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[Guest guest]

Bizarre spate of exploding toads rocks German city

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/04/25/2003251886

HOP AND POP: Hundreds of toads in a Hamburg lake have been swelling

to three times their normal size and then blowing up -- and no one

seems to know why

AFP , BERLIN

Monday, Apr 25, 2005,Page 1

Hundreds of toads have met a bizarre and sinister end in Germany in

recent days, it was reported Saturday: they exploded.

According to reports from animal welfare workers and veterinarians

as many as a thousand of the amphibians have perished after their

bodies swelled to bursting point and their entrails were propelled

for up to a meter.

It is like " a science fiction film, " according to Werner Smolnik of

a nature protection society in the northern city of Hamburg, where

the phenomenon of the exploding toad has been observed.

" You see the animals crawling on the ground, swelling and then

exploding. "

He said the bodies of the toads expanded to three and a half times

their normal size.

" I have never seen such a thing, " said veterinarian Otto Horst. So

bad has the death toll been that the lake in Hamburg has been

dubbed " the pond of death. "

Access to it has been sealed off and every night a biologist visits

it between 2am and 3am, which appears to be peak time for

batrachians to go bang.

Explanations include an unknown virus, a fungus that has infected

the water, or crows, which in an echo of the Alfred Hitchcock movie

The Birds, attack the toads, literally scaring them to death.

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[Guest guest]

I find this " HOP AND POP " soundbite to be a sad indicator of the

state of the human mind. I have seen many such trivializations of

horrors in the news and they are a sad commentary of peoples

mindsets when they can find such grim humor in the suffering of

others.

I wish that toads could read newspapers and laugh uproariously at

the sound bite concerning the AIDS epidemic:

UNZIP YOUR FLY - GET AIDS AND DIE

-

> HOP AND POP: Hundreds of toads in a Hamburg lake have been

swelling to three times their normal size and then blowing up --

and no one seems to know why

>

> AFP , BERLIN

> Monday, Apr 25, 2005,Page 1

> Hundreds of toads have met a bizarre and sinister end in Germany

in recent days, it was reported Saturday: they exploded.

>

> According to reports from animal welfare workers and veterinarians

> as many as a thousand of the amphibians have perished after their

> bodies swelled to bursting point and their entrails were propelled

> for up to a meter.

>

> It is like " a science fiction film, " according to Werner Smolnik

of

> a nature protection society in the northern city of Hamburg, where

> the phenomenon of the exploding toad has been observed.

>

> " You see the animals crawling on the ground, swelling and then

> exploding. "

>

> He said the bodies of the toads expanded to three and a half times

> their normal size.

>

> " I have never seen such a thing, " said veterinarian Otto Horst. So

> bad has the death toll been that the lake in Hamburg has been

> dubbed " the pond of death. "

>

> Access to it has been sealed off and every night a biologist

visits

> it between 2am and 3am, which appears to be peak time for

> batrachians to go bang.

>

> Explanations include an unknown virus, a fungus that has infected

> the water, or crows, which in an echo of the Alfred Hitchcock

movie

> The Birds, attack the toads, literally scaring them to death.

> This story has been viewed 3052 times.

[Guest guest]

I wonder what it is going to take to wake people up to fact that

world is becoming too toxic to live? Notice how often something so

rare or before unheard of as babies being born with heads sharing

one brain or other body part and other abnormalities babies are born

with now. Scientist said along time ago mutations in frogs were

indications of what was ahead for other animals and humans. They

spend so much time in our waters that that is a clue right there,

that perhaps we should start there to look first at what are we

drinking, bathing in. I think the country is being ruined by the

oil industry. We breath it, we eat it, we spread it on our skin, it

clogs are skies, floats over fish and water fowl and kill them.

It's in all our medicine. If you look at ingredience, most of it

isn't water soluable since it is made is bases that are petro

chemicals mainly. I read the Rockefeller's buying into the drug

industry converted the drug industry into an arm of the oil

industry, both have no regard for people or our land, just their

profits.

>

> I find this " HOP AND POP " soundbite to be a sad indicator of the

> state of the human mind. I have seen many such trivializations of

> horrors in the news and they are a sad commentary of peoples

> mindsets when they can find such grim humor in the suffering of

> others.

> I wish that toads could read newspapers and laugh uproariously at

> the sound bite concerning the AIDS epidemic:

> UNZIP YOUR FLY - GET AIDS AND DIE

>

> -

[Guest guest]

Hi Barb,

I know and agree with everything you have said.

Thousands of species of amphibians have diasapeared.

What are we to do? The government does what they want.

