Let's Go Herping
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This is an American Toad, at least, I think it's an American Toad.
It's pretty hard to tell the difference between American [toads], Fowler's [toads], and Oak [toads].
In the state of North Carolina
However, what I can tell you is he's definitely a male.
Cause 1. He's calling
and 2. He's got that little blue throat
Both of those things tell you that he's a male. You can also look at the size of him.
This guy's actually going through shed right now
I just peeled a small bit of his shed off.
They shed that skin off themselves just like reptiles would
however, they actually end up eating it
as a way to recycle the nutrience.
He's a very grumpy little thing, and I found him in an area
that's actually not gonna be here too much longer
because this is a lot
for a house. I'm not sure if this specific lot has sold yet
but it's definitely gonna be developed within his lifetime.
so I'm gonna relocate him to some public game lands
but before that, I'm going to keep looking around for some other things.
[Music]
So here's something I learned from Chris Egnoto
which is a very underrated YouTube channel.
And it's really hard to film this stuff so you can't see most of it
But there's all this stuff in the water that looks like oil
like maybe it's from a car or something
And I never actually knew what it was, I assumed that's what it was
But it turns out it's a naturally occurring sort of vegetable oil
That basically just comes from the dead plant matter in the area
So it definitely makes me feel better
to know that all of this oily stuff I've seen for the past few years
which I thought was like artificial manmade stuff
or not man-made but man...
put here?
but instead, it's actually naturally occuring here
and won't mess up anything in the environment.
[Music]
[Pack contains toad being relocated]
[he was fine]
When I try relocating animals and they have no idea what's going on,
no matter what I'm trying to do with them-
they clearly just completely freak out.
If I could just tell them like "Uhh..."
"Your home is about to be destroyed"
and I can just give them a few minutes to let it soak in
then a few minutes later, I can just be like "Ok"
"I'm gonna guide you to a new area, it's gonna be really nice"
"...Lot more space, lot safer"
"maybe find some mates" -- but no, they have to make it all difficult
So we are in game lands now, you saw me pass that river
Er, I guess more of a creekbed or stream.
The reason I did that, both sides are game lands
but that side is way closer to a neighborhood.
You saw how difficult it was for me to get across it
so I'm pretty sure he won't be able to cross that
so he should be good in this area.
I'm right here by this big, dead tree
he has some nice spaces to hide, some nice water sources right around here
so he should be good to go.
[Music]
There's a bunch of newt larvae
right in this area which I've honestly never seen in the wild.
I've never actually caught a developed newt either.
So this is really interesting to see
hopefully you can see a few of them, but they are so quick to get under all this muddy, leafy brush.
Got it
I don't know what type of newt this is
But you can see him right there. Let's give him some water. I don't know how long
they can go without water.
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