A frog in the lettuce
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (383834)
Rockingham, Australia
May 19, 2026 2:26am CST
We used to live in Esperance on Western Australia’s south coast. It’s about eight hours drive from the capital, Perth, and quite isolated really. It’s quite a big town with all the facilities you could ask for, including a Coles supermarket. Coles is one of the big supermarket chains here.
Yesterday, a woman bought a sealed bag of lettuce and, when she opened it, found a small green frog in amongst the leaves. He was the same colour as the lettuce so would have been well-camouflaged, I guess. So now there is a big kerfuffle about how the frog came to be in the sealed bag. I wonder if we’ll ever by told.
I don’t have a photo of a frog but here is one of one of Esperance’s beautiful beaches.
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It’s certainly better than finding a mouse, which I’ve seen reported too.
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18325)
• Torrington, Connecticut
19 May
That would of took my appetite away lol
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@sathviksouvik (23373)
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19 May
thanks Judy did you eat the lettuce? Here in India if a frog is seen in any food, the food will be thrown off
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@LindaOHio (223561)
• United States
19 May
Lovely photo. I would not want a frog in my lettuce.
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@celticeagle (190874)
• Boise, Idaho
20 May
I think you win for better post title of the day. Haha! Poor little frog. When I was a child there was a big tree across the street from my Grandparent's house. In the summer it would become covered with little frogs. You could put one in your palm. So cute! Your post made me think of that.
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@celticeagle (190874)
• Boise, Idaho
22 May
@JudyEv ........so do I. Good going.
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@lukman_ar (22)
• Surabaya, Indonesia
20 May
Danger if it reaches consumption. That is why vegetables in this case fresh lettuce must be washed first, and sorted sheet by sheet, it could be that in addition to small frogs, there are also small caterpillars there????
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@valherma00 (4311)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
20 May
when i was a child, at one wedding reception, there was a snail on my salad. my mum told the waiter, i think but noone took us seriously and we and other guests started making jokes about it but, it isn't much of a fun when i'm thinking about it now. i could get poisoned, all of us could. and frog is much worse, man...
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@valherma00 (4311)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
22 May
@JudyEv exactly. And you would think that after all these viruses in the world, people would take measures more seriously
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@luisadannointed (11885)
• Philippines
19 May
I guess they thought it was a lettuce and sealed it inside, lol! I wonder if she screamed in shock, lol!
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@DaddyEvil (175124)
• United States
19 May
Pretty found a spider in a bag of prepared lettuce once. Now she shakes the bags several times, watching for anything that moves before she buys the lettuce. 
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@JESSY3236 (22351)
• United States
19 May
pretty picture. I have heard that happening.
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