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LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – Peruvian officials saved some 4,000 endangered
\n frogs from being whizzed into popular drinks after they were found hidden
\n in an abattoir.<\/p>\n
"We were checking the fridges when out jumped a frog. It had escaped,
\n they were in big crates," a spokesman for Lima city hall said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Frog cocktails are popular in the Andes because of their supposed aphrodisiac
\n qualities. Shops in central Lima selling the drinks have tanks where customers
\n can choose their frogs.<\/p>\n
He said the Telmatobius frogs — which had apparently been brought from
\n the southern lakes in the high Andes — were found on Wednesday stored
\n in the abattoir.<\/p>\n
They were taken to a colonial fountain in central Lima to splash around
\n before being returned to their native lakes by ecological police.<\/p>\n
"There were about 5,000 of them but 1,000 died because of the conditions
\n and in transit," the spokesman said.<\/p>\n
We admit we had to look abattoir up in the dictionary. We sorta Although we are not familiar with the Telmatobius genus, we do have As to the aphrodesiac frogs, we are somewhat skeptical, although from Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – Peruvian officials saved some 4,000 endangered frogs from being whizzed into popular drinks after they were found hidden in an abattoir. "We were checking the fridges when out jumped a frog. It had escaped, they were … Continue reading
\n thought it meant a frilly French dressing room decorated with low sofas
\n for trysts and spells of the vapors. Couldn’t be further from the
\n truth! Turns out it means SLAUGHTERHOUSE! Just like the French to come
\n up with a perfumed euphamism like that.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n some passing aquaintence with Peruvian frogs, specifically Bufo Aqua,
\n native to the Peruvian Amazon and used in Shamanistic ceremonies because
\n they produce an extremely psychoactive substance called Bufotenine. All
\n Bufo toads have parotid glands on their backs. The parotid glands produce
\n many different biologically active compounds-such as the neurotransmitters
\n serotonin (5-hydroxy-tryptamine), epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine-which
\n vary from species to species.This
\n gunk can be ingested directly or dried and smoked, and produces an intense
\n but short duration psychedelic experience with warm body rushes and perceptual
\n alterations, both audio and visual.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n we have seen first hand another Peruvian jungle aphrodesiac,
\n Chuchuwasi, reduce in two hours a pair of prim and proper Swiss schoolteachers
\n to raving, semi-nude harlots dry-humping anything that didn’t flee, so
\n we have to admit the possibility. We promise our readers to investigate
\n on our next trip to Peru, before the end of this year.<\/em><\/p>\n