Your comment " I think the country is being ruined by

the oil industry. " IMHO is the country IS ruined by

the oil industry. See below:

_______________________________________

Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions on

Microbial Growth in Fuel

WHAT ARE MICRO-ORGANISMS OR BUGS?

The scientific names for the most common types of

organisms that live in petroleum products are

Cladosporium resinae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The

organisms are either air or water borne and

contaminate fuel systems by entering through vents,

standing water in sump bottoms, dissolved free water

or trash incurred during the transportation or

delivery of the fuel.

WHAT DO THESE BUGS DO?

These slimy bugs live and multiply in the fuel/water

interface. They exist in the water and feed off the

hydrocarbons in the fuel. They are in the water and

feed off the hydrocarbons in the fuel. They are

referred to as Hydrocarbon Utilizing Micro-organisms,

commonly known as H.U.M. Bugs. As they grow, they form

mats that are dark in color and appear gel-like. Their

waste produces water, sludge, acids and other harmful

by-products. Micro-organisms will consume rubber

gaskets, O-rings, hoses, tank linings and coatings in

an effort to obtain their mineral content.

DO THEY POSE A THREAT TO MY EQUIPMENT?

YES!! A major threat! Once they become established in

fuel, they will double in population every 20 minutes.

Eventually they form a mat of black, brown or green

slime. This slime poses a serious hazard to both

equipment and storage facilities.

For example, its destructive forces will ...

... Clog fuel filters, fuel lines and gauges.

... Corrode pumps and injectors.

... Cause washers, hoses and connectors to swell

and blister.

.... Degrade fuel and cause poor fuel economy.

This contamination can also prevent water and

particulate from settling out of the fuel. Also, in

plugging of filters and fuel and product lines,

contamination can cause unexpected and excessive down

time, equipment failure and/or unpreparedness in cases

of emergencies or power outages for back-up equipment.

CAN CONTAMINATED FUEL BE TREATED?

YES, but the fuel must be filtered and the storage

tank must also be cleaned. The CLEAN FUELS technology

can filter the fuel and clean the tank with its

all-in-one process then add an algaecide that can

retard the growth of any remaining algae and then kill

these bugs.

WHAT CAUSES MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN FUELS?

It is caused by living microscopic cells. They can be

either bacteria or fungus, such as mold. The same

thing happens to a loaf of bread or a piece of cheese.

Even if kept refrigerated, it can be contaminated with

mold. The same thing occurs when fuel becomes

colonized by HYDROCARBON UTILIZING MICRO-ORGANISMS.

Microbes can enter the tank through the vents, fill

tubes or be sucked in by the breathing action of the

fuel tank during the fluctuation in temperature and

tank volume. Also, fuel that sits in a tank is more

susceptible to contamination than fuel that is rapidly

consumed, such as fuel that is used for a back up

generation system compared to a high volume service

station where the fuel is used and replaced

frequently.

WHERE DOES THIS CONTAMINATION ORIGINATE?

Anywhere and everywhere! These micro-organisms exist

in air, water and soil. Every time fuel is handled,

the chance of contamination increases. What’s more, it

occurs in virtually any environment from the tropics

to the high arctic.

CAN THE PRESENCE OF THESE ORGANISMS BE DETECTED?

YES, there are two (2) ways.

1. BY VISUAL OBSERVATION, build up of foul smelling

(black, brown green or reddish) substances will be

found on fuel filters. Or CLEAN FUELS take a bottom

sample directly from the tank for you and put it in a

transparent container so you can see it yourself!

2. BY ANALYTICAL LABORATORY TESTING. ($200 to $700)

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO TAKE A FUEL SAMPLE?

The most accurate reading will be from a tank bottom

sample. This is the method used by CLEAN FUELS and

also this procedure is the standard measurement for

the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.), American

Society for Testing and Materials (A.S.T.M.) and other

state and local agencies as well as many air pollution

control districts.

HOW OFTEN SHOULD FUEL BE SAMPLED?

Sampling at least once every quarter is adequate. On

average, every six month is acceptable and

recommended. Since microbe can double their population

approximately every twenty (20) minutes, the quality

of the fuel will change rapidly.

SHOULD NEW FUELS BE SAMPLED?

YES, even though fuel is sterilized by the refining

processed, there is no way of knowing how long this

fuel has been stored or the condition of the storage

or transport vessel.

WHAT PRODUCTS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CONTAMINATION?

