Exploding frogs in Hamburg, Germany??

[RonOnGuitar]

Okay, Mike, what kind of secret weapon are guys coming up with over there??



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UPDATED: 11:10 pm EDT April 24, 2005



Scientists in Hamburg, Germany, are baffled by the strange deaths of hundreds of toads after they apparently exploded in and around a pond, according to a Local 6 News report.



As many as a thousand toads have died after their bodies swelled to bursting point and then exploded, according to reports.



As many as 1,000 toads have died after their bodies swelled to bursting point and then exploded, according to reports from animal welfare workers and veterinarians.



The area around the pond in Hamburg has been cordoned off as experts investigate the dead toads.



Scientists are looking at a fungus that may have been spread by foreign race horses from a nearby track, Local 6 News reported Sunday.

[MIKE BURN]

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Frogs saved from blender



Thursday, April 28, 2005 Posted: 2358 GMT (0758 HKT)



LIMA, Peru (Reuters) -- Peruvian officials saved some 4,000 endangered frogs from being whizzed into popular drinks after they were found hidden in an abattoir.



"We were checking the fridges when out jumped a frog. It had escaped, they were in big crates," a spokesman for Lima city hall said on Thursday.



Frog cocktails are popular in the Andes because of their supposed aphrodisiac qualities.



Shops in central Lima selling the drinks have tanks where customers can choose their frogs.



He said the Telmatobius frogs -- which had apparently been brought from the southern lakes in the high Andes -- were found on Wednesday stored in the abattoir.



They were taken to a colonial fountain in central Lima to splash around before being returned to their native lakes by ecological police.



"There were about 5,000 of them but 1,000 died because of the conditions and in transit," the spokesman said.

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MIKE


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[RonOnGuitar]

Hmmm...if the Peruvians put the Hamburg frogs in a glass and just wait for awhile then they wouldn't have to use a blender.



They would probably want to put a lid (a cup cover) on top of the cocktail until the Hamburg frog goes "BOOM!!", though.