They’ve got a mystery critter over in Germany . . . and Denmark.
No, it’s not a mystery critter like a chupacabra or a sea monster for which there are few if any remains.
In fact, there are all too many remains of this critter.
Why?
The mystery critter is an exploding toad.
It seems that the toads in certain lakes over yonder are swelling up to three times their normal size and then . . . popping.
There’s no settled explanation for this phenomenon, though they’ve been trying to figure it out.
EXCERPT:
More than 1,000 toads have puffed up and exploded in a Hamburg pond in recent weeks, and scientists still have no explanation for what’s causing the combustion, an official said Wednesday. 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, said Janne Kloepper, of the Hamburg-based Institute for Hygiene and the Environment.
"It’s absolutely strange,” she said. "We have a really unique story here in Hamburg. This phenomenon really doesn’t seem to have appeared anywhere before.”
Now, there are some theories. F’rinstance,
ONE GUY THINKS THAT CROWS ARE PECKING OUT THEIR LIVERS,
but nobody’s seen that happen so it’s just a conjecture.
No word on whether al-Qa’eda is trying to harness the power of the exploding toad.
(Poor little toads!)
