Must be why all of the hag witches used them for potions and make up. Eye of a newt was a very common recipe when making up a poison potion. Bubble, Bubble toil and trouble. LOL. You ever notice how dogs don't screw with toads and newts(pukeus aloticus) . Ours did once, and it yakked for a couple of days. He would run from toads after that. Newts are just a skinnier version. My $.02
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