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27 Apr 2005 09:00:57 PM |
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NewsStory: Exploding toads (no pictures) |
a good weight loss aid?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E214
Thousands of toads are mysteriously exploding in Hamburg, where
visitors to parks have been warned to watch out for this odd
occurrence.
Eyewitnesses say the toads swell up to three and a half times their
normal size before suddenly exploding - sending entrails flying metres
into the air.
According to animal welfare workers the city's toad population is
rapidly decreasing. Nature protection worker Werner Smolnik said that
over the last four days at least a thousand toads had died in scenes
reminiscent of a science fiction film.
Smolnik said: "It is a complete mystery, we have a lot of ideas which
we are following up, but at the moment we haven't the faintest idea if
any of them are correct.
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
"You see the toads crawling along the ground, swelling and getting
bigger as they go until they are like little tennis balls, and then
they suddenly explode."
Vet Otto Horst added: "I have never seen a thing like it."
"It's a real puzzle," agreed Janne Kloepper from the Hamburg Institute
for Hygiene and the Environment, adding: "If this keeps up, there will
be no toads left in Hamburg.' - ananova.com
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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27 Apr 2005 09:30:12 PM |
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"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:6tg071dpp5krqnp2ota2v489k17nma4ss1@4ax.com...
a good weight loss aid?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E
214
Thousands of toads are mysteriously exploding in Hamburg, where
visitors to parks have been warned to watch out for this odd
occurrence.
Eyewitnesses say the toads swell up to three and a half times their
normal size before suddenly exploding - sending entrails flying metres
into the air.
According to animal welfare workers the city's toad population is
rapidly decreasing. Nature protection worker Werner Smolnik said that
over the last four days at least a thousand toads had died in scenes
reminiscent of a science fiction film.
Smolnik said: "It is a complete mystery, we have a lot of ideas which
we are following up, but at the moment we haven't the faintest idea if
any of them are correct.
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
"You see the toads crawling along the ground, swelling and getting
bigger as they go until they are like little tennis balls, and then
they suddenly explode."
Vet Otto Horst added: "I have never seen a thing like it."
"It's a real puzzle," agreed Janne Kloepper from the Hamburg Institute
for Hygiene and the Environment, adding: "If this keeps up, there will
be no toads left in Hamburg.' - ananova.com
frogs are supposed to be a barometer for the environment
seems toads are just hopping right into the role
:)
hop
:)
hop
:)
hop
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* yes i know - there's no accounting for [bad] taste
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: NewsStory: Exploding toads (no pictures) |
28 Apr 2005 03:56:57 PM |
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In message <1114655545.491085@teuthos>, solidac <waves@spam.bot> writes
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:6tg071dpp5krqnp2ota2v489k17nma4ss1@4ax.com...
a good weight loss aid?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E
214
Thousands of toads are mysteriously exploding in Hamburg, where
visitors to parks have been warned to watch out for this odd
occurrence.
Eyewitnesses say the toads swell up to three and a half times their
normal size before suddenly exploding - sending entrails flying metres
into the air.
According to animal welfare workers the city's toad population is
rapidly decreasing. Nature protection worker Werner Smolnik said that
over the last four days at least a thousand toads had died in scenes
reminiscent of a science fiction film.
Smolnik said: "It is a complete mystery, we have a lot of ideas which
we are following up, but at the moment we haven't the faintest idea if
any of them are correct.
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
"You see the toads crawling along the ground, swelling and getting
bigger as they go until they are like little tennis balls, and then
they suddenly explode."
Vet Otto Horst added: "I have never seen a thing like it."
"It's a real puzzle," agreed Janne Kloepper from the Hamburg Institute
for Hygiene and the Environment, adding: "If this keeps up, there will
be no toads left in Hamburg.' - ananova.com
frogs are supposed to be a barometer for the environment
seems toads are just hopping right into the role
:)
hop
:)
hop
:)
hop
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-=* PKZT *=-
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* yes i know - there's no accounting for [bad] taste
Don't toads walk, not hop?
