Gabureiru Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Riddle of Mystery Exploding Toads Solved The mystery of why toads in the Altona district of Hamburg, Germany, (SN reported) have been exploding has finally been solved. They have been subjected to precision attacks by crows who have been pecking out their livers with a single thrust. The toads expand their bodies in an act of self-defence but with no liver and a punctured stomach, the toads inadvertently blow up their own blood vessels, their lungs then collapse and then they explode. Veterinary surgeon Frank Mutschmann says that just three to five crows can kill up to one hundred toads and they learn the technique of extracting a toads liver very quickly. Source :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laptop Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Shoot the crows then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaSwissDude Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Germany, How come I haven't heard of this. Wonder if it'll be on the evening news :p Best with some video footage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerus Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Shoot the crows then. 585847439[/snapback] No kidding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 a Toad that blows them selves up in self defense, so is this a new species? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad.C Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 a Toad that blows them selves up in self defense, so is this a new species? :huh: 585849345[/snapback] When they mean blow they mean inflate themselves up to look much bigger..Not literally blow themselves up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted April 30, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 30, 2005 This answers that mystery :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 what a weird thing to happen in nature :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigMack Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 a Toad that blows them selves up in self defense, so is this a new species? :huh: 585849345[/snapback] Its a new breed of Islamic fundamentalist toads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted April 30, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 30, 2005 ^ That offends me. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealDave Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 ^ That offends me. :| 585853262[/snapback] Learn to take a joke :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Plague Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 ^ That offends me. :| 585853262[/snapback] Your taking offense, offends me. :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ0943 Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 lol. wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajter Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Damn... crows are really smart. I also heard that when they want to eat nuts, they can't crack them with their beak. So they find a road, place the nut on there, and wait for a car to crack it. Pretty smart if you ask me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Kompressor Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Genetically engineered Crows. Now that is an interesting trick. I wonder how they know how to find the liver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Sounds like a hard way to die :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted May 4, 2005 Administrators Share Posted May 4, 2005 a Toad that blows them selves up in self defense, so is this a new species? :huh: 585849345[/snapback] I almost spat out my coffee reading that (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chmsant Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 That is crazy... and rofl to ripgut's comment, that was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Heh... Kamikazeeee! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 lol those must be pretty precise crows!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmay Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 i take my hat off to the crows...toads are evil hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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