F**king Weird-As-Hell Story of the Week

Big props to Nathan over at WilmingSloan for finding this little tidbit of bizarre news!

BBC Reports on Exploding Toads

I agree with Nathan's delight and concern. We need to be getting these things exploding on tape, but at the same time, should we be concerned that this disease, if that's what it actually is, might spread to humans? Could we be sitting on the verge of an epidemic of (dare I say it) explosive proportions?

And as if that wasn't enough, it seems the evil tobacco companies have coerced another unsuspecting member of the animal kingdom into taking part in its despicable habits:

USA Today Reports on Smoking Chimp

Wow, finding weird animal stories at 12:30 AM, the day before my final exams. I really have hit a new low.