Good News,That Dead Mouse In Your Diet Pepsi Was Actually A Toad
Remember the purported mouse that a man in Florida purportedly found in his can of Pepsi? Lab tests are back, and it turns out that it wasn't actually a mouse.
If you're of a delicate disposition, go read our Cash4Gold investigation again. Or look at this post on Cute Overload. Trust us. Do not proceed.
...FDA tests show that the animal, which the finders said resembled "pink spaghetti" by the time it reached them, wasn't a mouse. It was a gutted frog or toad.
It was a what now?
The DeNegris took pictures before calling poison control and the FDA, which showed up the next day to examine the can in question and collect it for lab testing.
The couple received a copy of the completed report last week from the Food and Drug Administration Office of Regulatory Affairs, which concluded the foreign matter appeared to be a frog or a toad.
"The animal was lacking internal organs normally found in the abdominal and thoracic cavity," the report notes.
A second, closed can from the same 36-pack of Diet Pepsi from Sam's Club, was also submitted for testing, according to Amy DeNegri. No abnormalities were detected, the report states.
That's great. The problem is that nobody, including Pepsi, knows how a frog, much less a gutted frog, could have possibly found its way into the production line. This is not comforting.
FDA says residue is frog or toad; how did it get in Pepsi can? [CNN]
(Photo: bionicteaching)
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Is that one of those crazy Japanese Pepsi flavors?
That is one sorry prince.
Maybe, it fell in from the sky while it was being carried by a bird??? That be weird odds but possible. Perhaps, a bird sat on the Pepsi can and dropped it in?
Ugh...Just got done eating breakfast. *blech*
@Xerloq: That photo does it. From now on, I'll be the commenter that says, "Who buys soda? I make my own at home."
That God I haven't eaten today!
The good news is that this proves that the guy wasn't trying to pull one over on Pepsi. If you're going to put an animal in your soda can, you definitely know what that animal is!
Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. But I'm glad I skipped the photo!
Anyone who wants to skip the photo should just click "comments" anyway.
I said it once, I'll say it again... this does not deter me from my Diet Pepsi fetish. It just makes me wanna shake the can a little before drinking it.
But still, highly gross for the man who drank this.
I am glad that my work blocks a lot of pictures...I can just scroll through all haphazardly..."What's so gross about a red x?"
Is it wrong that I'm less grossed out now than I was when it was a mouse?
How the bloody hell do animals keep on getting into our food?
And how does a decent-sized FROG end up in a Pepsi can with a smallass hole? That's some David Blaine, Douche Angel Mindfreak shit.
@pecan 3.14159265: HAHAHAHAHA Thats what I did.
And I did it specifically because of the "All glory to the pepsi toad" tag.
@SenorDoucheoisie: It's not a small hole when they fill the cans. The top of the can doesn't go on until after filling. So there's a rather large period in the line during which the can is wide open.
At least it wasn't #4, Crunchy Frog.
Yay!!!
Secret ingredient #392 of Pepsi...TADPOLES!
@bonzombiekitty: That's just even more disturbing, to think the Coke I'm drinking was just sitting there with its top off for a while.
@flidget: Me! I don't know why, but I'm think the fur and whiskers make it a lot grosser in my mind.
Fuck! I am drinking a diet Pepsi as I read this.
Do we suspect fraud?? Hell yes -- if you wanted to stuff an animal in a can of soda, it's a lot easier if you slice it's inners out.
Between the title and some of the comments, this story is far funnier than I ever imagined a story about a dead frog in a soda can could be!
. . .not that I frequently imagine such things, of course.
Well that's alright then, so long as it was only a toad...! really...
That's not a toad... That's Pete...
Fuck, Target was having a sale on Diet Pepsi and I went and bought 3 12-packs of the stuff.
Still gonna drunk the fuck out of 'em, though perhaps I will pour it into a glass first.
Gosh there are a lot of weak stomachs here. I ate breakfast, read the description, saw the picture.
*does some more flexing to show off how many he is*
Although I'm sad because I love toads. Last year I had a colony of about a dozen or so living in my front lawn, but this year there are none to be seen. I didn't apply mosquito poison even though they were especially ravenous and prolific this year in the interest of not killing all the toads off but looks like I suffered for nothing.
@Ayarkay: To me, the frog is worse because I hate frogs. I don't understand why people think they're cute. They're slimy and have weird eyes. I hate frogs and toads.
My guess is that since the internal organs were missing, the man in question removed them so that he could stuff the toad in there whole by, for lack of a better term, squishing it in the can.
Once again, it is only my guess, so please no flames.
That photo will now be appearing in ads in New York to deter consumers from drinking too much soda.
@flidget: Yes, as Subtlefrog has probably already said somewhere in here (or will possibly confirm), toads create toxins in/on their skin. While a mouse COULD be covered in filth and disease, the toad DOES have toxins. Also, they have weird looking eyes and some native folks in parts of the world believed them to be evil after seeing them come out of the ground after forest fires.
It really sounds like they are trying to scam Pepsi, unless they're just the unlucky ones that got the can that the disgruntled employee managed to contaminate before it was sealed up. I find it hard to believe that a frog or toad that had it's insides removed happened to get into a can on a production line. Did the frog hop through an open door, climb up to the conveyor belt where the unopened cans are located, impale itself and then squeeze into the little hole before it died?
@Applekid: if you really want to lure some back up by your house, make some 'toad houses' and leave them around in shady areas, like under bushes. i use broken pots, but they sell really tacky crap that will make your neighbors/friends think you're weird. it's pretty much a dark, cool place for them to sleep during the day. i've got 3 'houses' and tons of toads that come live in them.
Ahhh, that's why the Pepsi tasted like chicken.
@SenorDoucheoisie: it was one of the plagues. Raining frogs.
Never open your soda in a frog/toad storm. never
enjoy the subtle taste of nice diet pepsi with added gutted frog, reminicant of a nice time with good friends we hope you will find diet pepsi says "party time is OK lets go"
Like I said last time: It... it has chunks...
@Applekid: The blob in the can doesn't bother me so much as the chunks on the plate. *ggggggggggggggak!* (my cat's hairball noise)
@The Porkchop Express: Maybe some tadpoles made their way in and this thing GREW to be a frog, wow that'd be messed up
I'm glad I don't drink soda for breakfast anymore...
Actually, I'm just glad I don't drink soda anymore.