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Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/12/17/167255929/scientists-look-for-new-drugs-in-skin-of-russian-frog?t=1630750763413
TIL that before the advent of refrigerators, Russians would put frogs in milk to keep it from going bad
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Danger! This can be lethal to anyone drinking frog-cured milk. My uncle had one small glass and croaked.
This is pretty cool. I read the headline and figured it would be about some superstition, but it turns out it actually works. This particular frog species has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal compounds in its skin secretions. I know fungus especially is a problem for frog species around the world (like chytrid fungus), but this frog has a way to beat that. And someone figured out that putting them in milk kept the milk from spoiling. I wonder how it affected the flavor.
Who found this out – and how? What had they tried using before throwing a frog in the milk that didn’t work.
How does that stop the frog from going bad?
There’s frog pee in the milk. Mmm….
What the… Its shocking
Well that’s sanitary.
That instantly made it bad.
Refrigeration companies hate this one trick!
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