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The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "K-9" |
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| Title: Re: NewsStory: Exploding toads (no pictures) |
28 Apr 2005 04:59:52 PM |
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:56:57 +0100, Alan Harding
<Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> <barked>
In message <1114655545.491085@teuthos>, solidac <waves@spam.bot> writes
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:6tg071dpp5krqnp2ota2v489k17nma4ss1@4ax.com...
a good weight loss aid?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E
214
Thousands of toads are mysteriously exploding in Hamburg, where
visitors to parks have been warned to watch out for this odd
occurrence.
Eyewitnesses say the toads swell up to three and a half times their
normal size before suddenly exploding - sending entrails flying metres
into the air.
According to animal welfare workers the city's toad population is
rapidly decreasing. Nature protection worker Werner Smolnik said that
over the last four days at least a thousand toads had died in scenes
reminiscent of a science fiction film.
Smolnik said: "It is a complete mystery, we have a lot of ideas which
we are following up, but at the moment we haven't the faintest idea if
any of them are correct.
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
"You see the toads crawling along the ground, swelling and getting
bigger as they go until they are like little tennis balls, and then
they suddenly explode."
Vet Otto Horst added: "I have never seen a thing like it."
"It's a real puzzle," agreed Janne Kloepper from the Hamburg Institute
for Hygiene and the Environment, adding: "If this keeps up, there will
be no toads left in Hamburg.' - ananova.com
frogs are supposed to be a barometer for the environment
seems toads are just hopping right into the role
:)
hop
:)
hop
:)
hop
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-=* PKZT *=-
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* yes i know - there's no accounting for [bad] taste
Don't toads walk, not hop?
i thought i heard they had mini bikes
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: NewsStory: Exploding toads (no pictures) |
29 Apr 2005 01:29:17 AM |
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In message <d8n271l3kjne00a0qm4is9aovtg8dupb67@4ax.com>, K-9
<bark@bark.com> writes
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:56:57 +0100, Alan Harding
<Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> <barked>
In message <1114655545.491085@teuthos>, solidac <waves@spam.bot> writes
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:6tg071dpp5krqnp2ota2v489k17nma4ss1@4ax.com...
a good weight loss aid?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E
214
Thousands of toads are mysteriously exploding in Hamburg, where
visitors to parks have been warned to watch out for this odd
occurrence.
Eyewitnesses say the toads swell up to three and a half times their
normal size before suddenly exploding - sending entrails flying metres
into the air.
According to animal welfare workers the city's toad population is
rapidly decreasing. Nature protection worker Werner Smolnik said that
over the last four days at least a thousand toads had died in scenes
reminiscent of a science fiction film.
Smolnik said: "It is a complete mystery, we have a lot of ideas which
we are following up, but at the moment we haven't the faintest idea if
any of them are correct.
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
"You see the toads crawling along the ground, swelling and getting
bigger as they go until they are like little tennis balls, and then
they suddenly explode."
Vet Otto Horst added: "I have never seen a thing like it."
"It's a real puzzle," agreed Janne Kloepper from the Hamburg Institute
for Hygiene and the Environment, adding: "If this keeps up, there will
be no toads left in Hamburg.' - ananova.com
frogs are supposed to be a barometer for the environment
seems toads are just hopping right into the role
:)
hop
:)
hop
:)
hop
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\ * . /
. * * * .
-=* PKZT *=-
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/ * . \
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* yes i know - there's no accounting for [bad] taste
Don't toads walk, not hop?
i thought i heard they had mini bikes
They'd look good on inline skates.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "yuluwirri" |
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28 Apr 2005 12:07:47 AM |
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:00:12 +0930, "solidac" <waves@spam.bot> wrote:
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:6tg071dpp5krqnp2ota2v489k17nma4ss1@4ax.com...
a good weight loss aid?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E
214
Thousands of toads are mysteriously exploding in Hamburg, where
visitors to parks have been warned to watch out for this odd
occurrence.
Eyewitnesses say the toads swell up to three and a half times their
normal size before suddenly exploding - sending entrails flying metres
into the air.
According to animal welfare workers the city's toad population is
rapidly decreasing. Nature protection worker Werner Smolnik said that
over the last four days at least a thousand toads had died in scenes
reminiscent of a science fiction film.
