Sorry Star Wars fans, but Jabba the Hutt probably isn't a realistic portrayal of aliens. Neil deGrasse Tyson playfully called the idea that extraterrestrials might be fat "egocentric" in this Business Insider video.
The moral of the story: Just because humans overeat, doesn't mean aliens do, too.
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