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.
Still, they do have big snakes over there. I was flipping channels one day a couple of years ago and saw footage of authorities in Jakarta cornering an enormous python in a storm drain. The darned thing reared up the first third of its body and that portion of its body was like 7' high and it was hissing and striking out at the cops. Not a happy camper at all. Huge head. Huge teeth. Enough to give you nightmares.
Of course, if there are 49' pythons (or anacondas, or boa constrictors, or anything else) out there, all bets are off and Snopes will have to reconsider the "legend;" you'd think a snake that size could scarf down a man with no problem.
Are we sure this snake isn't Korean?
When Hillary Clinton goes to heaven (she won’t but never mind). When she steps through the purly gates she sees millions of clocks ticking away. She asks an angel what they are for. “WHen someone sins,” said the angel, “the clock ticks one second.” Then Hillary asks, “Where is Bills clock?” “God uses it,” said the angel, “for a fan in the backroom.”
Hope you learned your lesson son. Don't mess with the woman who fixes your food. ;o)
My sister laughs about one time she and my b-i-l got into some tiff about something she'd made him to take to work for lunch. That day, he got two slices of bread with a note in between them that said, "Next time fix your own damn lunch!"
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