a gigantic unknow 60 feet python caught in china

[mainbutter]

jason, do you have an estimate for the size of a bucket (preferably width) for a track hoe?

3 foot width would put that snake at over 17 foot

2 foot width would put that snake at over 11 foot.

I highly doubt that the bucket is 4 feet across. That excavator isn't that big.

Just so I'm making myself clear, I wasn't saying the bucket was 4 foot across, I was just saying that if it was 4 foot across, the snake would be low 20s. I really couldn't tell you what the size of the bucket is.

[jason79]

jason, do you have an estimate for the size of a bucket (preferably width) for a track hoe?

3 foot width would put that snake at over 17 foot

2 foot width would put that snake at over 11 foot.

I would say 4 foot at the most. probably between 3 and 4 feet.

[Jerhart]

...and that's how I became a horse...

[xdeus]

jason, do you have an estimate for the size of a bucket (preferably width) for a track hoe?

3 foot width would put that snake at over 17 foot

2 foot width would put that snake at over 11 foot.

Then again... you can't really see the end of the tail on that snake. Maybe it's related to this lizard and really is close to 60 feet.

[playingwithsnake_21]

lol,,,guys i had use a backhoe for my job , i dig ponds with a backhoe about that size , the bucket is about 3 - 4 feet across and 3 feet long,,,,, any thing bigger than that would be for mining and that is not a mining hoe,,, so like i said be for its around 14-18 feet in lenght,,,,

[MarkieJ]

lol, whats funny is that Chinese people are short so yeah the snake is going to look huge ,,,, but look at the trees next to it there just shrubs ,,,,he/she is no bigger than my 14' male tiger retic....

Yao Ming says Hi! I agree about the perspective, but the interesting thing to me is does anyone recognize the python? Or is this a new species discovery? Is China within the reticulated pythons range?

[Hapa_Haole]

A more clear English version of the story. Sounds fishy to me, to say the least...And take a look at the last sentence. Can anyone confirm that that's true?

A photograph purporting to show a 55ft snake found in a forest in China has become an internet sensation.

It was originally posted in a thread on the website of the People's Daily, the official Communist Party newspaper in China.

The thread claimed the snake was one of two enormous reticulated pythons found by workers clearing forest for a new road outside Guping city, Jiangxi province.

They apparently woke up the sleeping snakes during attempts to bulldoze a huge mound of earth.

"On the third dig, the operator found there was blood amongst the soil, and with a further dig, a dying snake appeared," said the post.

"At the same time, another gold coloured giant snake appeared with its mouth wide open. The driver was paralysed with fear, while the other workers ran for their lives.

"By the time the workers came back, the wounded snake had died, while the other one had disappeared. The bulldozer operator was so sick that he couldn't even stand up."

The post claimed that the digger driver was so traumatised that he suffered a heart attack on his way to hospital and later died.

The dead snake was 55ft (16.7m) long, weighed 300kg and was estimated to be 140 years old, according to the post.

However, local government officials in Guiping say the story and photograph are almost certainly a hoax as reticulated pythons are not native to the area.

Gotten from http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quir...d=990b0ba83138

Dennis

[BGdyl]

who cares how long it is cuz its definetly not 60 feet but boy is that a MONSTER!!!

[waltah!]

I think the snake is 75ft at least. Nothing anyone says will change my mind.

[blackcrystal22]

Reminds me of this picture of the Camel Spider.


Looks like two huge spider/scorpions. Then you look closely to the arm that's actually holding it.