*pop*

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:20 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4486247.stm

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:22 pm

heh
not too long ago, a shitload of frogs died here in dutcholand too. they mated themselves to death

Post by **zerofactor (ryan)** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:25 pm

wonder what it could be,. also doesnt say how long it takes to swell up before exploding. if its really quick, like a few minutes, it might be some gastro disease. possibly something in the water like they said. but if thats the case i am sure any fish in the same water would have the same effect.

Post by **fr34kaloin** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:18 pm

fuck u...

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:19 pm

Yeah, heard about that. Completely weird.

Post by **fr34kaloin** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:21 pm

Ryoki wrote:Yeah, heard about that. Completely weird.

fuck off...

Post by **Billy Bellend** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:25 pm

hey what now

you saying something?

Post by **SplishSplash** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:27 pm

The riddle is solved.

Crows eat the toads' livers without actually killing them. (Must be the tastiest part.)

Toads pump up their lungs when in danger, to appear more intimidating. Without the livers, the lungs can expand beyond their natural limits, which eventually leads to the *pop* phenomenon.

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:28 pm

SplishSplash wrote:The riddle is solved.

Crows eat the toads' livers without actually killing them. (Must be the tastiest part.)

Toads pump up their lungs when in danger, to appear more intimidating. Without the livers, the lungs can expand beyond their natural limits, which eventually leads to the *pop* phenomenon.

oh the wonders of nature :icon19:

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:32 pm

SplishSplash wrote:The riddle is solved.

Crows eat the toads' livers without actually killing them. (Must be the tastiest part.)

Toads pump up their lungs when in danger, to appear more intimidating. Without the livers, the lungs can expand beyond their natural limits, which eventually leads to the *pop* phenomenon.

crazy

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:39 pm

Impressive.

Post by **fr34kaloin** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:41 pm

Massive Quasars wrote:Impressive.

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:41 pm

Hmm, that leaves the question why the crows suddenly started to do that.

Post by **R00k** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:32 pm

yea, that's just fucking strange.

Post by **werldhed** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:09 pm

SplishSplash wrote:The riddle is solved.

Crows eat the toads' livers without actually killing them. (Must be the tastiest part.)

Toads pump up their lungs when in danger, to appear more intimidating. Without the livers, the lungs can expand beyond their natural limits, which eventually leads to the *pop* phenomenon.

Not likely (unless you're being sarcastic). Toad lungs aren't large enough to take in that much air, and the diaphragm can't take in air quickly enough to explode the animal. I'd suspect either a chemical reaction in the toads' gut due to something they eat, or some sort of defense mechanism.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:40 pm

Toads don't have diaphragms.

Post by **werldhed** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:14 pm

SplishSplash wrote:Toads don't have diaphragms.

Woops... You're right about that. I was thinking about mammal anatomy.

!
However, they still don't have a way to inhale enough air to explode.

Post by **SoM** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:16 pm

its just another nazi experiment

Post by **Hannibal** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:17 pm

The hognose snake will first mimic a cobra...if that's doesn't scare off an enemy, he flips over on his back and plays dead:

Of course, being the reptilian equivalent of a moron, if you flip him right side up while he's playing dead, he'll quickly flip back over on his back and resume his acting. Ya know, cause he's still supposed to be dead n' all. Many human actors could learn a few things from this level of commitment.

Post by **andyman** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:59 pm

That is a purty mouth!

Post by **bitWISE** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:19 pm

Post by **Scourge** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:22 pm

Hannibal wrote:The hognose snake will first mimic a cobra...if that's doesn't scare off an enemy, he flips over on his back and plays dead:

Of course, being the reptilian equivalent of a moron, if you flip him right side up while he's playing dead, he'll quickly flip back over on his back and resume his acting. Ya know, cause he's still supposed to be dead n' all. Many human actors could learn a few things from this level of commitment.

We have a bunch of those around here. And yep, that's exactly what they do.

Post by **bork[e]** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:22 pm

if you flip him right side up while he's playing dead, he'll quickly flip back over on his back and resume his acting.

:lol:

Someone tell duke to stop knocking up these creatures for fucks sake.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:42 am

werldhed wrote: However, they still don't have a way to inhale enough air to explode.

That's what I'm hinking as well, but they obviously do have a way to inhale enough air to pump themselves up. That makes me think that this theory might be true.

Post by **ajerara** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:32 am

That snake is really funny, he keeps his mouth open as if he's expired, as well. Are they poisonous?