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Tadpoles rain from sky in Japan

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-06-11 16:30

Tadpoles have rained from the sky on a number of occasions in central Japan since the start of the month, it has emerged.

Residents, scientists and local officials have reported the clouds of dead tadpoles in the Ishikawa Prefecture, The Daily Telegraph reports.

A 55-year-old man in the city of Nanao was caught in a downpour of the amphibian larvae that covered a ten metre radius, while a similar incident was reported two days later by officials in nearby Hakusan.

Scientists have rejected standard explanations of the phenomenon, as there were no strong winds at the time of the incidents and the size of each downpour was too narrow to be caused by birds spitting out the tadpoles.