Smolnik said: "It is a complete mystery, we have a lot of ideas which
we are following up, but at the moment we haven't the faintest idea if
any of them are correct.
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
"You see the toads crawling along the ground, swelling and getting
bigger as they go until they are like little tennis balls, and then
they suddenly explode."
Vet Otto Horst added: "I have never seen a thing like it."
"It's a real puzzle," agreed Janne Kloepper from the Hamburg Institute
for Hygiene and the Environment, adding: "If this keeps up, there will
be no toads left in Hamburg.' - ananova.com
frogs are supposed to be a barometer for the environment
seems toads are just hopping right into the role
:)
hop
:)
hop
:)
hop
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-=* PKZT *=-
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* yes i know - there's no accounting for [bad] taste
haha.. :) Well yeah it is yucky, but on the more serious side of
things, we have a major cane toad problem in queensland and of course
they are hopping the border in droves too. It would be a horrid way to
die for sure, but I am wondering how on earth we are going to solve
this one? We can't introduce another something or other that will eat
the toads, because we've gone through that disaster time and again,
but the toads are creating havic that's for sure.
Still and all I couldn't see people all dressed in raincoats and
wellies due to toads exploding everywhere. Ick! I don't think I could
leave the house!
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yuluwirri
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Fish know.
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yuluwirri@hotmail.com
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| User: "wombn" |
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28 Apr 2005 02:20:54 AM |
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 05:07:47 GMT, yuluwirri <yuluwirri@hotmail.com>
wrote:
hop
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ewwwwwwwwwww
haha.. :) Well yeah it is yucky, but on the more serious side of
things, we have a major cane toad problem in queensland and of course
they are hopping the border in droves too. It would be a horrid way to
die for sure, but I am wondering how on earth we are going to solve
this one? We can't introduce another something or other that will eat
the toads, because we've gone through that disaster time and again,
but the toads are creating havic that's for sure.
Still and all I couldn't see people all dressed in raincoats and
wellies due to toads exploding everywhere. Ick! I don't think I could
leave the house!
it's better than mice and the massive swarms they showed on the
Crocodile Hunter. right? hm. do toads spread diseases? what do they
eat, anyway?
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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28 Apr 2005 04:41:43 PM |
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:20:54 -0700, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net>
wrote:
it's better than mice and the massive swarms they showed on the
Crocodile Hunter. right? hm. do toads spread diseases? what do they
eat, anyway?
I saw that footage also. God that was gross. Like a tidal wave of mice.
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REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it
with a tempest of words.
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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28 Apr 2005 12:30:33 AM |
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yuluwirri wrote...
haha.. :) Well yeah it is yucky, but on the more serious
side of things, we have a major cane toad problem in
queensland and of course they are hopping the border in
droves too. It would be a horrid way to die for sure, but I
am wondering how on earth we are going to solve this one?
We can't introduce another something or other that will eat
the toads, because we've gone through that disaster time
and again, but the toads are creating havic that's for
sure.
Still and all I couldn't see people all dressed in
raincoats and wellies due to toads exploding everywhere.
Ick! I don't think I could leave the house!
aside from their presence, what harm do toads do?
in the old testament, one of the plagues sent down upon the
egyptians was frogs. my son asked why it was a problem to have a
plague of frogs, and i couldn't answer. other than pollination
problems, maybe.
-lisa
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| User: "Bev Thornton" |
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28 Apr 2005 03:17:38 AM |
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On 2005-04-28, lisa in mass. wrote:
aside from their presence, what harm do toads do?
in the old testament, one of the plagues sent down upon the
egyptians was frogs. my son asked why it was a problem to have a
plague of frogs, and i couldn't answer. other than pollination
problems, maybe.
Oh, and beneficial flying insects that frequent both ponds and other areas
would also be in bad shape, making people miserable. Then, the frogs would
start to starve, and all sorts of annoying bug larvae would feed on them
resulting in a plague of annoying insects eventually, couple years later.
Bloodsucker kinds that first live in stagnant water, like ponds.
