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Originally Posted by chairman
I believe that the goal is not to keep the snakes at "ambient" temperatures, but at the snake's ideal body temperature. This, of course, assumes that snakes thermoregulate for the express purpose of maintaining a constant internal body temperature. If snakes truly do attempt to change their body temperature for some purpose, say deliberately adjusting their metabolism (as some varanids have been found to do), then there is no ideal body temperature and failing to provide a gradient is suboptimal.
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If you have an animal that controls his internal processes by thermoregulating, providing a constant temperature could just as well place his body in an overdrive mode, though snakes also have protection against extreme heat and can go dormant under that condition similarly to being too cold.
We know these animals yhermoregulate in the wild, I see no reason why we should force something else upon them simply because we can.
That's my opinion on the matter
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