Minn. Frog Found With 5 Legs, 23 ToesSome Experts Disturbed By Discovery

local6.com ^ | 8/24/2004 | WKMG Staff

[Rockitz]

A 9-year-old Minnesota girl found a five-legged frog with 23 toes near Stewartville, Minn., according to a report.

Three of the frog's legs appear to be normal, but the fourth has another leg as an offshoot, with three feet attached to it.

Cori Praska and a friend found the deformed frog in the southeastern part of the state.

This find is disturbing to some experts at the Quarry Hill Nature Center.

"It does concern me and mutations like this shouldn't happen that often," Greg Munson of the Quarry Hill Nature Center said.

Munson says 27 other frogs found by Praska were normal.

Experts say the animals are particularly sensitive to pollutants, which can be absorbed through their skin. Because of that, deformed frogs are considered a sign of environmental problems.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

[Rockitz]

There should be legislation passed so that this poor frog is considered normal and anything to the contrary should be considered hate speech!!!

[TheBigB]

The correct term is "amphibian-American"

[ElkGroveDan]

This is the fault of greedy corporations and climate change. Global socialism is the only answer.

[pabianice]

So? Liberals have five tongues and three left feet.

[Brilliant]

Where are the photos?

[1rudeboy]

"It does concern me and mutations like this shouldn't happen that often . . . ."

Once is often?

[InvisibleChurch]

maybe it's evolution... maybe it's what frogs are supposed to look like

[coconutt2000]

"It does concern me and mutations like this shouldn't happen that often," Greg Munson of the Quarry Hill Nature Center said.

Often? They found one.

[Rockitz]

[Shryke]

I prefer the term Ugly ***king Frog, but hey, that's just me.

[b4its2late]

Tastes like chicken.

[Constitution Day]

Sounds like a good breeding opportunity for a frog leg supplier.

[kjam22]

The correct term is "amphibian-American"

LOL! That's today's winner!

[Rebelbase]

Must be kin to this thing:

Better check that Springfield Nuke plant.

[Age of Reason]

Capture and breed that frog!

Imagine what all those extra legs mean for people who like to eat frog legs.

[NEBO]

I have said for years that mothers should have 12 arms and hands. We have to do at least 12 things at the same time. Maybe all mothers should go there and drink the water there and we could grow extra arms. We could have them surgically removed when our kids are grown... now wait... we will need them again when we have grandchildren.

[Homo_homini_lupus]

And Kermit always swore his fast-paced lifestyle wouldn't catch up with him. Now just look at his poor son... < /sarcasm>

[martin_fierro]

Bush's fault.

She-frogs and tadpoles suffer first.

[NEBO]

I see a WHOLE NEW MARKET there. Frog Legs~

[ProudVet77]

But why always in Minn.? Not Wisconsin or North Dakota. Logic dictates a local pollution issue. Or one very horny frog that has bad genes.