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The web-footed Portuguese water dog was actually trained to herd fish into nets along the Algarve coast

It's a treasure hunt with a web-footed difference and is set to have North-East theatre fans going quackers.

So, pull on your boots and prepare to splash through the muddy marshlands, home to the web-footed, webfingered Marsh-wiggles.

The Newfoundland is a large, web-footed, thick coated dog which evolved on the island off the Canadian coast from a combination of native Indian dogs and European breeds carried across the Atlantic by explorers and fishermen.

Last year, scientists described the fossil tracks of an otherwise unknown web-footed bird that lived in eastern Asia more than 110 million years ago (SN: 8/12/00, p.111).

Check out the enormous eyes on the Namib's web-footed gecko (above).

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The two young web-footed friends are pictured seeking under a log, up a tree, under a leaf pile, and in a pond for the elusive pumpkin.