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Mystery of German Exploding Toads

By Red Wolf

27 April 2005

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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, in scenes that have been likened to science fiction — via meta-roj blog

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