Great crested
newts are rare across Europe, although can be locally abundant in the UK.
It is possible that although we did not observe otters rejecting prey, otters, similarly to garter-snakes, may also be able to determine whether or not a
newt is safe to eat by "tasting" the
newt and rejecting ones that are too toxic.
The
newt wasn't feeling too good either and has gone to the salad bowl in the sky.
Micro-habitat use within a guild of
newt larvae (Trituridae) in an Alpine lake.
Youngsters are being encouraged to get out of their cars and help the specialists scour the road ahead for
newts.
On the paper where you pledged your money to
Newt was a section that said the DVD was about "a trip that's been called.
In Britain, the habitat of the Great Crested
Newt has diminished due to land development pressure from population growth.
When teased or attacked by a predator, the
newt secretes a poisonous milky substance onto the body surface.
Coun Armstrong-Braun actually stood in front of mechanical diggers in his fight in the 1990s to protect the
newts during development of the retail park.
Natural England said work on the Travelodge at Lowestoft, Suffolk, should stop to prevent the great crested
newts being harmed.
A council spokesman said: "It may only be one protected great-crested
newt that is holding the workmen up.
Boss Peter Furness- Smith said: "Rounding up 25
newts which have gone walkabout and returning them to their natural habitat works out at pounds 1,000 per
newt.
