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Longest Snake
bobbyb0y writes "Here's an article at BBC reporting what could be the longest snake ever caught. You can look at some of its pictures online. Currently on display at a zoo in Indonesia. Its a monster of a python weighing close to 450 kilos and ~15m long. Beat that anaconda. Seems it has developed a nice taste for dogs too!!"
There is a snake in my trousers that takes issue with this story.
"They said that the snake had only recently been put on public display and ate three or four dogs a month." Forget about feeding it for a month and it may just like a nice tasty morsel of Saddam. Seems like a fitting end for him, anyone want to suggest it to the Iraqi's?
It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
Ok, huge, long, snakes and William Shatner producing another album, both in the same hour. Are you people trying to provoke all my phobias?
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
Why am I reminded of badgers and mushrooms?
While I'm fully prepared to believe that such a snake exists, the submitted photos appear designed to prevent one from verifying the size. In one photo, I could see 20, possibly 30 feet (depending on the size of the people in the photo), with some unknown length off-camera. It's in a zoo! Have wait till it's out in the open, have the veterinarian sedate it, stretch it out, and park a jeep next to it. Barring sedation, a series of snaps taken as it crawls through an open area. These are like a "magician" holding up his hand with two ends of rope hanging from it and calling that proof that the whole rope is rejoined after cutting.
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That said, I expect it's just incompetent journalism, and we'll see solid proof soon.
Incidentally, is anyone else getting sick of the "500 - internal server error" from
...it's probably so big from eating all the people that tried to catch it before... Some guy had to catch the thing... now assuming that it was only '20, possibly 30 feet' that's still a big freaking snake! You can't sing it to sleep; even if you do manage to sedate it with something imagine the _simple_ task of getting it into the back of a truck!
These snake are the longest in the world, however the anaconda in known for its girth. BTW you do not want to get bitten by one of these guys, they have sharp nasty little teeth that leaves a distinct U shape of blood on your arm when they let go.
Stupid things kids do.
Stuff that...matters?
Of course it does. This is gonna be a big point in favor for the Python-lovers against the Perl-afficionados: "The largest python ever weighed 447 kilograms - has there EVER been a perl weighing ever 4.47 kg? No? Of course not! Therefore, Python rules. Oh, and by the way, Python eats parrots for snacks!!!!".
Of course it's stuff that matters.
(we need to get out more)
"Trust me - I know what I'm doing."
- Sledge Hammer
Blah.. snake can die as far as im concerned..
If they are feeding it dogs and cats.. blah...
---- Booth was a patriot ----
More pictures are available from a Indonesian online news website:
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http://www.detik.com/berita-foto/2003/12/31/20031
Ciao,
Ronny
Here's what I'm getting at: the redwood is the tallest tree, but it's not the biggest. Due to its greater diameter, the sequoia is bigger by volume.
Similarly, I wonder if there is a snake bigger than this longest python?
That that is is that that that that is not is not.
Penis Song Lyrics
Monty Python
The Meaning Of Life
Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
It's swell to have a stiffy.
It's divine to own a dick,
From the tiniest little tadger
To the world's biggest prick.
So, three cheers for your Willy or John Thomas.
Hooray for your one-eyed trouser snake,
Your piece of pork, your wife's best friend,
Your Percy, or your cock.
You can wrap it up in ribbons.
You can slip it in your sock,
But don't take it out in public,
Or they will stick you in the dock,
And you won't come back.
It's a didtinct possibility that the Indonesians are exaggerating a bit. The previous record is only half of what they claim their snake to be. Records are normally broken by less than a 10% ish margin. This seems a little unlikely. Mind you, it would also be very cool if it were true, but I'll wait for more conclusive evidence.
------- "A true friend stabs you in the front." -Eliot