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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
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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."
TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Pets/Animals
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To: Red Badger
It is not that unusual. Image search for “frog in bagged salad” to find lots more.
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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. )
To: Red Badger
Yeah but there were no flies in that bag were there?
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posted on
09/26/2024 1:04:44 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
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) )
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.)
To: dfwgator
Dew picked in Iraq….lightly killed
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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. )
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.
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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. )
To: gundog
To: Bikkuri
I’m going with
Bufo bufo, about as “toad” as it gets.
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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. )
To: Vaquero
“We use no artificial preservatives or additives of any kind!”
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posted on
09/26/2024 6:10:07 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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.
To: Fai Mao
Can’t be, the frog is too good looking.
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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)
To: Red Badger
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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.)
To: Greg123456
Is that a toad in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
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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)
To: Red Badger
Hello my honey, hello my baby, hello my ragtime gal....
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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!)
To: OldHarbor
Blimey ! ![](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.explicit.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.k1h8iyJsHygCw8Fcty9dBgHaFN%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=442cdf106ed08e1774c59d209cad925031a0fd2b3a9aca61008c68d8f16bb3e9&ipo=images/)
I think finding a toad in a salad bag is more of a “Crikey!” moment.
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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. )
To: gundog
Still dead….just ask Bill Maher
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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. )
To: gundog
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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!)
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](https://avatarfiles.alphacoders.com/654/65443.gif)
"All glory to HypnoToad!"
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posted on
09/26/2024 2:45:20 PM PDT
by
MikelTackNailer
(If you merely LOOK the fool people won't take you seriously.)
To: gundog
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjc4OGNjYWMtOTViZS00YmZiLWE1ZDctMDc2MTMzMjkxZWQ2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,45,500,281_.jpg)
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.
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posted on
09/26/2024 3:00:25 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: gundog
😂
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posted on
09/26/2024 5:15:29 PM PDT
by
Bikkuri
(I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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