The Mexican Burrowing Toad Is Cute--From a Certain Point of View

Well, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view, as the wise Obi-Wan Kenobi put it. Far be it from me to engage in toad-shaming.

The entomologist and nature photographer Piotr Naskrecki found this Mexican burrowing toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis) in Belize. He says that in the traditional Mayan religion, it was called Uo and was associated with the god of rain. It's about the size of a human fist and is a surprisingly quick mover.

The toad is known for burrowing with its hind legs. As it digs, it inflates its body to expand and stabilize the burrow. It feeds underground, where it hunts insects, such as ants and termites.

-via Super Punch


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I was going to say, why would you want to?

After the first hundred years you are bound to get bored of the same old scripts. I'm only 30 and I can already predict half of what people (including myself) are going to say. There is only a small range of socially acceptable scripts pertaining to a given situation and I think I've heard them all.
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I hate the examples of people who smoke,drink, and eat a pound of bacon every morning... and then they live to be 110.

If you ask my completely unscientific opinion, it's genetics. If you're going to live a long life (all else, such as diet, being equal), it's because that's your genetic inclination.

Just think of how much longer the 110 year old chain-smoking bacon-eater would have lived had he or she not spent years destroying his/her innards.

Likewise, the person in the documentary would be able to perform much better in the marathon had he not been smoking like a chimney. It's a waste.

So that begs the question; will a good diet and exercise actually "extend" your life... or will they just help you live up to your genetic potential?
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Yeah Natey. its much better to live healthy eat organic
not smoke not drink.
And still die of cancer at 35.
NO THANKS i rather live and enjoy all the stimuli that i can get my hands on.
And let the end come as a surprise as it proberly will anyways. no mather how you live.
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