Frog march sparks new China quake alarm
Found on PhysOrg on Monday, 19 May 2008
Thousands of Chinese fled for cover in fear of an earthquake Tuesday, alarmed not only by warnings from seismologists but also by an unusual mass movement of frogs, state media said.
Residents of Zunyi, a southern city that saw little damage in China's massive earthquake last week, noticed the amphibians' march on Monday, Xinhua said, quoting Vice Mayor Zeng Yongtao.
Local forestry officials had said the toads' movement was simply because it was mating season, although their explanations were attacked on China's lively Internet discussion boards.
And I thought it was a joke that the chinese people could create earthquakes by jumping up and down at the same time. Who would have thought that chinese frogs can do that.