2007-03-10 01:17:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Thanks..phew.. I'm glad I live in the UK.
2007-03-10 01:31:50 · update #1
Thanks..phew.. I'm glad I live in the UK.
2007-03-10 01:31:55 · update #2
The longest snake alive today, is the Reticulated Python, Python reticulatus of South-east Asia. It measures 6-10 metres (20-33 feet) in length & weighs up to 200kg (440lbs). The Anaconda, Eunectes murinus of Northern South America & Trinidad is also about the same length, but is much heavier, with a weight reaching 250kg (550lbs). The largest individuals of Reticulated Pythons, however, are becoming increasingly rare, as they are hunted widely for their skins. The Anaconda, also, is adapted like a Crocodilian. Like the Crocodilians, it is primarily an aquatic ambush predator, with its eyes & nostrils located on top of its head & ambushing animals as they come to drink at the waters' edge.
2007-03-10 09:55:44 · answer #1 · answered by Fallen Angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recorded length is reticulated python.
Recorded weight is anaconda.
Although I once saw a photo in a store in Iquitos, Peru of an anaconda killed by the military, with some 30 soldiers holding it up. It must have been at least 45 feet long, but never measured according to the strict standards necessary to get into the record books.
2007-03-10 09:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by Dendronbat Crocoduck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A reticulated python generally grows longer, but Anacondas are the biggest in circumference. Anacondas are also the snakes with the largest heads and, very scarily, as I found out once, if you get close to them, you can actually hear them breathe.
2007-03-10 09:33:20 · answer #3 · answered by Stealthbong 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In terms of length: Reticulated Python (Record Length = 33 ft), Also lays 100 eggs in one clutter.
In terms of thickness and weight: Anaconda (250 kg or 551 pounds)
2007-03-10 09:22:07 · answer #4 · answered by Tiger Tracks 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually believe the anaconda is bigger but....a confined creature will sometimes stop growing depending on the space they are provided to grow in. That being said, anacondas AND reticulated pythons can grow to enormus sizes and my opinion is that the environment they live in and whether they have "free roam space" will play a huge part in how large they can or do get. Thanks.
2007-03-10 09:24:37 · answer #5 · answered by diamondgoldsgirl 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the reticulated python is the biggest snake in the world.
also did you know that a snake never stops growing. so if a snake somehow lives for every, then is would just keep growing
2007-03-10 09:48:45 · answer #6 · answered by sexyzack154 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anaconda they biggest snake in the world did u now they can grow up to 30ft thats wat is recorded any way
2007-03-10 09:33:22 · answer #7 · answered by sarah-lou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anconda
2007-03-10 09:25:11 · answer #8 · answered by lovepets 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