how much "chillin" can you do so close to the heater?
ok, i'll stop now.
speaking of newts though...i used to have a couple fire-bellied newts, and i must admit that i'm not sure how this species has survived. i had them back in high school, and my mother used to comment that natural selection should have weeded them out millions of years ago--- they could NOT find food in the tank, wouldn't eat ANYTHING unless it was fed to them with tweezers.