a gigantic unknow 60 feet python caught in china

[mainbutter]

using a snake measuring app:

http://www.serpwidgets.com/Apps/measure.html

and assuming the bucket is 4 feet across

I get somewhere in the vicinity of low 20s.

I don't think there is any doubt it's a big snake, but certainly no where near the holy-grail 30 feet, much less 60.

The bucket is the only thing we can use to distinguish relative size, as it is the only part of the picture that is relatively close to the snake.

[Patrick Long]

LOL!!

yes...perspective.

Thats what this whole things is about.


Was merely trying to show how quick people jump to conclusions.

Snakes that big DO exsist....when someone sees one, or a picture of one...


How do you know the brand of Excavator it is? Dont they have replaceable scoops? They have close to a 10k backweight....so I doubt its gonna tip.

Just saying...two sides of the coin....dont hate the playa...hate the game.

[jason79]

Well first off I know its a small track hoe because the guy standing on the track is taller than the cab. I have seen and operated allot of heavy equipment and I have never seen a track hoe with a 10 foot tall bucket. The other thing is if a 60' python exists why is the longest snake ever measured on record just under 33'. I don't doubt there could be bigger ones out there but I do doubt there is a 60 footer.

[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,,,,

[MarkS]

using a snake measuring app:

http://www.serpwidgets.com/Apps/measure.html

and assuming the bucket is 4 feet across

I get somewhere in the vicinity of low 20s.

I don't think there is any doubt it's a big snake, but certainly no where near the holy-grail 30 feet, much less 60.

The bucket is the only thing we can use to distinguish relative size, as it is the only part of the picture that is relatively close to the snake.

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

[Shawn]

the bucket being extended aprox 20ft in front of the excavator makes the bucket and snake appear much larger than they really are.that bucket at most is 4ft long. making the snake aprox 18-20 ft at most