Germany
Toads
are exploding all over Hamburg's parks.
Over
the last four days, thousands have exploded sending toady giblets and body parts
all over the place.
Toad
populations appear to be under threat from this mysterious outbreak of spontaneous
toad combustion.
The
toads expand to up to three and a half times their normal size before going pop.
An
unknown fungus in the water could be to blame, a virus, or a defence against aggressive
birds in the area, experts speculate.
An
eyewitness told us:
"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."
April
2005
Rewritten
from original source: Ananova
