Tech talk, cold comfort.

**Steven W**, 2025-10-01 05:29 »

https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/record/623906

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/squamatol ... 729287108/

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https://dwr.virginia.gov/wildlife/infor ... tted-newt/

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**Steven W**, 2025-10-01 03:36 »

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**Steven W**, 2025-10-01 03:23 »

When they're at the stage when they're bright orange, they are beautiful:

http://www.realmonstrosities.com/2013/1 ... -newt.html

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**Steven W**, 2025-10-01 03:13 »

That last link to quantamagazine mentions:

golden poison frogs use yellow coloration to advertise skin toxins

Heh, I used play with red newts, I didn't know until recently that they are mildly toxic. From what I've read, the spots are the most toxic. I remember them getting a bit testy if you messed with them too much.

https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/species/470

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**Steven W**, 2025-10-01 02:28 »

https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-probl ... ty-theory/

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I've seen this same image manipulated (cropped, contrast, perhaps saturation adjusted):

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-a-pr ... -20250404/

It is nice seeing the colors 'pop' a bit more...

That site has some interesting videos on some of their pages (heh, speaking of color):

https://www.quantamagazine.org/when-did ... -20250627/