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We've heard those stories of spiders being found in imported grapes, but this one is new to me.
A woman in Brooklyn, NY was startled when a frog jumped out of her organic lettuce. That's right, not only was there a frog in a head of lettuce the woman bought at the Park Slope Food Coop, it was actually alive, surviving the trip from Florida to New York.
As you can see from the pic, it wasn't a big frog like you'd find in a swamp or lake, but still, must have been freaky.
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1-24-2008 @2:56PM peggy said... omg! about 5 years ago i we found one in the og lettuce at work( i worked for wild oats) one of the girls was going to reklease it, but i was took him/her home and kept it in a latrge terrarium. it was so cool and he lived for about 2 years there, un til he got out and died..... i never thought i'd hear the same story. too cool
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1-24-2008 @3:39PM Sam said... That's great, actually. She should get a small terrarium and enjoy her new pet.
Truly, I can't believe this would surprise anyone. With an upsurge in the demand for foods that are not commercially processed, this kind of thing will become more and more common. There's nothing freaky or unusual about the idea of a small creature residing/hiding in a plant.
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1-25-2008 @4:01PM stephanie said... Id keep it too ^^ i think frogs r so cute!
1-25-2008 @5:46PM Rose said... The only thing bad about it is the leavings of the animal.
1-26-2008 @2:32PM deb said... I'd rather hae a frog than chemicals and pesticdes!!
And, He's Cute!!
1-26-2008 @3:05PM J said... That is soooo cute!! =)I would keep him to. The only thing is that these types of incodents will happen more and more with humans taking over the animals habitats. =(
1-26-2008 @6:54PM spage3000 said... Now that's really going green!!!!!!!
1-26-2008 @7:47PM Laevis said... Better then a fly in your soup...lol
I would keep the little critter as well.
I have two frogs..plus 2008 is the year of the frog..
look here...
http://www.amphibianark.org/yearofthefrog.htm
1-26-2008 @8:01PM Laevis said... me too...here is a link to a few of my pets...their names are the file names...
http://members.aol.com/drksnt/reptiles/pets/
1-24-2008 @4:18PM Ozymandia said... BBC has an article today about a scorpion found in a supermarket banana bin. I guess this is all even more reason to shop local.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7206902.stm
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1-26-2008 @7:52PM Laevis said... I have a pet scorpion..his name is Sole...
http://members.aol.com/drksnt/reptiles/pets/Sole.jpg
1-24-2008 @10:04PM Kieran said... Just thought I'd let you know it's happened here in Australia too. I used to work in Safeway and a friend/co-worker who worked in produce also found a frog in the lettuce. She kept it, and it's still living now, nice and large in her house.
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1-24-2008 @10:50PM Muffin said... I used to work at a grocery store, and we'd find snails in the mustard greens, frogs in the lettuce, strange bugs in the banana boxes, all sorts of crazy things.
I think it'd probably startle me, but thats a really cute frog. I'd get over it and give him a home!
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1-25-2008 @3:48AM danielbank said... Actually, seeing frog is ok but no more SPIDERS, not everyone has the fancy to become the next spider-man :)
DNA Records
http://www.vcao.net/dna-records
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1-25-2008 @4:54AM Beany said... Live toads have been found in greens imported from Spain to the UK a couple of times in recent years:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=454218&in_page_id=1770
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2007/10/22/customer-finds-live-toad-in-spinach-55578-19987406/
There's a frog (Scinax rubra) which is known as the 'banana frog' because it is so commonly found in imported bananas.
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1-25-2008 @6:00AM AlyxL said... At least it confirms that the greens are fresh, and haven't been treated with anything too life-threatening.
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1-25-2008 @10:57AM kevjohn said... I live in Florida and during certain parts of the year those little frogs get in everywhere. It's the worst when they get in the door jambs and you hear a squishy-crunch sound when you shut the door. I'll take a live frog jumping out of my salad over a dead frog oozing out of my door jamb any day.
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1-26-2008 @2:39AM LRG said... I am from FL and I will take lil frogs, HUGE Buffo Frogs and lizards anyday over the local flying PALMETTO ROACHES , Talk about a crunch! Gross.They fly out of closets , cabinets , anywhere and get one in your HAIR! UGGGH!
1-25-2008 @2:23PM Beth said... Now That's what i call ORGANIC!
=]
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1-25-2008 @2:24PM kitty said... Well, FOR SURE, she does not have any chemicals in her lettuce! At least it was not a black widow which I have seen people get around here. Every time I go to the Nature Center, there is a bucket with a black widow in it-found on produce from a grocery. Scary! At least if I found a frog, I'd figure it ate the spider!
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