Re: I find this interesting.My explanation

[Guest guest]

I did find this article very interesting and have been debating for

a while whether to post it or not. In my opinion, I do believe that

this could be caused by a fungus, for several reasons. Over the

course of many years dealing with professionals and so many

individuals that have been exposed to fungi, more often than not,

experience horrible bloating, which at times can be very painful.

Pardon the reference, but lets hope that none of us experience this

type of drastic swelling. To put it bluntly.

I have found this takes place (in humans)male or female, no matter

what the size/weight or age of the person and they look and feel 7-8

months pregnant after their exposure. From my understanding, it is

the offgasing/metabolites (sp) that causes this bloating and it can

feel rock hard.

I have also seen the affects of ingested fungi right here in my own

backyard at our birdfeeders. Any seed that is left in the feeders

after a rain, will start to mold very quickly. Alot of times we

would notice that the birds would not feed until it is changed. I

have a report similiar to this on the deaths of cardinals due to the

ingestion of moldy seeds. We have seen several birds (finches) that

apparently have ingested some of this feed and they will swell to 2-

3 times their normal size, become very sluggish, fly only short

distances and sleeping alot on the ground (which everyone knows for

birds this is against what they do naturally, since sleeping on the

ground is a certain death sentence) within a couple of days we will

find them dead nearby.

Just FOOD for thought.

--- In , " tigerpaw2c " <tigerpaw2C@n...>

wrote:

>

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.

> This story has been viewed 3052 times.

[Guest guest]

This is interesting- one of my meniere's symptoms is gas and

bloating-

> >

> 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.

> > This story has been viewed 3052 times.