Newts were a vital part of the ecology of Kline Station. Oxygen on the station was produced by specially bio-engineered algae that was kept under control by being eaten by newts. Periodically the newts would be culled and transformed into any of many kinds of food for people: Premium Fresh Frog Legs, fried newt legs, cream of newt soup, newt creole, newt's 'n chips, newt provencal, newt stew, newt mousse in aspic, slither goulash, newt chowder, and much more.