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Monday, August 01, 2011

Global Appetite for Frog Legs Could Contribute To The Amphibian's Extinction


Though often associated with French or Chinese cuisine, frog legs are a favored delicacy around the world—so much that ravenous consumption of these sautéed lower limbs may lead to frog extinction.


Each year, an average of 2,280 metric tons of frog legs are imported into the United States alone (that's somewhere between 450 million and 1.1 billion frogs), Scientific American reports.


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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

EWWWW !!!

Anonymous said...

gigged for frogs right here in salisbury area more than 55 years ago with my dad.

still eat frog legs to this day. they're good.

Anonymous said...

I've tried them, don't care for them.

Anonymous said...

I eat them often. Skipjack's sells them, but you have to call ahead.