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-----Original Message----- From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 8:39 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Exploding German Toads Baffle Scientists 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." > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155923 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
