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Officials: World's Largest Snake Caught -
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| December 29, 2003
Posted on 12/29/2003 11:55:35 AM PST by UnklGene
Officials: World's Largest Snake Caught -
Snake Reportedly Eats 3 Or 4 Dogs A Month
December 29, 2003
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian villagers claim to have captured a python that is almost 49.21 feet long and weighs nearly 992.07 pounds, an official said Monday.
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, Republika reported. It splashed two large pictures of the reptile across its back page.
Local government official Rachmat said the reticulated python measured 49 feet and weighed in at 985 pounds.
The Guinness Book of World Records lists the longest ever captured snake to be 32 feet. The heaviest -- a Burmese Python kept in Gurnee, Illinois -- weighs 403 pounds, the book said on its Web site.
Rebublika 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.
The species is native to the swamps and jungles of Southeast Asia.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: anklebitersbegone; python; rujusthappy2cme; snake; solution4yapdogs; whereisfifi; wildlife
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To: UnklGene
Officials: World's Largest Snake Caught Discovered in Kobe's underwear?
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:13:48 PM PST
by
meandog
("Do unto others before they do unto you!")
To: UnklGene
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:14:27 PM PST
by
Pokey78
("I thought this country was founded on a principle of progressive taxation." Wesley Clark to Russert)
To: Bluntpoint
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:15:02 PM PST
by
evets
To: Diddle E. Squat
Yeah, but that will cost you a bit more.
Boy! You guys and your fetishes!
To: evets
His last words were:
"To serve mankind" is a cookbook!!!!
To: lafroste
The original article probably said 450 Kg, and the reporter converted it to pounds without rounding (or thinking).
To: UnklGene
I want to see a picture of this critter! That is a whopping big snake!
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:25:36 PM PST
by
sweetliberty
(Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.)
To: fso301
Where was I that morning at work or something, that is just too damn funny.
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:27:00 PM PST
by
Trueblackman
(It is enough to make you smile and gloat)
To: UnklGene
What was Mary Matalin's hubby, ole Serpent Head, doing in Indonesia? Sounds like he put on a lot of length and weight.
Leni
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:29:16 PM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Register now for FReeps Ahoy 3". Fun and fellowship with freepers from across the U.S. A !)
To: Diddle E. Squat
Yes, they do poop, and by cracky, it smells!
I know because my kid caught and kept a large black snake for a couple of years. Long time ago. I'll never forget.
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:29:32 PM PST
by
Judith Anne
(Send a message to the Democrat traitors--ROCKEFELLER MUST RESIGN!)
To: lafroste; dighton; aculeus
NEARLY 992.07 pounds??? It was actually 992.068581 pounds, but the editor obviously wanted to round it off ;)
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:53:01 PM PST
by
general_re
("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
To: UnklGene
Well who has a picture of it.
To: UnklGene
bttt
To: fso301
She is dreaming
To: meandog
Discovered in Kobe's underwear?Is that a new movie Tia did?
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:57:27 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Having achieved Nibbana, what can I do next?)
To: UnklGene
Who's gonna rescue Hillary this time?
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:57:54 PM PST
by
Area51
(Big time RINO hunter!)
To: CHICAGOFARMER
She is dreaming
Does kind of have that look. Were she a liberal news babe, a caption thread would be hilarious.
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posted on
12/29/2003 12:59:00 PM PST
by
fso301
To: Judith Anne
Thanks for the answer, the infrequent eating habits of snakes is what made me wonder.
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posted on
12/29/2003 1:31:15 PM PST
by
Diddle E. Squat
(www.firethebcs.com, www.weneedaplayoff.com, www.firemackbrown.com, www.firecarlreese.com)
To: UnklGene
Well I'm glad it wasn't another "Coral Snale" thread.
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posted on
12/29/2003 4:21:07 PM PST
by
boris
(The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
To: UnklGene
Glad my wife isn't home to read this post. She's a little intense when it comes to snakes.
Example: She came running in the house one day from working in the garden, screaming like a banshee. "KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT" was about the only intelligible part that I could make out. I put down the paper and looked out the window toward the garden. No Cthulhu. I walked outside to the front of the garden. No Cthulhu. Finally, I spotted a bit of movement over by the radishes. The hideous "monster" that so terrified my wife was an 8-inch GARTER SNAKE. I swear, I've seen bigger nightcrawlers.
I granted clemency to the creature who hadn't really done anybody any harm by tossing it over in the neighbor's yard. As a reward for my compassionate act, I got to finish hoeing the potato row (her job since she insisted that we have the damn garden in the first place) since it was next to the radishes where I discovered the intruder.
One of the gifts my wife received for her next birthday was a box containing a rubber dime-store snake and a pair of Depend undergarments. I paid for this bit of insolence by getting burned pot roast the next 3 times we had it.
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