Scientists at loch ness have found a toad (alive) swimming at the bottom of loch ness, 100m down. Pretty impressive! The pressure down there is several times that of above water, I'm surprised it can survive.


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This post was last modified: 04-05-2007 08:03 AM by Xeract.

Considering how soft the toad is, that is quite amazing. You would think it would be squished. The question is, why is it down there? What can it gain from being there?

riana, that's a really good question. What is it eating, and how is it surviving? I would imagine it must be quite cold at the bottom of Loch Ness, as well, so how is it able to survive the cold temperature?

Kingfisher

Toads are cold blooded creatures so you could think that the cold temperatures down there would severely hamper it in whatever it was trying to do. Perhaps it had just accidentally gone too deep, I can't think of any reason why it would WANT to be there.

Perhaps there was something not right about this toad? It may have been ill, or lost its sense of depth and direction. If it was completely healthy then I'm not a toad expert by any means but that is very strange.

Perhaps it just likes some peace and quiet every now and then

I'm thinking it's the Loch Ness Monster. The miniature version, at least.

Kingfisher

I know toads need deep water to spawn successfully, maybe the toad was an over protective parent

I know toads need deep water to spawn successfully, maybe the toad was an over protective parent

That's true, but I've never heard of a toad spawn 100m down. I'm sure that it wouldn't be good for the spawn!

Well have you ever spawned baby toads yourself xeract? Maybe she wanted to try something new