toads

Just heard a story on the radio about toads disappearing prior to an earthquake - and returning afterwards. The story is here. Original study is here. Probably not a story of earth-shattering importance (pun intended) but it tickled me; and it makes a change from stories about people colliding...

The Chinese have exported a deadly over the counter Chinese drug into the U.S. labeled as an aphrodisiac. This drug has appeared before in the U.S., over a decade ago, under the name Chan Su. The NYC Health Department seems to have forgotten this salient fact although they are aware it is...

Looking for a new high? The prospect of amphibian licking just too yecchy? Take heart, my friends, toad toxin can be harvested, dried, and smoked.... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071203/ap_on_fe_st/toad_smoking_1 Must the War On Drugs now expand to include toad interdiction? One wonders...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6618995.stm OK, not exactly what you expected...

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