Although the anaconda is generally considered the largest snake, some people list a reticulated python (Python reticulated) killed in Celebes, Indonesia in 1912 as the largest single specimen. It was 32 feet 10 inches long. Some people do not accept the 37 1/2 ft. Colombian anaconda because after shooting the snake and measuring it, the expedition went off and ate lunch before attempting to photograph and skin it. While they were gone, the snake, (apparently still alive) crawled or swam away.
Even if you disqualify the Colombian anaconda, another 34 ft. long specimen, shot in British Guiana by Vincent Roth, a reputable scientist, would still be longer than the Celebes python. Indonesian Record Breaker?
The Anaconda is also foot per foot a much bigger snake than the Python, being both heavier and wider in girth. This is probably because the anaconda, a water snake, does not have to be concerned about getting its body up a tree like the python does. For these reasons the museum reports the anaconda as the largest snake, though on the average some Pythons grow longer.
2006-12-17 18:03:20
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answered by Vango 5
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The average length of anaconda is about 20-25 ft and about 13 inches in diameter, weighing around 150 Kg or more than that. According to the records, the biggest anaconda ever found was of length more than 37 ft (i.e. more than 11 meters). There may be larger Anacondas which are unseen. Anacondas are found in the rivers in the rain forests of South America, Brazil and Guiana. Anaconda chooses sluggish and swamp streams as well as it stays in rivers as stated above. Anacondas are mainly found in Arizona and Orinoco basins. Their natural habitat includes rain forests, grasslands, etc.
2006-12-17 22:48:55
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answered by jamaica 5
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Green Anaconda or Reticulated Python.
The Reticulated Python can grow longer (maximum recorded length 32 feet at about 440 lbs) but the Green Anaconda is bulkier/heavier at around 27 ft and 550 lbs.
2006-12-17 21:57:05
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answered by DiRTy D 5
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Anaconda
2006-12-17 22:05:55
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answered by Anonymous
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The south american Anaconda found in Brazil and other countries. It can grow to about 20 feet and can swallow a child, in fact many have died in such a manner.There are reports of even larger ones up to 40 feet, but difficult to prove as no one has been able to capture one.
2006-12-17 21:59:48
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answered by Ted 6
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Reticulated Python.
most people would think that anacondas are the biggest, but they aren't.
2006-12-18 00:30:46
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answered by miss whatever 3
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I would say the Anaconda. Just like in the movie- big, long and slippery when wet and slithers into all kinds of wild places.
2006-12-17 22:04:49
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answered by Anonymous
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The Anaconda,of course.It's known to swallow cattle and even humans
2006-12-18 07:28:09
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answered by Nevermind 3
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anaconda..............check this site!
2006-12-18 01:08:42
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answered by tintinangel_21 1
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