In our concept, creatures like "dragon" should be extremely huge. Humans are just a small ant in front of it. So, what is the largest snake in the world like?

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In ancient Chinese sayings, there is a sentence: Snakes become pythons, pythons become hordes, hordes become dragons, dragons become dragons, that is, in the ancient animal system in my country, "snakes" and "dragons" are inseparable.

In our concept, creatures like "dragon" should be extremely huge. Humans are just a small ant in front of it. . So, what is the largest snake in the world like? Does it have the mighty and domineering spirit of a "dragon"?

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2021, a giant python witnessed in https://www.south Kalimantan.com. A resident saw a giant python while fishing. In addition to being surprised, the resident took out his mobile phone and took photos of the relevant photos of the scene as evidence.

Based on the evidence left on the scene and the relevant analysis of the video content, local relevant units searched and studied the python. They inferred that the python of is at least 8 meters long, is huge, and has destructive power.

In order to ensure the smoothness of the arrest plan, Indonesia officially evacuated local people and sent specialists to search, but in the end they failed and returned to . In fact, this is not the first time that Indonesia has reported related news about giant pythons, because Indonesia itself is the main distribution area of ​​ reticle python .

Perhaps many people think that the 8-meter python is very small, because There are many related news about giant pythons popping up from time to time on the Internet, such as "the giant python appears in the sewer, which is 10 meters long, which is terrifying", and "the Indonesian giant python swallows local women."

In these messages, the length of the giant python is either ten meters away, or it is extremely fast. If we consider it carefully, we will find vulnerabilities in these messages.

• 10m giant python

In 2018, many media were scrambling to report one thing: Indonesian women were swallowed by 10m giant python .

However, after searching by the local search team, the giant python finally discovered in was only about 7 meters . The length of this python was completely different from the reported length, and it even shrank severely. However, there are traces to the incident of the python swallowing people.

The Jakarta Post once reported this incident. The name of the woman being swallowed is Watiba . When was harvesting the cornfield, it was attacked and swallowed by a python of about 7 meters. More than

100 villagers rushed over quickly and found that the giant python's belly was very bloated. and they jointly killed the python and rescued the dying Watiba . Under the power of the hospital, Watiba saved his life.

It is reported that when Vatiba was rescued, 's head was towards snake tail and his footsteps were close to the snake's head, which shows that after the python attacked her, it began to swallow it raw from her head.

In addition, in 2016, Malaysia also reported pythons . It is said that local workers found an 8-meter-long reticular python on the construction site while working. workers took great effort to subdue the giant python.

It is not difficult to see from these reports that most of the giant pythons discovered by are not as long as the so-called "10 meters".

• The longest snake - Reticular Python

At present, the longest snake in the world recorded in the Guinness Record is a reticular Python. This reticular Python is 10.23 meters long. was discovered by people in 1912. The discoverer at that time was shocked, so he immediately fired a gun and shot the reticular Python.

Since then, people rarely find giant pythons 10 meters away in the world. Currently, is still alive. The longest one is called "Medusa" , but this snake is not wild. It is 7.62 meters long and weighs more than 272 kilograms. It is the largest artificially raising snakes . The relevant information of this snake has been certified by Guinness Records.

It is reported that "Medusa" is very large and heavy . It takes at least 15 people to lift it successfully. Moreover, has an amazing appetite and can easily solve more than 100 pounds of food.

"Medusa" trainer Larry Eiger once revealed to the newspaper at that time that "Medusa" had bitten humans, but has slowly disappeared with the advancement of artificial captivity.

In summary, these two reticular pythons always dominate the Guinness record , and are the longest snake recognized in the world.

• python " Osmanthus " scam

In 2002, a giant python appeared in Indonesia. It is said that the python is about 14 meters long and weighs 447 kilograms. is the largest and longest snake discovered by humans. It was not only sold to a zoo at a sky-high price, but also gave it a decent name - "Osmanthus".

As the incident fermented, the call for "oeslium" on the Internet is getting higher and higher. The local people believe that the size and length of osmanthus can completely challenge the Guinness World Record and squeeze the reticular python that occupy the treasure.

This news quickly attracted the attention of international experts. In 2004, a group of experts came to Indonesia with professional measurement tools to travel thousands of miles to measure the length of "orange flowers", but the measurement results disappointed them.

This giant python, called "Osmanthus", is just an ordinary python . Its body length is only about 7 meters and its weight is not as exaggerated as rumored online. It turns out that the body length and size of "Osmanthus" is just a "gimmick" fabricated by the local zoo to attract tourists.

In fact, just think about it, you can see the loopholes in the "Osmanthus" incident. If its length and weight are really as exaggerated as the local official rumors, Guinness records should have included the information about Osmanthus, But in fact, the longest snake in the world recorded by Guinness is still the reticular python 10 meters away in 1912.

Titan python

If the longest snake is a reticular python, then the largest snake must be the Titan python. They lived 58 million years ago and are an extinct Anaconda snake . In 2020, a fossil of the Titan python was unearthed from the Serehon coal mine in in Colombia, which is also the first fossil of the Titan python obtained by us humans.

After scientific instruments restore the fossil image, we have a simple understanding of the Titan Python. Judging from the official data, the average body length of the Titan Python can reach 12 meters and weigh more than 1 ton. Its size is completely beyond our understanding of the snake type .

Scientists believe that the Titan python's appetite is quite terrifying. It mainly feeds on crocodiles, lung fish and some large turtles that survived at that time, and the body lengths of these animals are basically 3 meters away.

mainstream view believes that was very high when the concentration of carbon dioxide on the earth was very high, and the greenhouse effect was also very serious, so the average temperature on the earth was basically maintained at around 32℃.

These environmental factors are very suitable for the survival and reproduction of snakes, which led to the size of snakes at that time becoming larger and larger, and eventually evolved into a prehistoric beast like the Titan Python. However, with the continuous intensification of the greenhouse effect, the Titan Python was difficult to adapt to the high-temperature environment, so it became a pearl in history.

Conclusion

Whether it is a Titan python or a reticular python 10 meters away, their body length is more than 10 meters. For us humans, it is definitely a behemoth , but today with the development of technology, such snakes are already very rare. If a huge snake like

If it appears casually today, it will not only be a "spectacular" existence for us humans, but also a "dangerous" existence.