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Longest Snake 38

Posted by michael from the soon-to-be-a-made-for-tv-movie dept.
bobbyb0y writes "Here's an article at BBC reporting what could be the longest snake ever caught. You can look at some of its pictures online. Currently on display at a zoo in Indonesia. Its a monster of a python weighing close to 450 kilos and ~15m long. Beat that anaconda. Seems it has developed a nice taste for dogs too!!"
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  • ATTN: lady Slashdotters (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @04:07PM (#7838146)

    There is a snake in my trousers that takes issue with this story.


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  • "They said that the snake had only recently been put on public display and ate three or four dogs a month." Forget about feeding it for a month and it may just like a nice tasty morsel of Saddam. Seems like a fitting end for him, anyone want to suggest it to the Iraqi's?

  • Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @04:09PM (#7838171)
    Comment removed based on user account deletion
  • Why am I reminded of badgers and mushrooms [weebls-stuff.com]?

  • Scepticism (Score:3, Insightful)

    by n9hmg ( 548792 ) <n9hmg&hotmail,com> on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @04:42PM (#7838462) Homepage
    While I'm fully prepared to believe that such a snake exists, the submitted photos appear designed to prevent one from verifying the size. In one photo, I could see 20, possibly 30 feet (depending on the size of the people in the photo), with some unknown length off-camera. It's in a zoo! Have wait till it's out in the open, have the veterinarian sedate it, stretch it out, and park a jeep next to it. Barring sedation, a series of snaps taken as it crawls through an open area. These are like a "magician" holding up his hand with two ends of rope hanging from it and calling that proof that the whole rope is rejoined after cutting.
    That said, I expect it's just incompetent journalism, and we'll see solid proof soon.

    Incidentally, is anyone else getting sick of the "500 - internal server error" from /.?
    • ...it's probably so big from eating all the people that tried to catch it before... Some guy had to catch the thing... now assuming that it was only '20, possibly 30 feet' that's still a big freaking snake! You can't sing it to sleep; even if you do manage to sedate it with something imagine the _simple_ task of getting it into the back of a truck!

    • Re:Scepticism (Score:4, Informative)

      by RALE007 ( 445837 ) on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @08:10PM (#7840827)
      If I remember correctly, it's a very bad idea to attempt to sedate a reptile. Determining proper dosage is near impossible for our sensitive cold blooded friends and the attempt would most likely result in the untimely death of the snake.

  • Reticulated Python (Score:2, Insightful)

    by sprzepiora ( 160561 )
    These snake are the longest in the world, however the anaconda in known for its girth. BTW you do not want to get bitten by one of these guys, they have sharp nasty little teeth that leaves a distinct U shape of blood on your arm when they let go.

  • So... (Score:1, Redundant)

    by NanoGator ( 522640 )
    How'd they get a picture of me with my pants down? =D

    (Damn being anonymous on the internet is cool.)

  • The feed it pets? (Score:2, Interesting)

    by nurb432 ( 527695 )
    Blah.. snake can die as far as im concerned..

    If they are feeding it dogs and cats.. blah...
  • More pictures are available from a Indonesian online news website:

    http://www.detik.com/berita-foto/2003/12/31/200312 31-122144.shtml [detik.com]

    Ciao,

    Ronny
  • Here's what I'm getting at: the redwood is the tallest tree, but it's not the biggest. Due to its greater diameter, the sequoia is bigger by volume.

    Similarly, I wonder if there is a snake bigger than this longest python?
  • It's a didtinct possibility that the Indonesians are exaggerating a bit. The previous record is only half of what they claim their snake to be. Records are normally broken by less than a 10% ish margin. This seems a little unlikely. Mind you, it would also be very cool if it were true, but I'll wait for more conclusive evidence.
    • The Indonesians did exaggrate quite a bit. Ther snake was measured and it came up short. It is only 21 feet long. Here is the link:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&c id=573&ncid=757&e=2&u=/nm/20040107/od_nm/indonesia _snake_dc

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