Diesel fuel is the most susceptible, but definitely

not the only product the can be affected. The

following is a list of the products that can be

affected by H.U.M.:

JET FUEL DIESEL FUEL

AVGAS INSULATING FUEL

JP4 HYDRAULIC OIL

GASOLINE SELECTED SOLVENTS

CUTTING OILS SYNTHETIC OIL

The solution is simply a program of sampling and

purification by filtration. CLEAN FUELS can help your

company with these and other products to keep your

fuels and tanks free from destructive HYDROCARBON

UTILIZING MICRO-ORGANISMS.

--- barb1283 <barb1283@...> wrote:

>

>

>

> I wonder what it is going to take to wake people up

> to fact that

> world is becoming too toxic to live? Notice how

> often something so

> rare or before unheard of as babies being born with

> heads sharing

> one brain or other body part and other abnormalities

> babies are born

> with now. Scientist said along time ago mutations

> in frogs were

> indications of what was ahead for other animals and

> humans. They

> spend so much time in our waters that that is a clue

> right there,

> that perhaps we should start there to look first at

> what are we drinking, bathing in. I think the

country is being ruined by the oil industry. We

breath it, we eat it, we spread it on our skin, it

clogs are skies, floats over fish and water fowl and

kill them.

> It's in all our medicine. If you look at

> ingredience, most of it isn't water soluable since

it is made is bases that are petro chemicals mainly.

I read the Rockefeller's buying into the drug industry

converted the drug industry into an arm of the oil

> industry, both have no regard for people or our

> land, just their profits.

>

>

>

> >

> > I find this " HOP AND POP " soundbite to be a sad

> indicator of the

> > state of the human mind. I have seen many such

> trivializations of

> > horrors in the news and they are a sad commentary

> of peoples

> > mindsets when they can find such grim humor in the

> suffering of

> > others.

> > I wish that toads could read newspapers and laugh

> uproariously at

> > the sound bite concerning the AIDS epidemic:

> > UNZIP YOUR FLY - GET AIDS AND DIE

> >

> > -

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Wow. I had no idea that fuel would support microbial growth!!

Fungi and microbes are stronger than I have ever imagined. Well if

things continue down this road, birth defects for babies and chronic

ill health for adults will be the norm. In the US where we burn

more fuel by far than anywhere else we are the least healthy of any

industrialized country. If I thought leaving here would help but we

are starting to pollute the whole world, plus my illnesses have left

me with too little energy to leave!

> Hi Barb,

>

> I know and agree with everything you have said.

> Thousands of species of amphibians have diasapeared.

> What are we to do? The government does what they want.

> Your comment " I think the country is being ruined by

> the oil industry. " IMHO is the country IS ruined by

> the oil industry. See below:

> _______________________________________

> Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions on

> Microbial Growth in Fuel

>

> WHAT ARE MICRO-ORGANISMS OR BUGS?

>

[Guest guest]

I spend a great deal of time mountain climbing and backpacking (mostly

to avoid mold and because I feel so great out in the mountains) and

the places that used to reverbrate with the sound of frogs are now

silent.

One of my backpacking partners found a frog and was delighted to even

see one, but it was lying on a rock out in the mid-day sun.

She took a picture of it as it sluggishly looked toward the camera and

said that finding one was a hopeful sign.

I didn't have the heart to tell her that there was one very sick frog.

There is evidence that antidepressents are not metabolized in the body

or broken down in sewage treatment plants and that these molecules are

accumulating in the water table and affecting the nervous systems of

amphibians causing lethargy and reproductive failure.

I asked a newsgroup of psychologists if it is ethical to take

antidepressents and use the public sewer if the evidence is true.

No answer.

So I asked again.

Still no answer.

So I said that perhaps it might be appropriate to ask questions like

this BEFORE the frogs are completely extinct.

No answer.

-Erk

[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear your frogs are not doing so well.

Here in my little swamp (I live on a creek that runs year round) , the bullfrogs

seem as prolific, noisy, and fat as ever. In the evenings, you have to speak up

if you want to carry on a conversation outdoors. (I only note for the record

that normal dead bullfrogs will swell up into stiff, bouncy softball-sized orbs

when dry, even without the explosion thing going on.)

The zillions of box turtles and salamanders seem to be fine as well. Fewer

possum and beaver in view so far this year, but there's a normal ebb and flow to

their populations, so no major concerns there. We got more rainfall this year,

so they aren't out on the streets as often - probably eating well enough out in

the woods, but we'll see. Come April, they're usually all over the place. The

birds nests sound as full (as noisy) as usual. You'd need earplugs or drugs or

both to sleep through the racket.

Anyway - I don't know what the weather was like where you are, but the water

table is quite high here, and doesn't seem to be killing anything at all. Quite

the opposite, really.

Serena

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