exploding toads
More than 1,000 toads have puffed up and exploded in a Hamburg [Germany] pond in recent weeks, and scientists still have no explanation for what's causing the combustion.
Both the pond's water and body parts of the toads have been tested, but scientists have been unable to find a bacteria or virus that would cause the toads to swell up and pop.
The toads at a pond in the upscale neighborhood have been blowing up since the beginning of the month, filling up like balloons until their stomachs suddenly burst. The pond's water quality is no better or worse than other bodies of water in Hamburg, the toads did not appear to have a disease, and a laboratory in Berlin has ruled out the possibility that it is a fungus that made its way from South America.
Janne Kloepper, of the Hamburg-based Institute for Hygiene and the Environment, said that tests will continue. In the meantime, city residents have been warned to stay away from the pond.
-AOL News
Both the pond's water and body parts of the toads have been tested, but scientists have been unable to find a bacteria or virus that would cause the toads to swell up and pop.
The toads at a pond in the upscale neighborhood have been blowing up since the beginning of the month, filling up like balloons until their stomachs suddenly burst. The pond's water quality is no better or worse than other bodies of water in Hamburg, the toads did not appear to have a disease, and a laboratory in Berlin has ruled out the possibility that it is a fungus that made its way from South America.
Janne Kloepper, of the Hamburg-based Institute for Hygiene and the Environment, said that tests will continue. In the meantime, city residents have been warned to stay away from the pond.
-AOL News