Het Anthrax, Purple Tiger, and Kayuadis... RETICS!!

Thermal biology and metabolism is a complicated subject...

but in general

Large body size (i.e. low surface to volume ratio) is favorable in endotherms like warm blooded mammals because their surface area serves primarily as a means to lose the heat that they generate internally.

In ectotherms (poikilotherm) they use their body surfaces to capture heat during the day, then they use behavioral mechanisms to avoid losing that heat to their large surface areas to volume ratios.

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Originally Posted by Mendel's Balls

Thermal biology and metabolism is a complicated subject...

but in general

Large body size (i.e. low surface to volume ratio) is favorable in endotherms like warm blooded mammals because their surface area serves primarily as a means to lose the heat that they generate internally.

In ectotherms (poikilotherm) they use their body surfaces to capture heat during the day, then they use behavioral mechanisms to avoid losing that heat to their large surface areas to volume ratios.

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thats what the research shows... some people believe this is why dinosaurs got so big.

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Originally Posted by Dr Satan

thats what the research shows... some people believe this is why dinosaurs got so big.

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Yes it called Inertial Homeothermy or Gigantothermy. But again I don not think this is not likely to happen in snakes because of their elongated body plan.

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Originally Posted by Mendel's Balls

Yes it called Inertial Homeothermy or Gigantothermy. But again I don't think this is likely to happen in snakes because of their elongated body plan.

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^that's how it should read.

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Originally Posted by Mendel's Balls

Yes it called Inertial Homeothermy or Gigantothermy. But again I don not think this is not likely to happen in snakes because of their elongated body plan.

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very true!! thanks for our input!

were you a zoology major? you are very hip with the ideas! :)

Molecular Biology, but I love ecological topics with physics and math in them.

As a bio teacher, I like to incorporate math and physics into my lessons.

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Molecular Biology, but I love ecological topics with physics and math in them.

As a bio teacher, I like to incorporate math and physics into my lessons.

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thats awsome!!! i have a freind who is doing biotech... i am an undergrad majoring in zoology... i plan on going to MSU (montana state) or humbolt state for grad school - thinking of either focusing on birds of prey or plethodontids, there are populations of arboreal salamanders in the redwood forest near humbolt state (cool huh?)... also, the dept of ecology at MSU is one of the best too... they are only 90 miles from yellowstone national park.

in the next year i am finishing up with mammology, ornithology, freshwater invert zoology, multivar stats, linear algebra... and some independent projects on plethodontid physiology.

nice bumping into you man!!

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Originally Posted by Dr Satan

thats awsome!!! i have a freind who is doing biotech... i am an undergrad majoring in zoology... i plan on going to MSU (montana state) or humbolt state for grad school - thinking of either focusing on birds of prey or plethodontids, there are populations of arboreal salamanders in the redwood forest near humbolt state (cool huh?)... also, the dept of ecology at MSU is one of the best too... they are only 90 miles from yellowstone national park.

in the next year i am finishing up with mammology, ornithology, freshwater invert zoology, multivar stats, linear algebra... and some independent projects on plethodontid physiology.

nice bumping into you man!!

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MSU is a great school overall........they have very good science education programs too....Yellowstone is an awesome park, I've only been there once for three days and it wasnt near enough time.

Good luck with everything....Mike

I love looking at some of the retic's out there. I'll never keep one of the giants, maybe someday I can get my hands on one of the superdwarf island forms in the future.

that lav. albino is absolutley beautiful. I wish i had a place to keep a Retic, they are just too big for me too keep :(