That's right! Your eyes are not deceiving you. A frog the size of a bowling ball!
Not only is this mega-important hyperscoop on the front page of Yahoo News, via Reuters but also on CNN.com's home page thanks to the AP feed. Why?
Because it's news! And in case there is any confusion, its front page news!
According to the AP:
A frog the size of a bowling ball, with heavy armor and teeth, lived among dinosaurs millions of years ago -- intimidating enough that scientists who unearthed its fossils dubbed the beast Beelzebufo, or Devil Toad.
And Reuters:
Scientists on Monday announced the discovery in northwestern Madagascar of a bulky amphibian dubbed the "devil frog" that lived 65 million to 70 million years ago and was so nasty it may have eaten newborn dinosaurs.
Now clearly, after waiting 65-70 million years, the public could not afford to wait one instant longer to be informed of the horrific threat to Freedom that is the Devil Frog! Indeed, if this peril had not been exposed for what it was, instantly if not way sooner, then the terrorists would have already won. Think of the children! How can one possibly be expected to raise a baby dinosaur when there are Devil Frogs hopping about menacingly?
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In other news, a federal court shut down whistleblower site wikileaks.org and ordered their ISP to hand over the IP addresses of everyone who accessed the site. Perhaps still abuzz with the Beelzebufo Bombshell, major US media have yet to remark on this lesser tidbit.