the mystery of exploding toads
the bbc has a story about toads in germany having really bad days.
Mystery of German exploding toads [bbc, april 26, 2005]Thousands of the amphibians have died in recent days in a pond in Hamburg’s Altona district, with their bodies swelling to bursting point.
The toads’ entrails are propelled for up to a metre (3.2ft), in scenes that have been likened to science fiction.
ouch.