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Wildlife: Critters Big and Small Vol. 10, 1 by NativeVA

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NativeVA wrote:
A young red newt.

Before everyone gets upset, my son has been taught:

Which animals he can pick up and which ones not to
For the more agressive ones, to be ready to be bit and if you get bit, don't rip your hand out or throw the animal. It's a chance he is willing to take
To be gentle with them
To put them back where he found them
To wash his hands when he gets back home
He has been bit by garter snakes, crayfish, bugs, etc., but it hasn't slowed him down
He knows how to tell a poisonous snake from a non
etc.
etc.
He loves animals
His name is Asa