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| User: "Bev Thornton" |
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28 Apr 2005 03:14:08 AM |
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On 2005-04-28, lisa in mass. wrote:
aside from their presence, what harm do toads do?
None, if they are in balance.
in the old testament, one of the plagues sent down upon the
egyptians was frogs. my son asked why it was a problem to have a
plague of frogs, and i couldn't answer. other than pollination
problems, maybe.
It would wipe-out any freshwater fishery for a number of years to come and
that would also be bad for hunting of freshwater fish-eating species of
birds.
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Weeds are the bane of fields,
craving is the bane of mankind.
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| User: "yuluwirri" |
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28 Apr 2005 01:39:57 AM |
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On 28 Apr 2005 05:30:33 GMT, "lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote:
yuluwirri wrote...
haha.. :) Well yeah it is yucky, but on the more serious
side of things, we have a major cane toad problem in
queensland and of course they are hopping the border in
droves too. It would be a horrid way to die for sure, but I
am wondering how on earth we are going to solve this one?
We can't introduce another something or other that will eat
the toads, because we've gone through that disaster time
and again, but the toads are creating havic that's for
sure.
Still and all I couldn't see people all dressed in
raincoats and wellies due to toads exploding everywhere.
Ick! I don't think I could leave the house!
aside from their presence, what harm do toads do?
Here's a bit of information:
http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/canetoad.htm
Cane Toads are considered a pest in Australia because they:
poison pets and injure humans with their toxins
poison many native animals whose diet includes frogs, tadpoles and
frogs' eggs
eat large numbers of honey bees, creating a management problem for
bee-keepers
prey on native fauna
compete for food with vertebrate insectivores such as small skinks
may carry diseases that are can be transmitted to native frogs and
fishes.
in the old testament, one of the plagues sent down upon the
egyptians was frogs. my son asked why it was a problem to have a
plague of frogs, and i couldn't answer. other than pollination
problems, maybe.
I don't really know either. Funny thing is I am not in the least bit
affected by frogs, but I hate the toads. Perhaps because I've been
conditioned to hate them I don't know. But they are so grotesque to
look at. I think that's what it is.
-lisa
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Fish know.
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yuluwirri@hotmail.com
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| User: "Patience" |
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28 Apr 2005 12:04:10 PM |
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Darn. I guess that answers my question about whether they are edible
or not...
Christopher
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| User: "wombn" |
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28 Apr 2005 02:22:08 AM |
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 06:39:57 GMT, yuluwirri <yuluwirri@hotmail.com>
wrote:
aside from their presence, what harm do toads do?
Here's a bit of information:
http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/canetoad.htm
Cane Toads are considered a pest in Australia because they:
poison pets and injure humans with their toxins
poison many native animals whose diet includes frogs, tadpoles and
frogs' eggs
eat large numbers of honey bees, creating a management problem for
bee-keepers
prey on native fauna
compete for food with vertebrate insectivores such as small skinks
may carry diseases that are can be transmitted to native frogs and
fishes.
YIKES! (ignore my previous questions)
in the old testament, one of the plagues sent down upon the
egyptians was frogs. my son asked why it was a problem to have a
plague of frogs, and i couldn't answer. other than pollination
problems, maybe.
I don't really know either. Funny thing is I am not in the least bit
affected by frogs, but I hate the toads. Perhaps because I've been
conditioned to hate them I don't know. But they are so grotesque to
look at. I think that's what it is.
I don't think I could tell the difference between a frog and toad.
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "John" |
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| Title: Re: NewsStory: Exploding toads (no pictures) |
27 Apr 2005 09:28:17 PM |
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"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:6tg071dpp5krqnp2ota2v489k17nma4ss1@4ax.com...
a good weight loss aid?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E214
Yikes!
Poor toads!
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| User: "Bev Thornton" |
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28 Apr 2005 03:05:58 AM |
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On 2005-04-28, wombn wrote:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E214
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
My guess is chemcial pollutants. There is a chemical that is spread on
dirt roads and race tracks that makes frogs and toads swell up and explode
after they crawl over it. Salt, too. One is for melting ice in winter and
the other for keeping dust down in summer. Deposits and residues kill
frogs by making them swell up explode.
