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The point I was trying to get at...you can't apply general rules like this to "all reptiles" Most lizards don't curl up as well as snakes do. Legless lizards come close but most lizards have to stretch out and indeed do need a full length basking area. Turtles don't curl up well either. Gators...I guess they can curl their tail over to the side if they have to. Snakes and other reptiles = apples and oranges. Dietary needs differ too. Your constant cross referencing is not working.
Your reference to Baby may be flawed. No one ever heard of Baby till she was already over 20 feet and way overweight. Was she fed the same way her entire life or was she obtained as an adult and then stuffed to obesity? Within a few years of her fame, she died. Maybe she really was 27 years old. Maybe she wasn't. I don't believe everything I read on the internet. Even if she was, how many of those 27 years was she eating still born calves? Is it not possible that a giant healthy burm was overfed in her later years and that overfeeding finished her off? Maybe she would still be with us if only for another couple years if she had been fed a healthier diet. This is like when people point out how healthy looking some vegans look but fail to mention that up until 3 months ago, these people ate meat every day.
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