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  *This image is copyright of its original author Negrito's and large python, Philippines. Snakes of this size were known to take Negrito Indians (children most of the time) at times. 
What is Bold Champ doing there??? Jajajajajaja
Sorry for the bad joke, I could not resist. [img]images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
here is the longest snake that Dr Barr have measured, a huge python of 620 cm (20.5 ft), measured on camera. Here is the video, it is in Spanish, but is the only version that I could found:
Here is the picture of that animal:  *This image is copyright of its original author It is really long, although not so heavy, probably weighing much less than the large anaconda of 103 kg captured by him in Venezuela. I guess some 50-70 kg at the most.Records of captive Pythons: 1. The famous Fluffy - 24 ft (7.3 m) 300 lb (136 kg):  *This image is copyright of its original author http://metro.co.uk/2010/10/28/fluffy-die...io-565552/ 2. The huge Medusa - 25 ft 2 in (7.7 m) 350 lb (159 kg):  *This image is copyright of its original author http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/worl...ptivity%29 http://www.theworldslargestsnake.com/ These are new records ACTUALLY measured, but what about the old captive records like Colossus? Check this out:  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Finally, check this image:  *This image is copyright of its original author At the end of all this records, it seems that the only reliable maximum length is that of Medusa, with its 7.7 m of total length. Also, I guess that this is will be the maximum for a wild specimen. Records of 10 m are exaggerations or in the best case, badly measured specimens. The problem of the pythons in the Florida, USA:  *This image is copyright of its original author Record specimen of 5.7 m and 58 kg, at the Florida state:  *This image is copyright of its original author Record python killed in South FloridaFemale snake examined by scientistsMay 20, 2013|By David Fleshler, Sun SentinelA record-setting Burmese python was killed with a knife in a rural section of southern Miami-Dade County, after a long struggle in which it wrapped itself around a man's legs.The monster snake was 18 feet, eight inches long, beating the previous Florida record by more than a foot, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.Jason Leon, 23, of Palmetto Bay, was riding all-terrain-vehicles with friends near Florida City when one of them spotted the snake sticking out of a bush. Leon, who used to keep pet pythons and knew how to handle them, grabbed the snake behind the head and tried to pull it out. A friend brought him a knife.The 128-pound female snake fought back, using its constricting muscles to try to overpower him.."At one point it was wrapped around both my legs and one of my arms," Leon said. "I knew I had to keep it away from my neck. I wasn't scared. I had two other people right there. I knew if it came down to it they would help me out."After struggling with the snake for about 10 minutes, he maneuvered the knife into position and cut off its head."I certainly didn't want to kill the snake," said Leon, a marine biology student at Florida International University. "I just didn't have a big enough bag to bring it back."Back home, he went on Google and learned he had apparently killed the record Florida python. He contacted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which arranged for the snake to be picked up and taken to the University of Florida Research and Education Center in Davie for examination.Although not the largest Burmese python in existence, this is the largest one found so far in Florida. The previous state record was 17 feet, seven inches.Despite the snake's immense size, it apparently had not been eating particularly well. A necropsy found just a single bird feather in its digestive tract, said Frank Mazzotti, UF professor of wildlife ecology. It was slender, and although it was female, it contained no eggs, he said.Burmese pythons, native to southern Asia, have established a breeding population in the Everglades and have turned up individually elsewhere in South Florida as a by-product of the exotic pet business. The sources are thought to be the destruction of one or more breeding facilities in Hurricane Andrew, along with the release of individual snakes by pet owners who no longer wanted them.The presence of the snakes has deeply concerned biologists because of their ability to prey on native wildlife, spread beyond their Everglades base and outcompete top predators, such as alligators."Jason Leon's nighttime sighting and capture of a Burmese python of more than 18 feet in length is a notable accomplishment that set a Florida record," said Kristen Sommers, the wildlife agency's Exotic Species Coordination Section Leader. "The FWC is grateful to him both for safely removing such a large Burmese python and for reporting its capture."Leon has donated the python's skeleton to the state, but plans to keep the skin once the analysis is done. Once he moves out to his own place, he plans to put it on the wall.Burmese pythonsNative range: India, southern China, Malay peninsula, parts of East IndiesFlorida distribution: Everglades, Big Cypress National Preserve, Collier-Seminole State Park, adjacent areas, individually in various cities.Habitat: Often found near water. Good tree climbers.Size: Typically six to 10 feet long.Diet: Variety of birds, mammals and small alligatorsSource: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissionhttp://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-05...mese-snake http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/record...ed#slide=5  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Interesting, this feral snakes had adapted very well to the Florida. There are new reports that there are also anacondas in the area. It seems that this place will become one of the best experiments, all giant snakes living in a single space, who will dominate???  *This image is copyright of its original author It seems that this snake species is shorter by relative more heavier than a similar sized reticulated python.
This imformation is interesting:
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author This data is usefull, but take in count that included estimations. So, use it, but don't believe it entirely. About the picture of peter, here is more data:  *This image is copyright of its original author Giant specimen after all. I have more specimens, I will return with more data. I am fascinating with large reptiles, it is like a fresh after too much lion-vs-tiger thing.