Vet Otto Horst added: "I have never seen a thing like it."
Sometimes I wonder about vets. Lots of amphibians swell up and explode if
exposed to certain pollutants.
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Tolerance, patience and understanding are the highest virtues.
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| User: "Thomas Dehn" |
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28 Apr 2005 10:20:16 AM |
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"Bev Thornton" <Reply-To@Not.Invalid> wrote:
On 2005-04-28, wombn wrote:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E214
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
My guess is chemcial pollutants. There is a chemical that is spread on
dirt roads and race tracks that makes frogs and toads swell up and explode
after they crawl over it.
Thats one of the things the translation was missing:
the exploding toads were all from a small articifial
lake near a race track, an the pollutes from the
race track end up in that artificial lake.
Thomas
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| User: "Bev Thornton" |
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28 Apr 2005 12:06:19 PM |
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On 2005-04-28, Thomas Dehn wrote:
"Bev Thornton" <Reply-To@Not.Invalid> wrote:
On 2005-04-28, wombn wrote:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E214
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
My guess is chemcial pollutants. There is a chemical that is spread on
dirt roads and race tracks that makes frogs and toads swell up and explode
after they crawl over it.
Thats one of the things the translation was missing:
the exploding toads were all from a small articifial
lake near a race track, an the pollutes from the
race track end up in that artificial lake.
That is the most likely thing, then. Have they checked the lake for
frog-lethal pollutants? Both salt used for deicing and the salt-like
chemical used to keep dust down will do it. Very big problem in Canada,
lots of unpaved road still and lots of salt used on roads all winter.
Kills all of the amphibious animals that have to breathe some through
their skin, many swell up and burst, depends on the pores, but they all
die, frogs, toads, newts, salamanders.
There are Mexican farmers who are self-regulating the use of such
chemicals on farms, their products have a 'frog-friendly' stamp on them.
Maybe it will catch on more.
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Easily seen are other's faults, hard indeed to see are one's own.
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| User: "Charles" |
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28 Apr 2005 06:30:57 PM |
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/germanytoadsoffbeat
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Does not play well with others.
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| User: "electroscopillan" |
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27 Apr 2005 09:50:48 PM |
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some group of kids are probably force-feeding them AlkaSeltzer tablets.
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:6tg071dpp5krqnp2ota2v489k17nma4ss1@4ax.com...
a good weight loss aid?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E214
Thousands of toads are mysteriously exploding in Hamburg, where
visitors to parks have been warned to watch out for this odd
occurrence.
Eyewitnesses say the toads swell up to three and a half times their
normal size before suddenly exploding - sending entrails flying metres
into the air.
According to animal welfare workers the city's toad population is
rapidly decreasing. Nature protection worker Werner Smolnik said that
over the last four days at least a thousand toads had died in scenes
reminiscent of a science fiction film.
Smolnik said: "It is a complete mystery, we have a lot of ideas which
we are following up, but at the moment we haven't the faintest idea if
any of them are correct.
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
"You see the toads crawling along the ground, swelling and getting
bigger as they go until they are like little tennis balls, and then
they suddenly explode."
Vet Otto Horst added: "I have never seen a thing like it."
"It's a real puzzle," agreed Janne Kloepper from the Hamburg Institute
for Hygiene and the Environment, adding: "If this keeps up, there will
be no toads left in Hamburg.' - ananova.com
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "Noon Cat Nick" |
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27 Apr 2005 09:59:53 PM |
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wombn wrote:
a good weight loss aid?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E214
Thousands of toads are mysteriously exploding in Hamburg, where
visitors to parks have been warned to watch out for this odd
occurrence.
Eyewitnesses say the toads swell up to three and a half times their
normal size before suddenly exploding - sending entrails flying metres
into the air.
According to animal welfare workers the city's toad population is
rapidly decreasing. Nature protection worker Werner Smolnik said that
over the last four days at least a thousand toads had died in scenes
reminiscent of a science fiction film.
Smolnik said: "It is a complete mystery, we have a lot of ideas which
we are following up, but at the moment we haven't the faintest idea if
any of them are correct.
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared in
the area recently.
