T. Grans settling in

[dane]

some pics of my new grans

 

[ester]

Very cute! They appear to be in good health.

 

[dane]

thanks ester heres more shots(getting better at taking pics through the glass

 

[chris]

look at him slurp the worm like some spaghetti!

 

[dane]

yep, that worm was longer then i figured it was!, it just kept on getting longer as he swallowed more of it in!!

 

[pin-pin]

Very nice photos dane, thank you for sharing.

It is amazing your animals was able to eat the entire worm!

 

[dane]

yeah, i sat and watched it the whole time with my mouth wide open

 

[chris]

yeah mine's a pretty vicious eater also. if i gave her a whole worm she'd try to eat it all.

 

[michelle]

Very adorable Dane.
They appear to be settling in very well & I'm glad all is going well. I absolutely love the picture of the little one beside your name. Keep posting your pictures they are a treat to look at.

 

[dawn]

I love the faces on tarichas. They are the cutest newts of all, I think.

 

[peter]

In the forth picture from the first post there is a real small plant in front of the newt's face that looks like elodea,which causes the newts head to look enormous.

 

[dane]

thats actually a piece of java moss

 

[pierson]

Very cool. Granulosa are one of my favorites. I actually got to see my first one in the wild this past December when I flipped a juvenile under a log that was frozen to the ground. Oddly enough, there was a juvenile California Kingsnake sharing the log with him.

 

[ester]

Taricha are poisonous enough not to get eaten by most animals. I believe part of the garter snakes has managed to build up some immunity to the poison.

 

[pierson]

I realize that a kingsnake isn't going to eat a Taricha. I was simply amazed that I had to crack ice off the log to flip it and there were two herps underneath.

Thamnophis sirtalis is the gartersnake species that has evolved (or is continuously evolving) resistance to tetrodotoxin. After eating a Taricha, the gartersnakes are temporarily partially incapacitated while they metabolize the toxins.

 

[dane]

wierd, I didn't know about them, I love the colors in the one you found that dark top and then the darkish-bright orange

 

[dane]

some updates
Oswald on the T-dock

another Oswald shot

Griswald

Griswald again

griswald saying hello

Griswald's foot