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| Author: | Tritonal-05 [ 03 May 2005, 15:47 ] |
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<img src=newicons/anim_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> <i>Hungry crows may be behind exploding toads More than 1,000 creatures have puffed up and popped The Associated Press Updated: 4:10 p.m. ET April 28, 2005 BERLIN - What’s making toads puff up and explode in northern Europe? More than 1,000 toad corpses have been found at a pond in an upscale neighborhood in Hamburg and over the border in Denmark after bloating and bursting. It’s left onlookers baffled. The pond water in Hamburg 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 splattered amphibian 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 amphibian’s 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. As gruesome as it sounds, it isn’t actually that unusual, 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. Horror scene 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. “It’s horrible,” biologist Heidi Mayerhoefer was quoted as telling the daily Hamburger Morgenpost. “The toads burst, the entrails slide out. But the animal isn’t immediately dead — they keep struggling for several minutes.” Hamburg’s Institute for Hygiene and the Environment regularly tests water quality in the city and has found no evidence the toads were diseased. The institute also ruled out a fungus brought in from South America was infecting the toads. Other theories have been that horses on a nearby track might have infected the amphibians with a virus, or even that the toads are committing suicide to save others from overpopulation. Could hungry crows be a reasonable answer? “We haven’t seen that. It might be, it might not be,” said institute spokeswoman Janne Kloepper. “It’s speculation,” until it’s observed, she added. In the meantime, officials in Hamburg have advised residents to stay away from the pond, which German tabloids have dubbed “the death pool.” © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</i> Edited by - Tritonal-05 on May 03 2005 3:20 PM |
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| Author: | Homer32 [ 03 May 2005, 17:20 ] |
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Thats my BBQ... Toad´s liver...<img src=newicons/anim_puke.gif border=0 align=middle> not really! You really think I am that bad!!? Making toads explode???<img src=newicons/saevil.gif border=0 align=middle> Sounds like fun...<img src=newicons/bounce.gif border=0 align=middle> "Did you know? You can use your old motor oil to fertilize your lawn! -- Environmental Protection Agency." |
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| Author: | boomer [ 03 May 2005, 17:28 ] |
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long time ago, my grandpa told me when he was a kid he used to lay a board in front of a toad and roll lead shot down the board towards the toad. Seeing the moving object the toad would snap it up with his tongue every time untill it had too much lead in it's belly to move! <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> Fighting For Justice With Brains Of Steel ! <img src="http://publish.hometown.aol.com/boomer0400/images/fal_avatar02.jpg" border=0> |
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| Author: | Tritonal-05 [ 03 May 2005, 17:35 ] |
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Practice for the German Toad-Baseball league started late this year. <img src=newicons/bounce.gif border=0 align=middle> Boomer, that's at the same time both funny and cruel . Edited by - Tritonal-05 on May 03 2005 4:35 PM |
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| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 04 May 2005, 02:12 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>too much lead in it's belly to move! <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> Now all we need to do is figure out how to get the toad into the chamber of a 12 gauge and Hey Psesto, organic shotgun rounds "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
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| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 04 May 2005, 02:16 ] |
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I used to live in a place in Scotland with a high sea-gull population (not so high now BTW). Now they are greedy bastards and will catch food on the fly if you throw it to them. When we used to come out of the chip shop with a bag of scolding hot chips we used to throw some in the air and watch the gulls swallow them on the wing and then try to throw them back up again as they got cooked from the inside out. "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 04 May 2005, 05:38 ] |
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Wouldn't the crows have to flip the toads over, to get "between the chest and abdomin"? Toad deserves it if it just sits there waiting. "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." - Carl Zwanzig |
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| Author: | bigross86 [ 04 May 2005, 09:09 ] |
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Ah, nothing like exploding toads... "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI |
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| Author: | M&M [ 04 May 2005, 09:57 ] |
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Ive heard of folks feeding alkaseltzer tablets to seagulls and watching them imitate toads....<img src=newicons/anim_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> <img src="http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/457/bgnrjsiiw81q1gc.jpg" border=0> |
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 04 May 2005, 10:03 ] |
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"Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz..."<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." - Carl Zwanzig |
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| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 04 May 2005, 10:03 ] |
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M&M, You can't laugh at such behaviour <img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle>... You're a Mod, you're supposed to be the sensible voice of reason tut-tutting as the rest of us carry on like brats. "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
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| Author: | M&M [ 04 May 2005, 10:27 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> M&M, You can't laugh at such behaviour <img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle>... You're a Mod, you're supposed to be the sensible voice of reason tut-tutting as the rest of us carry on like brats. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> But.....thats no fun! <img src="http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/457/bgnrjsiiw81q1gc.jpg" border=0> |
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 04 May 2005, 10:39 ] |
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You want fun? Ingest a box of Alka-Seltzer and see if you can call us in the morning...now THAT would be fun!<img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." - Carl Zwanzig |
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| Author: | bigross86 [ 04 May 2005, 10:42 ] |
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Or pull the burning bag of dog shit stunt on someone you really don't like... "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI |
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| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 04 May 2005, 10:46 ] |
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Did you guys ever come across stuff called Space Dust or Moon Rocks or something. It was tiny little popping candy nuggets that used to fizz and pop on your tounge. When I was at High School one lad (not the sharpest knife in the drawer I'll grant you) used to pour a whole packet of this into his mouth and then take a huge swig of Coke. He then used to clamp his hands over his mouth until the foam under pressure from the reaction used to force it's way down his throat and up out of his nose. It was like some human fire extinguisher... "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
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| Author: | M&M [ 04 May 2005, 10:51 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Or pull the burning bag of dog shit stunt on someone you really don't like... <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> Why limit yourself to just folks you DONT like? <img src="http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/457/bgnrjsiiw81q1gc.jpg" border=0> |
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 04 May 2005, 11:05 ] |
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"Bud...Wei...BOOM" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7654561?GT1=6428<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> Yeah, Space Candy- like having Rice Krispies going off in your mouth without the milk. Strange stuff. "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." - Carl Zwanzig |
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| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 04 May 2005, 11:09 ] |
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Did you read this bit of the article? <BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> or even that the toads are committing suicide to save others from overpopulation. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> What a$$hole would come up with something like that..? And how the f**k does a toad commit suicide? (apart from hanging round Boomers Grandpa) "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
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| Author: | M&M [ 04 May 2005, 11:20 ] |
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"More than 1,000 toad corpses have been found" Clearly its a case of amphibic-cleansing <img src="http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/457/bgnrjsiiw81q1gc.jpg" border=0> |
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| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 04 May 2005, 11:25 ] |
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I find those kind of facts totally ribbiting... "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
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| Author: | gifted [ 04 May 2005, 11:34 ] |
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My mom found a few years ago chocolate bars with pop rocks in them. Very amusing when you don't tell people what to expect. "Some pup" Nickname by Fenderstrat72 |
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| Author: | bigross86 [ 04 May 2005, 13:45 ] |
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There's a popular rumor that some kid died from eating pop rocks and drinking Coke. "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI |
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| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 04 May 2005, 13:57 ] |
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Where's Fender when you need him... "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
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| Author: | bigross86 [ 04 May 2005, 14:03 ] |
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Why, you want him to eat Pop Rocks and drink Coke? "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI |
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| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 04 May 2005, 15:25 ] |
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Nah, Fender's WT's official de-bunker of FOAF stories and other internet myths. We could then find out if the exploding kid story is true or not. "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
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