New records:
I have found three documents that presents exceptional figures for reticulated pythons. 1. Fredriksson - 2005. Predation on Sun bears by Reticulated python in east Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo: In this document, a huge female was captured. It measured 695 cm in total length and weighed 59 kg (had not eat anything in 3 months). This is, as far I know, the longest wild specimen recorded by scientists in the field.  *This image is copyright of its original author Source: http://dare.uva.nl/document/161117 2. Headland & Greene - 2011. Hunter–gatherers and other primates as prey, predators, and competitors of snake: This document present the following paragraphs: a - "Reticulated pythons (Python reticulatus) live throughout much of Southeast Asia and the Indo-Australian Archipelago; males reach a total length (TL) of ≤5 m and mass of 20 kg, whereas females achieve >7 m and 75 kg (17) but rarely reach 10 m (12)." b - "Eleven of the pythons ranged from 4.5 to 10 m in TL (x = 6.45 m)." c - "T.N.H. examined a python immediately after an Agta hunter shot it on June 9, 1970, that was 6.9 m in TL, 65 cm in maximum circumference (Fig. 1 [Look previous posts]), and female based on size (17). Three men skinned and butchered the snake in less than 1 h (Fig. 2) and obtained at least 25 kg of meat, assuming average mass for a snake of that length (17) and estimating butchering efficiency at 33%." d - "The Agta killed a 6.4-m python in Palanan, Isabela Province, on May 27, 1982, that contained a 14.51-kg pig." e - "We discarded case number 15 as unsubstantiated, and for the other 19 cases, we extracted, whenever possible, information on snake length, sex of victim, outcome (including in the case of survival, where the victim was struck and how escape was facilitated), mode of attack as ambush or active foraging, and attack site as terrestrial or arboreal". Source: http://www.pnas.org/content/108/52/E1470.long I am partially agree about the subsection a, because although there is enough reliable information of females of up to 7 m, I am pretty sure that those specimens of 10 m are based in stories that never present evidence of the kill. About the subsection b, that average constitute an exaggeration, there is no reliable reports of snakes over 10 m, in fact, read the subsection e, they don't measured directly the snakes, so this average of 6.45 m is unreliable. Subsections c and d presents two specimens of 6.9 m and 6.4 m. This seems reliable and at least in the first case, a picture is presented and the animal at it is huge. Based on this specimens, I can state that wild reticulated pythons reach a length of up to 7 m long and probably weighing up to 60 to 75 kg. Now, check this captive specimen:  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author This is a huge specimen and been quoted by a reputable source, seems reliable. However, it is interesting that this record is not mentioned by Gerard Wood in 1978, and taking in count that no captive specimen, reliable measured in captivity, surpassed the 7.7 m, we most take this record like a grain of salt. Indian Python (Python molurus): The longest Indian python recorded by the Maharaja of Cooch Behar in his book of 1908 was of 17 ft (5183 mm) in length and a weight of 14 stone (88.9 kg):  *This image is copyright of its original author However, Daniel (2002) and Barker et al. (2012) quotes another record of the Maharaja that was of 5843 mm (19 ft 2 in).  *This image is copyright of its original author It seems that the Indian python (Python molurus) is a relative long but very bulk species. 
Indian Rock python feeding on a spotted deer in Bandipur
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Deep Rajwar:
Burmese Python Oct/15 Corbett Outskirts..  *This image is copyright of its original author
Spiders and Snakes:
Under water anaconda, photos by Nat Geo photographer (really brilliant underwater photographer btw) Franco Banfi of an Anaconda estimated to be 26 feet long.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Indian rock python
Location : Nagarhole Date : 20/03/16  *This image is copyright of its original author
Latest Sightings - Kruger:
08:25 Python eating scrub hare S79, 1.8km from W end Tinged by Simon - Wild Wings Safaris  *This image is copyright of its original author
EXTRA LONG PYTHON CAPTURED ON PENANG ISLAND (Malaysia)
This post has a few newspaper reports (in Dutch) on a long python recently captured on Penang island (Malaysia). Although estimated at about 28 feet and 550 lbs., the pictures show the snake was not as long as a shorter captive python. Although she was allegedly weighed, she was'n't even close to 550 pounds. There's, however, no question she is large: http://nos.nl/artikel/2098526-langste-python-ter-wereld-gevangen-in-maleisie.html http://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/opmerkelijk/langste-slang-ter-wereld-gevangen-maleisie (video) The information posted in this thread (see the first post and post 4) suggests the 23 feet python caught in the Philippines could have been the heaviest. I read quite a few books written by Dutch professional hunters. They agreed some pythons on Sumatra reached 20 feet and 200 pounds half a century ago. Rumours on longer and heavier snakes have been confirmed later, but 300 pounds seems to be the limit for wild pythons. Green anacondas, although usually a bit shorter than pythons, reach this weight more often.  (04-11-2016, 07:25 PM)peter Wrote: EXTRA LONG PYTHON CAPTURED ON PENANG ISLAND (Malaysia) Mystery over death of Malaysian python contending for title of world's longest snake |
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