Thousands of toads in an area of northern Germany are
exploding. Seriously, this is not a late April Fool’s joke.
Scientists do not yet know why the toads are exploding, but
they are contracting some type of disease that causes their
body to expand to three and a half times their normal body
size – to bursting point. The BBC news report that the
toads’ entrails are being propelled up to a metre (3.2ft),
in scenes that have been likened to science fiction.