On last week's Windy Hill hike, we saw newts, five of them by my count. Our guide said they're poisonous, and someone on one of her hikes had gotten sick from touching one a while back. I looked up some information on them when I decided to use this image, and I think this is a red-bellied newt, one of the Pacific newts. These guys are really not to be touched! Not only do they carry bacteria which can cause stomach problems, all of the Pacific newts also secrete a neurotoxin, which apparently causes respiratory paralysis. Yikes!
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