Why do Thousands of Toads Cross the Road?

1. Pommy
   May 13th, 2008 at 2:00 am

   Either or, neither nor:

   "From the pic it seems like the chance of survival for the toads are not looking good on the road too..."

   should read

   "From the pic it seems like the chance of survival for the toads are not looking good on the road either...."

2. lucky
   May 13th, 2008 at 2:15 am

   is it wrong that the first thought in my mind was "ultimate frogger"...seriously though...i feel really bad for the little toads...

3. Archbob
   May 13th, 2008 at 3:25 am

   Man, that is an insane amount of frogs.

4. Chad Cloman
   May 13th, 2008 at 3:27 am

   Dang. I'm surprised they haven't temporarily shut down the road--I agree it doesn't look very good for the frogs.

5. passerby
   May 13th, 2008 at 4:22 am

   Perhaps they sensed the earth quake in the near future.

6. Algonkin
   May 13th, 2008 at 6:07 am

   In my area, we have turtle crossing that is almost as busy as this (once a year)Our solution was to place a culvert under the road to allows them to cross safely.

7. hedwig
   May 13th, 2008 at 7:57 am

   I was traveling down a dark country road several years ago and nearly had an accident- the road was one mass of frogs (or toads? who could tell in the dark?) moving from one side to the other- it was a nightmare. I really nearly lost the car on all that slime...

8. Viola
   May 13th, 2008 at 8:56 am

   I know who's having frog legs for dinner.

   Do toads make noise while they're hopping? I imagine that many of them would be pretty noisy.

9. Rich
   May 13th, 2008 at 10:08 am

   You can't park here... you'll be toad away.

10. Cindy
    May 13th, 2008 at 10:36 am

    where i live the same thing happens, except with frogs.

11. poon
    May 13th, 2008 at 11:05 am

    im thinking its because of the earthquake and they predicted it.

12. Thomas
    May 13th, 2008 at 11:19 am

    The obvious answer is that they're trying to get to the other side. Its only the worst joke ever.

13. SenorMysterioso
    May 13th, 2008 at 11:46 am

    a bufonophobe's nightmare

14. Minnesotastan
    May 13th, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    These appear to be frogs, not toads (which don't live in bodies of water). I would be surprised if the oxygen content of the water precipitated the migration - frogs breathe air, not oxygen in the water.

15. Ali S.
    May 13th, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    @ Rich

    Boooooo! *throws tomatoes*

16. Idil
    May 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    I think it is the earthquake... certain animals always migrate before an earthquake, especially ants (that's how we can predict earthquakes in Turkey, if there's a notable trace of ants migrating)

17. Sid Morrison
    May 13th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    In a land that encourages infanticide and performs involuntary abortions on women who have the nerve to conceive a second child, they aren't going to lose much sleep over squashing a bunch of toads on the road.

18. andrewdoane
    May 13th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    I bet it was really cute. It reminds me, actually, of Cloverfield.

19. Louisa
    May 13th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    I stayed in a condo in Naples, FL a few years ago. Came out one morning to find hundreds of frogs on the front wall. I almost cried from fear and disgust.

20. Leana
    May 13th, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    it has something to do with the recent earthquake in china. animals can sense such disasters before they happen.

21. Momo
    May 15th, 2008 at 3:32 am

    Looks like the most evolved animal is not so evolved after all. We couldn't detect and survive natural disasters, but the toads could sensed it. So much for the most intelligent creature on earth.

22. Brandon Lover
    November 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    Brandon Seno of IL is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
    HOT. This Pic is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!

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