Ever since I was a little tyke, I've always wondered what would happen to toad or frog if the membrane under there lower jaw blew up or got pierced.<br><br>For sure, they'd probably not be able to sing anymore, but would it kill them? That membrane is probably very thin once expanded and easily pierced. <br><br>It's quite an irrelevant question. But if anyone knows the answer, I'd like to know it as well. ^_^ It's one of those random thoughts that keeps coming back, but is not important enough for me to actually ask anyone around me. ^_^<br><br>I thank in advance the person who will answer this question. ^_^ <p></p><i></i>

Well, once, when I was a Denisthemenace fourth grader, we took a tood that was near the ditch, knocked it senseless with a steel toed boot kick, then placed a M-60 in it's mouth and lit the fuse. After the explosion, the toad did not move, the membrane did not brake. We figured the thing was dead and tossed it's corpse back in the ditch. <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.suncitystreetscene.net/forum/html/emoticons/muscles.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center">"Hashiriya are lonely drivers so, we do not need girlfriends."</div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>

Well, if the membrane was pierced, the frog would probably suffocate. It would interfere with the positive pressure breathing, and the buccal cavity may be leaky (buccal cavity being the membrane pierced into). The death might be slow though, since amphibians can also breath through their skin. Of cource the shock of being pierced alone may cause such a shock that the frog would die. I hope this helped!!! <p></p><i></i>