The Waterkooler

Visitors to parks in Hamburg Germany have been warned to watch out for exploding toads. Several thousand toads in the German city have mysteriously spontaneously exploded, sending entrails and body parts over a wide area.

But now the mystery seems to have been solved. Scientists say it is the crows, who are pecking out the toads' livers.

Based on the wounds, Mutschmann said, it appears that a bird pecks into the toad with its beak between the amphibian's chest and abdominal cavity, and the toad puffs itself up as a natural defense mechanism. But, because the liver is missing and there's a hole in the toad's body, the blood vessels and lungs burst and the other organs ooze out, he said.

Rumors are circulating around the Waterkooler that crows and toads have an age-old feud that goes back to an argument on the Ark. We could neither confirm nor deny that this is a sign of the apocalypse.