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Vitality of a Toad

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 28, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 17.

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Vitality of a Toad

Vitality of a Toad.—Two years ago some miners working 500 feet below the surface of the earth near Butte, Mont., turned out a large and solid stone. That stone was broken, and pocketed within was a living toad asleep. A slight breathing was manifest. He was sent to the Bronx Zoo in New York and named Rameses II. He was estimated to be at least 1,000 years old and to be the oldest toad living, tho there may be many other rocks enclosing toads. Unfortunately he died just the other day.