 
                    
                Flamboyant fathers
For great crested newts, mating is triggered by the spring rise in water temperature. The male fans his impressive, coloured tail and wafts pheremone scents over the female who finally accepts his advances. The female then lays her eggs on the underside of a leaf. In time, these will hatch into newt tadpoles.
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