Thanks to Bonnie for giving me the heads up on this one:

Toads are exploding in Hamburg, Germany, and scientists can’t figure out why.

That’s right–exploding toads.

I could hardly believe what I saw,” Smolnik told the Telegraph. “Dozens of toads were crawling out of the water. They were puffed up to almost three times their normal size and making strange screeching noises. Then they just started popping. Some just went ‘phut!’… but others literally exploded.”

I guess this is all happening in one pond in Hamburg. And it doesn’t happen 24/7–it only happens between 2am-3am. And did I mention that this is the peak of their mating season?

They’ve tested the water, and it’s fine. And there aren’t any fish or ducks or anything else that is exploding… besides these toads. Some scientists think that crows attacked the toads, and while the toads survived, the crows had ate too much of their innards and that’s what caused them to explode.

Sounds a little fishy to me. I think that someone is putting TNT inside these toads’ bellys. What do you think?