For those who are curious what happens with the Red Efts, I managed to get a photo of an adult yesterday. Red Eft is the juvenile stage of the Eastern Newt, which basically wanders the woods for a couple years then heads to the water and submerges forever. They turn a dull shade of pond bottom, maybe retaining a couple fancy dots. The wiki entry says lifespan of 7-15 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_newt

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Type of guy who is smol and orange

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Worked crossing guard duty on the driveway with the toddler this AM and …. LOOK AT ALL OF THESE SWEET BABIES 🥹🥹🥹

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