Raining Frogs

First, it was exploding toads (link here). Now, it's raining frogs (full story here). I don't know if it's safe for amphibians anywhere.

According to News24.com (South African Press Association), thousands of frogs fell from the sky in Odzaci in northwestern Serbia during a storm. The good news is that the frogs survived. "The frogs, different from those usually seen in the area, survived the fall and hopped around in search of water."

Belgrade climatologist Slavisa Ignjatovic said, "A wind resembling a tornado can suck in anything light enough from the surface or shallow water. Usually it is just dust, but sometimes also larger objects."

What Ignjatovic doesn't explain is how frogs can stay alive up in the clouds long enough to travel to a place they don't belong. And how long would that take? And where is the nearest natural habitat for these frogs?

And someday soon, are the environmentalists going to declare Odzaci, Serbia a protected area because the frogs are in small enough numbers there that they're endangered in their new location? If this happened in the US, you could count on it.