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During excavations being made for the Hartlepool waterworks in Durham, England, in 1865, workmen inadvertently freed a living toad from a block of magnesium limestone 25 feet below ground level. �The cavity [in which the toad had been contained] was no larger than its body, and presented the appearance of being a cast of it. The toad�s eyes shone with unusual brilliancy, and it was full of vivacity on its liberation. It appeared, when first discovered, desirous to perform the process of respiration, but evidently experienced some difficulty, and the only sign of success consisted of a "barking" noise, which it continues invariably to make at present on being touched. The toad is in the possession of Mr. S. Horner,, the president of the Natural History Society, and continues in as lively a state as when found. On a minute examination its mouth is found to be completely closed, and the barking noise it make proceeds from its nostrils. The claws of its fore feet are turned inwards, and its hind ones are of extraordinary length and unlike the present English toad...The toad, when first released, was of a pale colour and not readily distinguished from the stone, but shortly after its colour grew darker until it became a fine olive brown." A local clergyman and geologist, the Reverend Robert Taylor, expressed the opinion that the toad was 6,000 years old. At the last report (1865) the creature was to be given a place of honour in the Hartlepool Museum, its "primary habitation" - the rock - being provided for accommodation should it so desire. (The Leeds Mercury, April 8, 1865; as quoted in The Zoologist, 23:9630, 1865)
Originally posted by optimus fettAnyone have an opinion on this strange phenomnum (spelling?) I found a few more similar stories from around the globe and the rocks in which they were found dont seem to have been mistaken for just a collection of mud or water thats gelled around the animals in a short space of time.
Magnesium reacts only slightly or not at all with most of the alkalis and many organic substances, like hydrocarbons, aldehides, alcohols, phenols, amines, esters and most of the oils. Used as a catalyst, magnesium promotes organic reactions of condensation, reduction, addition and dehalogenization.
hi optimus..i see in your profile you live in portugal...i just wondered how you came across this tale of the frog
Here is more on the same subject. I think that they are talking about the same toad mentioned in the opening post.
Originally posted by jesterbr549
To say the least, this is what is called an anomalous 'fossil' in that it was found where it shouldn't be. There are actually alot more of these than evolutionists care to admit - I have a list of some of them on my site.
Guarrenty all evolutionists will say that this is a hoax because, otherwise, they would have to admit that that frog was placed in the stone while it was yet sand and that it lived encased for 400 million years - depending up on the 'age' of the host rock per man made dating methods.
Originally posted by ByrdIt's alive. It's not a fossil.
A fossil, if you'll recall, is something that has been turned from living flesh into rock.
Originally posted by ByrdActually, there was already a cavity in the rock and it had been used by the toad before for hibernation. This particular time when the toad hoped in, it got stuckand hibernates. They can hibernate for a fairly long time... I foget what the length of time is, but it's years. They can also squeeze their bodies into fairly tight areas.
No crushing/bending of the laws of science needed. The toad actually isn't all that old.
During excavations being made for the Hartlepool waterworks in Durham, England, in 1865, workmen inadvertently freed a living toad from a block of magnesium limestone 25 feet below ground level. �The cavity in which the toad had been contained was no larger than its body, and presented the appearance of being a cast of it.'
Originally posted by jesterbr549
Really - you telling me that the frog carved a tunnel in solid magnesium limestone down 25 feet in order to set up shop?
Originally posted by ZeddicusZulZorander
You think the magnesium was 25 feet thick with the frog at the center? Perhaps more like 24 feet of dirt with a 1 foot stone near the bottom? You think the report was 100% accurate with no embellishment?
Originally posted by jesterbr549
And, are you assuming there was embellishment of the situation.
Originally posted by Heratix
Isnt there some sort of fish, that when the water dries up,it digs into the mud, goes into some sort of stasis....