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Toad found in bagged salad bought from grocery store
UPI ^ | September 25, 2024 | Ben Hooper

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."


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To: Red Badger

It is not that unusual. Image search for “frog in bagged salad” to find lots more.


21 posted on 09/25/2024 10:38:55 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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To: Red Badger

Yeah but there were no flies in that bag were there?


22 posted on 09/26/2024 1:04:44 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Red Badger

They’re eating the pets
of the people that live there!


23 posted on 09/26/2024 2:54:49 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Red Badger

Was it’s name “The Wet Sprocket?”


24 posted on 09/26/2024 3:27:37 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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To: dfwgator

Dew picked in Iraq….lightly killed


25 posted on 09/26/2024 4:15:45 AM PDT by Vaquero (In Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: fidelis
Third sentence:

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.

26 posted on 09/26/2024 5:59:26 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

Blimey ! 🦎

Amphibian!


27 posted on 09/26/2024 6:02:50 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: Bikkuri
I’m going with Bufo bufo, about as “toad” as it gets.


28 posted on 09/26/2024 6:07:06 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Vaquero

“We use no artificial preservatives or additives of any kind!”


29 posted on 09/26/2024 6:10:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: UnwashedPeasant
I remember over a decade ago - a toad in a salad bag in a store in France.
The salad bag had come from northern Africa.
30 posted on 09/26/2024 6:14:54 AM PDT by GaltAdonis (A)
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To: Fai Mao

Can’t be, the frog is too good looking.


31 posted on 09/26/2024 6:47:11 AM PDT by Fireone ("and dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter." G. Washington 1783)
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To: Red Badger

Usually that costs extra


32 posted on 09/26/2024 6:54:33 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: Greg123456

Is that a toad in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?


33 posted on 09/26/2024 6:56:39 AM PDT by Fireone ("and dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter." G. Washington 1783)
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To: Red Badger
Hello my honey, hello my baby, hello my ragtime gal....


34 posted on 09/26/2024 7:03:51 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: OldHarbor
Blimey !

I think finding a toad in a salad bag is more of a “Crikey!” moment.

35 posted on 09/26/2024 7:54:23 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

Still dead….just ask Bill Maher


36 posted on 09/26/2024 8:17:33 AM PDT by Vaquero (In Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: gundog

I missed that. Thanks.


37 posted on 09/26/2024 9:59:56 AM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: dfwgator
We've got a riff on Super Mario:
SML Shorts:Toad Away

Or go way way back to the Firesign Theatre:
"Toad Away"

but in the end we all come under the thrall of Futurama's HypnoToad:

HypnoToad

"All glory to HypnoToad!"

38 posted on 09/26/2024 2:45:20 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (If you merely LOOK the fool people won't take you seriously.)
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To: gundog


Are you one of those frogs that'll turn into a prince if I kiss you?
Why don't you kiss me and see for yourself?

Nothing's happening.
What do you mean?
You're not turning into a prince.
I'm not a prince.
But you told me you were.
I did not.
Yes, you did.
I did not. You said I was, and I just didn't bother to correct you.
So, what are you?
I'm just a frog looking to get some wood, man, and mission accomplished. Thank you very much.

39 posted on 09/26/2024 3:00:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: gundog
😂
40 posted on 09/26/2024 5:15:29 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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