- Mobile phone footage shows the live frog with three extra limbs on its body
- The chef was shocked to see the rare mutated frog in kitchen in Jinzhou, China
- Expert said environmental pollution, fertilisation progress can be the cause
A chef was shocked to see a frog with extra limbs in his kitchen in northeast China.
Video footage shows an assistant showing the mutant frog with three extra legs growing on the right side of its body.
The green amphibian can be seen moving about on the chopping board.
A mutant frog with seven legs was found in a kitchen in northeast China (left). The chef’s assistant was holding the frog and showing the three extra legs to the camera (right)
The video was filmed in Jinzhou, Liaoning Province on October 15.
It’s unclear what the frog’s species is, however, it was found by a chef in a restaurant’s kitchen.
‘Can it move?’ the chef asked his assistant.
She replied yes and placed it on the chopping board.
The frog then quickly moved its limbs and then pulled them in towards its body.
The three extra legs grew just below its front limb on the right side of its body (left). The mutant frog was able to move its limbs and appeared to be live (right)
In 2011, there was a seven-legged frog found in Zhengzhou, southeast China’s Henan Province.
Dong Chaowei, an animal expert and chairman of Zhengzhou forestry bureau, told People’s Daily that there were several elements that led to frog mutation.
Mutation can be caused by genetics during fertilisation; it can also be happen when there is an external action pushing against the tadpole during the growth.
However, environmental pollution and unknown food source are also to be blamed for the irregular growth of legs in the amphibian.