Quote Originally Posted by tmlowe5704
wow! it is hard to believe those little guys will get so big. that het anthrax is one mean looking snake
there is actually a slight physiological advantage to being big if your poikilothermic...

surface to volume ratio is larger, therefore less metabolic energy is lost from the body into the environment - that means bigger meals, less often.

life (in biological terms) is all about conserving energy, in a energy draining world.