Thousands of toads were spotted at a bridge in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China, on May 9. According to local expert, the toads were enduring a mass migration because of the depleting oxygen resource in a nearby river… but from the pic it seems like the chance of survival for the toads are not looking good on the road either.
Update – this story was first shared before the Sichuan earthquake on May 13. There are speculations that the toads migration was an omen, and the rumours were heated up as a similar toad migration phenomenon was spotted in Mianzhu, one of the quake affected areas, just a couple of days before the disaster.
Personally, I don’t think the toad migrations are related to the quake in anyway, but I can’t be sure… as the world is always full of mysteries. Regardless, what really matters now is to rescue the quake survivals and help them rebuild their homes. Try to help a bit if possible ok?
thats a lots of toads. i think i saw a lots of corpses too?
Cute!
they knew the quake was coming
Whats so cute??? The fuckin china government is polluting the river & everything they touch! So sad. I am trying to buy us made products. A difficult task. How can we make a difference for a kinder more open, compassinate, loving world?
toad congee? just kidding…but that is alot of toads!
lol, if i were there, i would be pretty scared.
yeah they are good in congee, but not all over the road.
I read this story before i found out there was an earthquake in china. what i thought was sort of amusing is now connoted to a very sad event.
kyon… obviously.
Bob and Matthew… I found this story before I know about the quake too. Some scientists have said that this incident had nothing to do with the earthquake, but it makes people wonder regardless.
Sherri… well, pollution is a problem throughout the world. In fact US is still the largest CO2 production country per capita… China is catching up fast though, not a good thing.
Emilie… ehh, I thought only frogs can be eaten, not toads?
Oh shit ..so many toads .
this toads are running away from earthquqe ! ! !
Were any kind souls available to save these frogs? I know the Sechuan province have more engaging matters at present, but being this is Jiangsu, surely there must be people saddened by the plight of the frogs, and made an effort to minmize what appears to be destruction of a lot of frogs.
Scott… I am not sure. The news was a week old… the toads have probably completed their migration by now. Lots of it won’t make it obviously, but some of it must have survived the challenge.
Wow. I hope most of the toads made it to a safe place.
In the olden days this a sign of disaster where high technology is not available.
True betty… I wonder how accurate their predictions were back then.
Занятно, откуда это чудо вылезло?
Хм… По моему мнению, об этом пишут уже на каждом углу :)
oh wow , that was really something :O :L i was like ** ‘teacher name’ come and see this :O :P **
scary