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A restaurant chain has sparked fury by serving up pizzas with a topping of FROGS’ LEGS.

The “Hopper” contains eight limbs on a traditional base with capers and an anchovy sorbet.

The £17.95 dish has angered campaigners who slammed it as “barbaric” - because frogs’ legs are amputated while they are still alive.

Chef Sami Wasif came up with the idea on a trip to Paris - and called it “refined”.

He said: “I’ve been making pizza for more than 20 years and know that London is a city always looking for something new.”

He added: “Pizza is something you can experiment with. I might try one with snails on it next.”

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…by airplane!

The see-through skin of an inch-long frog reveals her eggs. Native to Venezuela, the frogs lay eggs in bushes and trees overhanging streams. Tadpoles hatch, then tumble into the current to be swept away.

So, if there are see-through frogs in the nature, dr Masayuki Sumida from the Institute for Amphibian Biology at Japan’s Hiroshima University, is wrong when he claims that he bred the first four-legged, see-through animal!?

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This video clip from Trivia no Izumi shows how frogs cope with severe indigestion. After a disagreeable meal, a frog can empty its stomach by ejecting the entire organ inside-out through its mouth and washing it with its front legs before swallowing it back down.

The host of the show explains that a frog throws up in much the same way that humans do, but its stomach pops out because of its relatively wide and soft esophagus. Incidentally, some people believe frogs are right-handed because the ejected stomach protrudes to the right and they mainly use their right front leg to wash it.

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