The Newts land on Plymouth Rock

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are newts creatures of logic? Probably not.

These alpine juvies have access to a much bigger, much nicer island at the other end of the tank - but noooo, it's soo much more fun to all pile on top of tiny Plymouth Rock and try to kick each other off....who will be king of the hill?

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LOL! That is too funny! This is what comes to mind...

Beautiful newts!!! The photo is also excellent!

Thanks for sharing!

Mitch
 

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Psh, it's not because there is a bigger one elsewhere - but it's because everyone wants THAT one, they must have.
I bet if one goes to the other side.. the rest would probably follow like sheep.

*sigh*
 
hehe, Mitch - you must have watched Finding Nemo ;)
 
My first thought was that Mitch plays Battlefield 2 :D

I guess those are alpestris, but are they apuanus ?
 
Yeah, those are apuanus, and they are lovely!
I´m afraid your newts must have british blood in them, Molch, it seems to me like they have a natural knack for stubbornly conquering land :p
You are not dangling a worm over the spot just to take great pictures and fool us all, are you?
 
Hey Molch,

I came up with another question, how many of them do you keep in a tank of what size ? Alpestris where the first species of newts I got to know so I am always eager to learn something about the conditions they can be kept in ;)

Best Regards,
Jakob
 
Hi Jakob,
I have my 6 adults in a 40 ga breeder tank (90 x 45 x 45 cm).

These are recent morphs, about 6-7 cm long. I've kept 11 of them in a ten gallon and another 12 in a 20 gallon since they were larvae.
 
Amazing photos they look beautiful!
 
I agree with emz they are some beautiful looking newts!!
 
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