A six-legged frog has become an instant celebrity in China and has been repaying his newfound owner, a chef on a local restaurant by attracting diners. "I bought more than 5 kilos of frogs from the market the other day, and upon coming back found that one of them has six legs," says chef Xiao Song.

An environmental group in Australia has captured a "monster" toad that weighs 2 pounds, is 8 inches long toad and is among the largest specimens ever captured in the northern city of Darwin, Australia. Graeme Sawyer, the coordinator of the group FrogWatch, said, "It's huge, to put it mildly" adding that the male frog is almost the size of a football. It is twice the weight of an average cane frog and almost one-third longer and heavier than the previous biggest a female captured in the middle of Darwin.

Chinese officials are ordering a Shanghai teahouse to change its name, calling it a threat to public morality. The name of the shop is "Qingwa Bao Ernai," which translates roughly to "Frog Keeps a Mistress. "The Shanghai Daily and other newspapers said the shop was violating advertising law, citing local commercial bureau official Xu Jun.

New Hampshire officials are blaming a teddy bear for the deaths of 2,500 trout. The stuffed animal clogged a drain after it was dropped into a pool at a Fish and Game Department hatchery. The fish were suffocated because the clog blocked the flow of oxygen to the pool.

Manufacturers of a liquid fertilizer consisting of cane toads say that "toad juice" bottles could explode. Northern Territory FrogWatch, which sold 300 bottles of the juice at Darwin's Garden Spectacular said recently that the liquid inside the batch is still in the process of fermenting and may explode.