Sunday, June 14, 2009

Tadpole Dancing

Are They Singing In The Rain?

Residents and scientists in Japan are searching for an explanation after it started raining tadpoles. Clouds of dead tadpoles appear to have fallen around Ishikawa Prefecture. In one instance, the tadpoles covered the windscreens of cars in a civic centre car park.

FOOTNOTE: Spawn stars.

11 comments:

Daryl said...

If they were alive, they'd be hoppin' mad

Nessa said...

Those Japanese always take the original and change it in some way.

Sniffles and Smiles said...

How bizarre!!! If you hear any explanation, I'd love to know...Janine

immersion said...

How very strange. I cannot imagine it. My mind stops me with logical reasoning, but there is none to be found!

Brian Miller said...

crazy! i was reading somewhere recently about waterspouts and how they can pick up fish and frog and drop them miles away in seemingly dry territory. maybe that is the case here. imagine the tadpoles were a little surprised as well.

Grace Albaugh said...

OK that just creeps me out!

Johnnny said...

First it's raining tadpoles, next it will be raining cat and dogs, then we'll probably see flying frogs, who will join up with the flying squirrels. Who needs a three-ring circus!?

Willow said...

I saw the article about it and thought, Ewwww. That's worse than raining cats and dogs.

Susan English Mason said...

Well, apparently these polliwogs (love that word) knew about the breed in water and live on land part, but no one told them they could not fly through the air to get from point a to point b.

Maggie May said...

They get sucked up into the air by water spouts and can travel miles. Strange phenomena.

adrienne trafford said...

this happens to me all the time! what's the deal??!