Under the Toadstools

15 responses to “Under the Toadstools”

1. 

   Leino88

   Dec 22, 2008 at 12:28 am

   awesome.
   !

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2. 

   Todd Huffman

   Dec 22, 2008 at 1:55 am

   I’m pretty sure it’s a California Newt
   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Newt

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3. 

   msamaclean ©

   Dec 22, 2008 at 4:43 am

   What a great little guy! Nice capture with the white shrooms!

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4. 

   jurvetson

   Dec 22, 2008 at 4:50 am

   todd – thanks! Good visual match.

   She turned me into a newt…

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5. 

   nhr

   Dec 22, 2008 at 8:09 am

   The "eye of newt" perspective 😉

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6. 

   avlxyz

   Dec 22, 2008 at 11:05 am

   i’m sure it was that lizard monster from Monsters Inc 🙂

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7. 

   schoschie

   Dec 22, 2008 at 3:35 pm

   A submersible gecko! Sweet.
   😀

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8. 

   schoschie

   Dec 22, 2008 at 3:36 pm

   Oh. It’s not under water. Why did I think that!?

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9. 

   macy has left the building

   Dec 22, 2008 at 6:16 pm

   so so so damn cool

   i think you might of thought that the shrooms look like coral 🙂

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10. 

    gordontour

    Dec 22, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    Magical macro. Super shot.

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11. 

    jurvetson

    Dec 23, 2008 at 12:58 am

    thanks y’all.

    Now I read in Todd’s wikipedia link:
    "the glands in the skin of T. torosa secrete the potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin, which is hundreds of times more toxic than cyanide."

    Explains why he didn’t seem to have any fear of me as a possible predator. Just strutting around like he owned the place….

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    nhr

    Dec 23, 2008 at 4:24 am

    "the glands in the skin of T. torosa secrete the potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin, which is hundreds of times more toxic than cyanide. This is the same toxin found in pufferfish"

    Does it mean that T. torosa is safely edible by soy sauce-using predators if it has been skinned by a properly trained and licensed cook? Newt sashimi, anyone? (The Frenchies eat frogs and snails, after all)

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    jdkvirus

    Dec 24, 2008 at 6:23 am

    Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Flickr’s Best Creatures (Enter our Best Photo Contest Now!), and we’d love to have this added to the group!

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14. 

    D.M.V.

    Dec 24, 2008 at 7:33 am

    great macro ! love the shot

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15. 

    jwallphoto

    Dec 24, 2008 at 11:06 pm

    The newt’s poisonous, but those oyster mushrooms are edible. 😉

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