exploding toads baffle scientists

[Kitergal]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4486247.stm

 

Mystery of German exploding toads

 

The toads of Altona are dying in their thousands

Toads in an area of northern Germany are being killed off by a mysterious disease - they are exploding.

Thousands of the amphibians have died in recent days in a pond in Hamburg's Altona district, with their bodies swelling to bursting point.

 

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.

 

"You see the animals crawling on the ground, swelling and then exploding," German conservationist Werner Smolnik told AFP news agency.

 

The bodies of the toads expanded to three and a half times their normal size, he said.

 

"I have never seen such a thing," AFP quotes veterinarian Otto Horst as saying. The site - which has been dubbed "the pond of death" - has been closed to the public.

[foraker]

In a hastily assembled news conference, representatives for the Discovery Institute had this to say:

 

"For years, scientists have been explaining toad explosions on unproven viruses and fungi. This is all just a theory and it's wrong for them to continue to bias our children's minds by not educating them in the alternatives. Our theory of Intelligent Detonation is equally valid because, well, it's a theory. Good luck disproving it."

[G-spotter]

It all makes sense. After I lick the toad, the toad explode. tHy have recieved the ultimate honor and life is not longer worth to live!

[selkirk]

would that be Intelligent self detonation? Or Intelligent detonation of others? That could be a usefull trick to learn for the speeding up the lines a Smiff.

[catbirdseat]

Bacterial infection. Probably a form of anaerobic peritonitis.

[foraker]

Intelligent detonation of others = dipshit-seeking missiles.