Salamanders and Newts Amphibians 
FOOD 
Feed the full-grown newts in the water, worms, 
flies, little tadpoles, small fishes, and snails. Shreds 
of raw meat or liver may also be fed. The newts are 
voracious, and will destroy each other, so all speci- 
mens in the same aquarium should be about the same 
size. 
Feed the newt tadpoles as soon as hatched, finely 
scraped beef, or small insects. 
For the newts in the moss-garden small insects 
must be provided, although they may be taught to 
take scraped meat, bits of liver, minced earthworms, 
or meal worms from the point of a wire, or in forceps, 
if wiggled seductively before their eyes. All newts 
become tame, and they will soon learn to follow the 
one who feeds them, as far as their surroundings will 
permit. 
REFERENCE 
HanpDBOOK oF NaturRe-Stupy, A. B. Comstock. 
TO LITTLE RED-SPOT 
You funny, little, orange elf, 
Sprawling across my way, 
What are you doing with yourself 
This misty, rainy day? 
He looked at me with golden eyes, 
And as he onward sped, 
“T am going where my home pond lies, 
It’s a long way off,” he said. 
“Within its green depths, cool and chaste, 
My sweetheart waits this noon, 
So please, kind sir, excuse my haste, 
For I must get there soon.” 
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