Exploding Toads

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 26, 2005 @11:31AM from the end-times-are-here-repent! dept.

Badly Configured writes "The city of Hamburg in Germany is plagued by exploding amphibians (The Times, BBC, press release from the city, in German). People are warned not to go near the unstable animals for the fear of being hit. Experts have tested the toads for bacteria and chemicals, yet the reason for the animals going off remains a mystery..." From the article: "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. "

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are you serious by amkleion · 2005-04-26 11:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

this is somehting i would expect from robot chicken...
Woah! by Mr2cents · 2005-04-26 11:47 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I hope the alleged virus doesn't coss over to humans, it won't be pretty!

OTOH, I can see the military building a new lab already (The weapon is successful, sir! Germans are exploding all over the place!)

Whoops - did I just mention ze war?

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