looking for the biggest snake found on record

i was just watching a show on nat geo the other day where they were finding retics in some cave (decent show)... anyway, they went and remeasured and weighed what they said is the longest known living snake (in indonesia). i think it was like 28 ft and 200+lbs or something. definitely was huge but not as heavy as some of the burm and condas out there.

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Originally Posted by kzooherpetoculturist

i was just watching a show on nat geo the other day where they were finding retics in some cave (decent show)... anyway, they went and remeasured and weighed what they said is the longest known living snake (in indonesia). i think it was like 28 ft and 200+lbs or something. definitely was huge but not as heavy as some of the burm and condas out there.

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I saw that show to. Good Show. But the retic they measured was 23 feet long and about 240. Still a big snake though! :eek:

23/28 same thing :)
thats what i get for going my memory. that was a nasty bite though eh?

I believe there's still a standing reward of like $50k for a living snake over 30 feet, but it's never been claimed.

http://ca.encarta.msn.com/column_sci...000_Snake.html

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Originally Posted by kzooherpetoculturist

i was just watching a show on nat geo the other day where they were finding retics in some cave (decent show)... anyway, they went and remeasured and weighed what they said is the longest known living snake (in indonesia). i think it was like 28 ft and 200+lbs or something. definitely was huge but not as heavy as some of the burm and condas out there.

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Is that on the discovery channel? I think i saw a commercial for that...what was the show called

the show was on National Geographic, and I think it was called "Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr"...? It was a little lame in my opinion... he's clearly terrified of retics, CB ones and wild ones alike...

he was definitely shrieking like a little girl several times... i'd love to go to indonesia though, thats why i liked it i guess.

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Originally Posted by Blake_Herman

several of bob's, including fluffy, are larger than 23'... if I'm remembering correctly, I believe they are more like 26', maybe a little longer, and over 300 lbs... a little too fat though if you ask me...

here's a pic of yet another of bob's large ones (not fluffy), and obviously this is not my pic, but I don't have a link to it or anything, just have the picture saved... this is what I was saying looked to be a little too chubby...

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...thbigretic.jpg

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Yeah..Bob has them a bit overfed for the "show" factor. They would be a bit more appealing if they had healthy slenderness to them instead of the "fat" look.

naa look up Columbus, Ohio Zoo. they have the WORLDS LARGEST CAPTIVE SNAKE a RETIC! i was ther and saw it. i forgot how big they said it was, but if i remembr they said 25ft. and 253 pounds. shes a big baby called Fluffy. that was her name

but check out the columbus,Ohio zoo website.

I've seen the longest (legally owned) snake in captivity. She's a retic named Fluffy (strange name for a snake, isn't it?) in Asian section of the Colombus Zoo. She's 24 feet long and they (usually) feed her 10-20 pounds of rabbit. When I saw her (she was resting though), I couldn't get over that head. It was so darn big! I've heard rumors of the 49-foot collosal python, but I highly doubt it could be real.