The Ghana Giants or Sub-Sahara's as they are sometimes called are a subspecies of ball python that are very localized and yes they can get huge.

I have never seen one at 8,000 grams, but I have heard reports of them that size. I believe that the NERD girl is probably a Ghana Giant, most likely one of the first.

I sincerely hope one day she'll reach that size. It will be interesting to see how large her offspring get. I have heard that people who own them and have bred them consider any hatchling that is over 100 grams from the egg are considered Ghana's.

Gale