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The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure
The get-rich-quick scheme couldn't fill the world's appetite for frogs' legs.
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Damn, I didn't realize how big these damn frogs got. These look like chickens!
They do. AU could do well with cane toads.
Yeah if they weren't so poisonous!
Well getting away from the poison sacks, I'd think they are eatable. Crows flip them on their backs and eat them.
So it's like an Australian 4 legged blow-fish! I figure if it was easily edible and most importantly... tasty, there would have been some sort of culinary niche. From what I gather, these fogs have been around for over 50 years. I could be wrong though, I haven't researched.
It sure is! Yeah,you'd think...I guess people just can't be bothered to work around the dangerous bits.