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Bowlesman 80's avatar

I'll tell you a funny/sad story about California Newts.

My dad was from the foothills of Mariposa County.

One time, at our mining claim, near the Merced River, we collected a peach box full of water dogs (California Newts) to take to my uncle's pond. The idea was to stock the pond with newts, which are kind of fun, like having a pond of turtles or Koi. Well, my uncle already had a mess of bullfrogs in the pond.

We did not know that bullfrogs preyed upon newts.

We released the newts and the water looked at though it was boiling.

Approximately fifty newts were gone in seconds.

Lesson learned.

Hannah C's avatar

Hi it's Hannah! Thanks so much that I won Miss San Francisco Chinatown! Go Bears!!! <3

Ben's avatar

Thank you for winning! And for representing Cal (and Cal Band!) so well!

Cal Iceman's avatar

Don't forget the ice hockey team!! Big, big weekend for them!

Ben's avatar

Gah! I thought that was next week. My bad!

deehart's avatar

Why is Kenny Lawler not in the NFL? Make him a Lion!

Terence's avatar

I, for one, love newtd content