OT: The pond of death

[dean]

The pond of death:

This short news article was recently brought to my attention and thought that some of you may get a bit of a laugh out of it!

Beware the pond of death!

Now I wish I had a pond like that nearby: it would make for some damn interesting viewing, and perhaps some sick and twisted drinking games!

[daveblackeye15]

That's kind of sad but it is a little funny in a dark sense, just as long as the type that is exploding don't go extinct. I'm wondering what's causing it.

[Cheecky-Monkey]

That's too bad. I'm with Dave though--what the hell could do something like that?

[Ellie]

Thats bizarre..wonder what it is/

[Eirik]

Germany has exploding toads?  I bet Poland is getting nervous.

[AlexB]

It must be something they ate. Perhaps genetically modified plants.

[Mr_Vindictive]

I read this a few days ago.  It's very strange.

Originally the researchers thought that if there was no virus causing the problem then something might be scaring the toads and causing them to puff up until POP!

I think that's actually been ruled out now.  They have pretty much no clue as to what's causing the toads to pop.

It seems that the story has become world news now.  I even heard it on the local redneck radio station this morning.

[AlexB]

From what I read in Der Spiegel (a very serious German magazine, like Time or Newsweek, only more serious), it is caused by crows!

Apparently, the birds like to eat the livers of the toads. Only, they don't eat the whole toad, they simply pick out the liver, leaving the toad to hop along. This causes no undue problems to the animal. Then comes the mating season, and the toads start blowing themselves up as per usual. Except that in the liverless toads, various internal membranes have been punctured and the whole animal gets full of air. POP!

I'm not making this up, honestly.

[raj]

I doubt that the toads could live long without their livers.

It's obviously some mad scientist working on perfecting his means of world domination through the use of toads.

[Wence]

I heard that these toads ate horse-s**t. Bacterias in it produce gases that make toads blow up.

Problem is, why do toads eat horse-s**t? Ever eard about horse-s**t-eating toads???

[Master Blaster]

Maybe they injest it by eathing the flies who have been on the dookie

[odinn7]

"It's obviously some mad scientist working on perfecting his means of world domination through the use of toads."

That's absolutely the most ridiculous statement I've ever seen. Who in their right mind would beleive that? It is without a doubt inter-dimensional aliens that happen to have a portal in the pond. If a toad is nearby when they cross through the dimensions, it causes a back-fire in the time-space field thus causing the toads to pop. God, any dummy could figure that out...

[Wence]

Perhaps it´s a wonder! A plain wonder!
In the bible it rained toads and now they´re just exploding.
The End is near!

[DaveMunger]

I think the toad rain phenomenon first saw print in the works of Charles Fort.

I'm picturing a pimply adolescent version of Deiter from Sprockets feeding them Alka-Seltzer.

[Eirik]

Has anyone observed this happening?  Have they checked for tiny baby aliens?