Japan is no stranger to heavy downpours during the early summer rainy season. However, in recent days the proverbial "cats and dogs" have been joined by tadpoles, fish and the occasional frog.
Japanese meteorologists admit they are bewildered by a unique spate of incidents in which rainy downpours within the last two weeks have deposited dead creatures from the sky from Hiroshima to Iwate. Citizens have found the creatures near their homes, in fields, school grounds, and on car roofs and windscreens. In Ishikawa, located on the Japan Sea coast, a resident found 13 3cm long carp on and around his truck.
One popular theory is that the water creatures were sucked up by waterspouts and deposited on land, but meteorologists say no strong winds have been reported in the areas where tadpoles were found. Ornithologists said it is too early to rule out as the source large birds, such as herons and black-tailed gulls, who might have dropped the water creatures after being disturbed in flight.
Source: u.tv; guardian.co.uk
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