Near newt disaster!

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gord

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So I' happen to be walking by the Verrucosus tank this afternoon and I see the big girl rubbing against a rock. Closer inspection reveals she's shedding..again. Second time in two weeks.Anyway, she's madly digging her head under a medium sized round rock I have leaning against the land portion of the tank. It's like a step and has never moved. So she keeps digging her head under it and I think "I wonder what would happen if that rock was pried loose and rolled on top of her head"? Of course, that very moment the rock rolled on top of her head. Lucky I was standing there. I doubt she could have got out. Thankfully, she seems no worse for wear. The rock has been put solidly back on the bottom.

A cautionary tale.

Gord
 
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