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Published online 29 April 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050425-13
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Has bubble burst over exploding toad tale?
Evidence points to bloated toads and hungry birds, but not explosions.
A mystery of exploding toads has turned many people into armchair zoologists this week. Amphibians in a previously obscure German pond have reportedly been blowing up in their thousands, leaving a grisly trail of innards stretching several feet in their wake - and observers desperately trying to work out why.
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