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Inside the uprooted tree seen in that last video dwells the tiniest, most adorable newt the world has ever known. This is a red-spotted newt, a subspecies of the eastern newt. They are terrestrial during their eft stage, where they take on a bright orange-red color, a warning to predators that its skin coated in tetrodotoxin makes for a distasteful and often deadly meal. After 2 or 3 years in their eft stage, they return to their birthplace to complete their final metamorphosis. They reach maturity over the winter and will mate in their breeding pool as early as February, often before the ice has even finished melting.