Re: Medusa, World's Largest Captive Snake
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Originally Posted by
RuthlessReptiles
Iiiiii don't know. I'm hoping Twinkie still takes the cake as the world's largest snake. But I can't tell for certain because the site reads "over 20 feet" so they aren't being specific but if she has an extra 50lbs on this newcomer, I think she doesn't need to worry about some new blood taking her spotlight. :P
http://www.thereptilezoo.com/pages/17/3/twinkie
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Originally Posted by
CCfive
Was Fluffy bigger? Or is this one just the "new" biggest snake? I assume by biggest they're taking weight and length together.
According to Guinness, Fluffy still holds the record for Longest Captive Snake. They don't seem to have a category for "Largest" or "Heaviest" so they may be measuring Medusa for the length record.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...r-(captivity)/
Re: Medusa, World's Largest Captive Snake
Maybe I spoke to soon....
One of our very own BP.net members, Trevor (2kdime), could easily be confused with the man in overalls... USA! :salute:
Re: Medusa, World's Largest Captive Snake
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Originally Posted by
Alex.B
i have to like the owners comment, the news casters are a bit on the dumb side. but there was a much longer retic found in east asia or something, i remember them saying they feed it dogs. that may not count since it was wild caught however.
The size of that snake was exagerrated. It was claimed to be 49 ft long and nearly 1000 lbs. Once someone went out to officially measure it was much smaller than claimed. Although it was still pretty large for a retic it was no where near record setting much less the claimed size.
As for claims of eating humans. The only confirmed cases are of children being taken by Rock Pythons. One poor man was killed by a retic but was found by police before the snake could swallow him.
