Below is the new habitat B has designed and built for his Fire Bellied Newts. He thinks it almost looks like a zoo enclosure where you can see inside their hiding place (hold to the lower right of the tank).
B's plan is to get these newts acclaimated to their new habitat here at home (in the down stairs bathroom - bet the realtor loves showing this house). Then he is going to take them to the school library where they will be on display with a bulletin board type information display. Pretty cool project, if you ask his teacher, because it kills a bunch of birds (topics) with one stone. Like science, community service, research, and language arts. I say, "That's using your brain B!" Plus it's a pretty unique way to get a new pet without the parent saying no. All in the name of education :)
If you are interested in Fire Bellied Newts, here are a few sites you might visit:
http://www.newts.org/~swan/herps/Cynops-1.html, and there are a TON more sites on the web.
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