I'm sure Nostradamus predicted this. - Jim
Marlon Moyer wrote: >See, this is where your fancy smancy scientific evidence fails and >Intelligent design shines bright. Why else would toads explode if not >for intelligent design. > >On 4/29/05, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Exploding German Toads Baffle Scientists >> >>By Matt Surman >>Associated Press >>Friday, April 29, 2005; A24 >> >>BERLIN, April 28 -- More than 1,000 toads have puffed up and exploded in a >>Hamburg pond in recent weeks, and German scientists have no explanation for >>it. The pond water has been tested, but its quality is no better or worse >>than elsewhere in the city. The toad remains have been checked for a virus or >>bacterium, but none has been found. >> >>One German scientist studying the remains has a theory: Hungry crows are >>pecking out their livers. "The crows are clever," said Frank Mutschmann, a >>Berlin veterinarian who collected and tested specimens at the Hamburg pond. >>"They learn quickly from watching other crows how to get the livers." >> >>Based on the wounds, Mutschmann said, it appears that a bird pecks into the >>toad with its beak between the chest and abdominal cavity, and the toad puffs >>itself up as a natural defense mechanism. >> >>But because the liver is missing and there's a hole in the toad's body, the >>blood vessels and lungs burst and the other organs ooze out, he said. "It's >>not unique -- it's in a city area, and that makes it spectacular," Mutschmann >>said. "Of course, it's something very dramatic." >> >>There have also been reports of exploded toads in a pond near Laasby in >>central Jutland in Denmark. >> >>Local environmental workers in Hamburg have described it as a scene out of a >>horror or science fiction movie, with the bloated frogs agonizing and >>twitching for several minutes, inflating like balloons before they suddenly >>burst. >> >>In the meantime, officials in Hamburg have advised residents to stay away >>from the pond, which German tabloids have dubbed "the death pool." >> >>-- >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155921 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
