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Scientists Say Toads Can Predict Earthquakes

Posted by samzenpus on from the does-the-toad-think-it's-safe? dept.

reillymj writes "Researchers claim toads sensed a severe earthquake last year five days before it hit. Last spring's L'Aquila earthquake devastated the medieval city of the same name in Italy. Five days earlier, a group of biologists noticed some toads behaving strangely in a pond nearby that would later be the quake's epicenter."

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  1. Useful by VisualD · · Score: 5, Funny

    So all we need now is a way of measuring this reliably and we canALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

  2. Re:Pfft by Jurily · · Score: 2, Funny

    This should be an ad for a university.

    "Study biology and you too can get excited watching frogs fuck!"

  3. After the earthquake, they said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I toad you.

  4. Excellent Technological Breakthrough by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now that we have frogs to predict the earthquakes, we can more effectively employ sheep bladders to prevent them!

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