"Electrical activity/ ionic change and such are far greater predictors of earthquakes than erratic animal behavior".

There is no such thing as "erratic animal behavior". It's just that humans do not understand it. Animals are much more in tune with nature than humans are. Before the cyclone in Myanmar, a certain species of birds headed for high ground.

On an immediate interval yes, but it is changing (the electromagnetic properties of the silicon crystals) after the load has started to unravel within the crust.

I have noticed animals indeed have an ability to read the environment and predict disasters well before they occur.

In the South-East Asian tsunami, caused by an eartquake, off the coasts of Sumatra and Thailand, there was a similar occurrence of animals fleeing potentially dangerous areas a short period before the quake and the destructive wave.

When the local nomads and pastoral people were interwieved, they had told they had evacuated themselves from the coastal areas due to animal behaviour.

You mention the plagues of Exodus but I would refer you more to the New Testament. You may think that people like me saying the end is TRULY near is some big laughing stock joke but one of the signs of Jesus soon return is Earthquakes in diverse places. Which is a direct quote from Matthew 24 verse 7 which is when Jesus was telling his disciples what people should be looking for before his second coming. It also mentions that it will be as in the days of Noah. Well what happened during Noahs experience?? The entire Earth was destroyed. Don't let false Sheperds decieve you there is nothing in the bible about a secret rapture and a third coming. When he returns the world ends PERIOD. So be ready READ YOUR Bible and God will show you the true path.

i'm sorry but those are frogs NOT toads.Toads are bigger....aren't they?

I firmly believe that the toads could have been sounding a warning for the 7.9 quake on Monday May 12th 2008.
I have been observing animals and insects for 30+ years and use them as a back up to my own biological reactions for Earthquake predictions.
If you are sensitive, the main thing you will feel with China is LEFT EARACHE and some crackling sounds like cellophane in the same ear. The animals and insects, especially ants cats, and birds are able to sense these events 12-24 hours before they happen.
I live in Oregon, in the USA and my one of my cats, hid under the bed all day, he has never done that before in 6+ years. I also had a major ant invasion a couple of days before the quake. Birds, especially pigeons have dificulty flying before major quakes and volcanic eruptions.
Anchovies jump up out of the water as do catfish.
Whales often beach themselves

Bears are watched in parts of Russia to warn of impending quakes and volcanic eruptions.

Based on my research, which by the way was taken seriously by the US Government with a volunteer study called " Projet Migraine " for the main symptoms that were constant before the major eruption of Mt St Helens in 1980.
In the past, the largest or one of the largest A/S of the quake will bit in 12-72 hours + or - 12 hours.. this means there is a POSSIBILITY that there could be a larger Aftershock of the China quake between 4 PM the 15th and 4 AM on the 16th of May. These are the time lines and are 87% accurate.

I can feel, hear and predict earthquakes before they happen, I am not alone in this, so if we the highest form of animal can do this, why can't the Toads do the same?

So YES I believe it is very possible that the TOADS were trying to sound the alarm.

Watch the animals, insects and changes in levels of well water.. over flowing or dropping suddenly can be a precursor as well.
My prayers are with China.

Charking.