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Dulcinea

(10,318 posts)
Thu May 21, 2026, 10:49 AM 7 hrs ago

Lettuce introduce you to the live frog found in this grocery store salad bag

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — When Australian farmer Rhys Smoker announced he’d found a live frog in a bag of lettuce, his housemates didn’t believe him.

Smoker had been preparing a steak and salad dinner on Saturday for the three people who share his house in Esperance in Western Australia state when he spotted the frog among the leaves inside the sealed plastic bag he’d bought from a supermarket, housemate Laura Jones said on Tuesday.

“He’s like, ‘Oh Bro, there’s a frog in the lettuce.’ And we’re like, ‘No, you’re taking the mick, like that’s not real,’” Jones told AP. Taking the mick is a slang term for attempting to fool someone.

Smoker brought the bag into the lounge room to show Jones and her partner Billy Le Pine. “Obviously there’s a little frog hiding out and, yeah, we all had a little laugh about it,” Jones said.

https://apnews.com/article/australia-frog-lettuce-salad-esperance-4134acf75e814dedd7789c1423c26ab1

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Lettuce introduce you to the live frog found in this grocery store salad bag (Original Post) Dulcinea 7 hrs ago OP
Awww. They named him Greg and set him free at a pond near their home. CousinIT 7 hrs ago #1
I've been offered chicken, tuna, steak, and salmon with my salad, but never frog. surfered 6 hrs ago #2

CousinIT

(12,763 posts)
1. Awww. They named him Greg and set him free at a pond near their home.
Thu May 21, 2026, 11:12 AM
7 hrs ago

Hope Greg has a very happy froggy life.

surfered

(14,310 posts)
2. I've been offered chicken, tuna, steak, and salmon with my salad, but never frog.
Thu May 21, 2026, 11:20 AM
6 hrs ago

Although I do like frog legs…taste like chicken.

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