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Witness this one embedding itself in the mass of developing spawn.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/newt_1703118568.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>She wasn&#39;t alone. This second female has laid claim to the whole sweetshop by the look of things!<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/newt_1703118587.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Where it&#39;s surviving this mass feeding frenzy (and plenty is surviving), the spawn is beginning to develop. The shape of the tadpoles is now becoming much more evident.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spawn_1703118576.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The frogs have apparently abandoned their desultory defence of their young. It was always going to be a losing battle, and the whole point of laying quite so much spawn is to cope with the inevitable predation.<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;ll close tonight with a photo of a fox (Shutterbug).<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fox_young_male_1703118640.jpg' \/><\/span> <br \/><span class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=Words\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" alt=\"Nature Blog Network\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><i>Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro IS USM 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