"You see the toads crawling along the ground, swelling and getting
bigger as they go until they are like little tennis balls, and then
they suddenly explode."
Vet Otto Horst added: "I have never seen a thing like it."
"It's a real puzzle," agreed Janne Kloepper from the Hamburg Institute
for Hygiene and the Environment, adding: "If this keeps up, there will
be no toads left in Hamburg.' - ananova.com
A German gets elected Pope of Rome, and toads in his homeland start
exploding. Just a coincidence? Hmmm....
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| User: "wombn" |
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28 Apr 2005 02:22:30 AM |
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 02:59:53 GMT, Noon Cat Nick
<chatdemidiSPAMBEGONE@hotmail.com> wrote:
A German gets elected Pope of Rome, and toads in his homeland start
exploding. Just a coincidence? Hmmm....
YIKES
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If laughter is the best medicine,
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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28 Apr 2005 08:07:49 AM |
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On 2005-04-28, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 02:59:53 GMT, Noon Cat Nick
<chatdemidiSPAMBEGONE@hotmail.com> wrote:
A German gets elected Pope of Rome, and toads in his homeland start
exploding. Just a coincidence? Hmmm....
YIKES
.... and Tony Blair's airoplane gets struck by a thunderbolt.
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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28 Apr 2005 12:17:47 AM |
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 02:59:53 GMT, Noon Cat Nick
<chatdemidiSPAMBEGONE@hotmail.com> wrote:
A German gets elected Pope of Rome, and toads in his homeland start
exploding. Just a coincidence? Hmmm....
A similar thing crossed my mind. Maybe God is offering an Old Testament
style warning to Thomas and all the other Germans who despise the pope.
--
So the maples formed a union and demanded equal rights. The oaks are
just too greedy, we will make them give us light! Now there's no more oak
oppression for they passed a nobel law, and the trees are all kept equal by
hatchet, axe and saw.
- Neal Peart
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| User: "Thomas Dehn" |
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28 Apr 2005 10:18:00 AM |
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x-no-archive: yes
"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 02:59:53 GMT, Noon Cat Nick
<chatdemidiSPAMBEGONE@hotmail.com> wrote:
A German gets elected Pope of Rome, and toads in his homeland start
exploding. Just a coincidence? Hmmm....
A similar thing crossed my mind. Maybe God is offering an Old Testament
style warning to Thomas and all the other Germans who despise the pope.
Nah. Its just a sign to you that you should not rely
on poor translations.
Thomas
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| User: "Pinwheel" |
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28 Apr 2005 04:28:50 PM |
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wombn wrote:
a good weight loss aid?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1114518789123E214
Thousands of toads are mysteriously exploding in Hamburg, where
visitors to parks have been warned to watch out for this odd
occurrence.
Eyewitnesses say the toads swell up to three and a half times their
normal size before suddenly exploding - sending entrails flying
metres
into the air.
According to animal welfare workers the city's toad population is
rapidly decreasing. Nature protection worker Werner Smolnik said that
over the last four days at least a thousand toads had died in scenes
reminiscent of a science fiction film.
Smolnik said: "It is a complete mystery, we have a lot of ideas which
we are following up, but at the moment we haven't the faintest idea
if
any of them are correct.
"It could be an unknown virus, or a fungus that has infected the
water
or a defence mechanism against aggressive crows which have appeared
in
the area recently.
"You see the toads crawling along the ground, swelling and getting
bigger as they go until they are like little tennis balls, and then
they suddenly explode."
Vet Otto Horst added: "I have never seen a thing like it."
"It's a real puzzle," agreed Janne Kloepper from the Hamburg
Institute
for Hygiene and the Environment, adding: "If this keeps up, there
will
be no toads left in Hamburg.' - ananova.com
I just read about this today. The most recent theory (and I stumbled
on this through MSN.com so take it for what it's worth) is that hungry
crows are plucking out the livers of the toads and that the sac somehow
fills with air through the puncture wound, resulting in a painful
death. Me, I'm leaning toward it as an ominous sign of impending doom
for all humankind. It's such an obvious sign, no one could mistake it.
:-\
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