Exploding Toads - Mystery Solved


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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.

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a Toad that blows them selves up in self defense, so is this a new species? :huh:

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When they mean blow they mean inflate themselves up to look much bigger..Not literally blow themselves up.

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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...

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Genetically engineered Crows. Now that is an interesting trick. I wonder how they know how to find the liver.

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a Toad that blows them selves up in self defense, so is this a new species? :huh:

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I almost spat out my coffee reading that (Y)

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