A 49 foot python

Did anyone see this a 49 foot pyton - Indonesian villagers claim to have captured a python that is almost 49 feet long and weighs nearly 990 pounds, a local official said.
If confirmed, it would be the largest snake ever kept in captivity.
Hundreds of people have flocked to see the snake at a primitive zoo in Curugsewu village on the country’s main island of Java.
Local government official Rachmat said the reticulated python measured 48 feet 8 inches and weighed in at 983 pounds.
The Guiness Book of World Records lists the longest ever captured snake to be 32 feet. The heaviest — a Burmese Python kept in Gurnee, Ill. — weighs 402 pounds, the book said on its Web site.
The Indonesian newspaper Republika said the snake, which was caught last year but only recently put on public display, eats three or four dogs a month.
Reticulated pythons are the world’s longest snakes. They are capable of eating animals as large as sheep, and have been known to attack and consume humans.
Indonesia - Indonesian villagers claim to have captured a python that is almost 49 feet long and weighs nearly 990 pounds, a local official said.
If confirmed, it would be the largest snake ever kept in captivity.
Hundreds of people have flocked to see the snake at a primitive zoo in Curugsewu village on the country’s main island of Java.
Local government official Rachmat said the reticulated python measured 48 feet 8 inches and weighed in at 983 pounds.
The Guiness Book of World Records lists the longest ever captured snake to be 32 feet. The heaviest — a Burmese Python kept in Gurnee, Ill. — weighs 402 pounds, the book said on its Web site.
The Indonesian newspaper Republika said the snake, which was caught last year but only recently put on public display, eats three or four dogs a month.
Reticulated pythons are the world’s longest snakes. They are capable of eating animals as large as sheep, and have been known to attack and consume humans.
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honestly, couldnt they feed it something other then dogs?

Thats insane to think of it being that big!

All I know is that is one Big Snake:rolleye2:

I need a better picture before I would even think of believing that it's over 40 l.f.

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Originally Posted by ADEE

honestly, couldnt they feed it something other then dogs?

Thats insane to think of it being that big!

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A dog is to them like a cow is to us.
They eat dog over there.

I find this verry hard to believe personally.

Hmm...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3845750/p1/0/

That is the news article and you can launch the video - it shows video of it.

I'm kind of new to snakes so I can't really tell how big it is by the video but some others here might be able to.

If they gave a better size reference from the side, we could do a snake length generator.

Hmmm, I don't think it's 40 feet

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/bigsnake.asp

I've looked this up before because I didn't think it was true....:)

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Originally Posted by OhBalls

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/bigsnake.asp

I've looked this up before because I didn't think it was true....:)

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Aha. I glanced at snopes but I guess since it was just popping up on here I thought that it was more recent, so I only glanced at the 'whats new'.

Thanks!

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Look, you must understand that a pythons length is not constant. Depending on the weather, on how recently he has eaten and when he last shed his skin, Fragrant can stretch and contract a great deal.

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It sounds to me like they're talking about a worm (with no spine) instead of a snake. They claim he can stretch double the length that he was measured at? Riiiight....

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Originally Posted by python.princess

It sounds to me like they're talking about a worm (with no spine) instead of a snake. They claim he can stretch double the length that he was measured at? Riiiight....

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Yep Im starting to get the feeling that that its BS pardon my language:explosion

Yes this is old news. A real scientist eventually showed up with a tape measure and the snake proved to be a more modest, albeit still impressive, 23-ish feet long.

Harhar, oh man. Guyz, my snake was totally 28ft yesterday, but now it's 3ft. I donno what happened.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Harhar, oh man. Guyz, my snake was totally 28ft yesterday, but now it's 3ft. I donno what happened.

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Oh they do that, its cool. Ya know, they eat - grow a few feet, poop - shrink a few feet.

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Originally Posted by SecurityStacey

Oh they do that, its cool. Ya know, they eat - grow a few feet, poop - shrink a few feet.

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Does that explain why I built a new rack this weekend and all I have in it is corn snakes? i thought I only messed around breeding ball pythons but now I have a rack full of corns? Must be that they all pooped and changed. Guess I better get some mroe meals if I want my balls back!

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Originally Posted by Holbeird

Does that explain why I built a new rack this weekend and all I have in it is corn snakes? i thought I only messed around breeding ball pythons but now I have a rack full of corns? Must be that they all pooped and changed. Guess I better get some mroe meals if I want my balls back!

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Did they recently shed? I'm not saying I'm 100% sure here but I'm like 99.7% sure that sometimes when a ball python sheds it comes out a corn. Anyone correct if me if I'm wrong...