crows trying to eat their livers. This in turn caused the toads to explode.

"The toads swell up as a form of self-defence. But when their livers are taken away and their stomachs are punctured, their blood vessels explode, their lungs collapse and the other organs come out," Mutschmann said Thursday.

"Crows are intelligent animals. They learn very quickly how to eat the toads' livers," he said, adding that between three and five crows could kill around 100 toads.

So many toads have died in a lake in the Altona district of Hamburg that it has been dubbed "the pond of death."
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cactain_steef replied on Thu Apr 28, 2005 @ 1:09pm
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Ooo...eerie.
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Thu Apr 28, 2005 @ 2:09pm
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So, who wants to go find some frogs and take out their livers so we can make some living handgrenades?
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cinderella_soul replied on Fri Apr 29, 2005 @ 8:33am
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I could genetically transform you to have the power of a crow if you want-- but it will cost you --money that is
* do da do and turns her back on you*
I supposed then my comment above above above is not applicable for this incident. How long have the crows been doing this I wonder. So many questions... I will look for my answers.
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