Friday, April 29, 2005

Toadally puzzling

Visitors to Hamburg are being advised to be careful of a new menace - exploding toads. Authorities are not certain why it's happening but some ideas being explored are fungus, an unknown virus, or an protective measure (!!??) against aggressive crows that have recently moved into the area. Over a thousand toads have exploded so far - and by all reports it's something you don't want to be around for - 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. The question asked with the ABC's report was whether this could be a solution to the cane toad problem here in Australia.

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