RAYNE, La. (WAFB) - It seems that everywhere you look in the Cajun town of Rayne, you see frogs. They’re on the sidewalks, in front of stores, the police station, the firehouse, and the courthouse. And about two dozen frog murals are painted on the sides of buildings.

“We are quite proud of the fact that we are the frog capital of the world,” said Fran Bihm.

Fran Bihm with the chamber of commerce credits Jacques Weil and his brothers with starting a frog export business in the late 1800s.

“They started a frog shipping company to export frogs back to the restaurants in France to serve as a delicacy of fried frog legs,” said Bihm.

The frog export companies are gone, but not the frogs.

“That’s a big one, look how fat,” said Jacob Zaunbrecher.

For Laken Bischoff and fiancé Jacob Zaunbrec

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