'My mother ate eight live frogs. Now the sharp pain has made her unable to walk,' the woman's son told reporters. Medical tests found the presence of parasites, including a tapeworm larva commonly found in amphibians.
Jasmin Patel, a resident of Pushkar Dham Society, reported that his four-year-old niece purchased the packet from a local shop on Tuesday evening. Both his niece and nine-month-old daughter had consumed some of the wafers before discovering the dead frog.
Naturalists spotted the peculiar growth while observing a hoard of golden-backed frogs at a roadside pond in Karnataka, India, CNN reported. One of the amphibians had a mushroom “sprouting” out of its side and the discovery has left scientists baffled. The revelation, that has never been documented before, triggered a lot of speculation on X as well.
The distressed woman confessed to feeling 'traumatized' by the discovery of the dead frog, revealing that she had never been so startled by a meal before.
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology responded by saying that one day’s payment for breakfast, lunch and dinner will be deducted from the remuneration of the mess provider company.
As the customer was about to finish his meal, he discovered the live frog lurking amidst the noodles.
The brown-and-green frog had the greatest impact in Europe and the brown tree snake is singlehandedly responsible for $10.3 billion worth of damage, researchers said.