Posted on 09/25/2024 9:15:07 PM PDT by Red Badger
Berkshire Reptile Rescue in England is caring for a toad found in a bag of salad from grocery store Waitrose. Photo courtesy of Berkshire Reptile Rescue/Facebook
Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A reptile rescue group in England is caring for a toad found in a bag of salad that was returned to a supermarket.
Berkshire Reptile Rescue said on social media that the toad was discovered in a bag of salad by a customer and returned to Waitrose in Bracknell.
Rescuer Graham Martin collected the reptile and is keeping it isolated for the time, as it is not yet clear whether it came from overseas.
"He is in a nice little box, he's got some soil and some leaves to hide in, he's got a little water bowl. I've chucked in some beetles for his dinner and he's loving life," Martin told the BBC. "I have no idea where he came from but he's happy where he is."
John Lewis Partnership, Waitrose's parent company, apologized to the customer in a statement.
"While our growers minimize pesticide use to promote sustainable farming and reduce harm to wildlife, there is a stringent sorting and washing process which should have removed this toad," the statement said. "Although this is a very rare occurrence, we are really sorry to the customer who found it."
Toads are amphibians, not reptiles.
England is going up in flames and then there’s this: “Berkshire Reptile Rescue in England is caring for a toad”
Glad they are taking care of toads instead of deporting the human invaders.
You’re right! My 3rd Grade Science teacher, Mrs.Brand, would be tsk tsking me for not spotting that error sooner.
That actually looks like some kind of Tree Frog who has faded in color, due to no sun exposure.
Wouldn’t that be a frog? Look at the feet...
I wonder if it is Halal...
Could be a Haitian salad.
I’d damn near rather find a little toad in my grocery-store bagged salad than the lettuce-stump I once found. It was one of those convenience-store salad plates. They hid the stump under some nice-looking lettuce leaves.
King Charles’ illegitimate son?
The Mahometans consider amphibians haram due to their ability to live on/in both land and water.
Toads are amphibians NOT reptiles
Interesting...
It has parotid glands. Probably a toad. Definitely not a “ true frog.” (Ranid)
That heir would be the other kind of Frog, as in French.
Several years ago, I was having lunch at Quizno’s with my sister and mother.
Suddenly a cricket hopped out of my sister’s salad.
The staff captured the cricket and let it go outside.
No charge for a new salad!
I loved Ginger Baker’s drum solo in Toad.
How do they know the customer didn’t find a toad somewhere and put it in the salad and lie about it just to instigate a lawsuit?
Nowhere in this article does it refer to this toad as a reptile. It just says he was picked up by a reptile rescue group. Maybe their primary focus was reptiles, but cared for it if there wasn’t such a thing around as an amphibian rescue group.
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