51ft Reticulated Python?

[AGActaeonia]

Originally Posted by clapton924

and have been known to attack and consume humans.

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[fuglyfarmhand]

Old thread guys but it would be cool to actually have a 50+ ft retic alive.

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[Sakara]

yea it would lol

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[SnakeRescueNY]

at 51ft ....the head on the retic has to be a foot wide...and could open his mouth in circumfrance some where around 3.5ft...the average humans shoulder distance is 2 foot. So yeah a 51 foot retic...maybe they will feed it F/T florida pedofiles? lol

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	Frozen/Thawed A rodent or other prey item that is frozen and then thawed to be fed to a reptile or other animal.

[Byron]

Originally Posted by JCWilkinson

at 51ft ....the head on the retic has to be a foot wide...and could open his mouth in circumfrance some where around 3.5ft...the average humans shoulder distance is 2 foot. So yeah a 51 foot retic...maybe they will feed it F/T florida pedofiles? lol

this would be the one time that feeding live would be acceptable.

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[wrfuess]

here is the video

YouTube - 4 Story Python

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[SnakeRescueNY]

I totaly agree...oddly enough id love to see a snake that big. Just not in the everglades lol

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[Snakemaster]

To remove any doubt that this is a hoax.
It should be noted that the Wildlife Conservation Society has, since the early twentieth century, offered a large cash reward for live delivery of any snake of 30 feet or more in length. The reward, first offered in the early 1900s by President Theodore Roosevelt at the amount of $1,000, has grown to $50,000. It has never been claimed. Also, in a study of 1000 wild anacondas in Brazil, the largest captured was 17 feet long (Gordon 2007). Snake skins over 30 feet long have been accurately measured, but can easily be stretched a quarter of the original length without distortion (Gordon 2007).

The Guinness Book of World Records holds the longest snake ever reliably measured to be a 39.4 foot reticulated python (Python reticulatus), slain in 1912 on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Gordon 2007). Anacondas are generally held to be heavier, albeit not a long as reticulated pythons.

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[Jordysdad]

Originally Posted by fuglyfarmhand

Old thread guys but it would be cool to actually have a 50+ ft retic alive.

Good point, and it would give some huge bragging rights to call Bob Clark and mess with him a little and call fluffy "small"
50+ feet? Imagine the caging? fear the caging...LOL!

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[SUAD]

Originally Posted by Public Enemy #1

I hear ya Jere, It's just something i can't see happening. Now has anyone seen the crazy guy in South America swimming with a 13+ croc? Its crazy...the croc totaly loves this guy too. It's an awesome friendship...how long it lasts..i guess we will have to see. For now it has to be the coolest thing I've ever seen.

I thought that was from Australia?


*edit* woops, my bad : Costa Rica Bloke’s best mate is a crocodile | The Sun |Features

[Sleppery]

o.O dude...that would be crazy. Now picture a swarm and we have 2012 lol

[nitram]

Originally Posted by Public Enemy #1

There has been no true proof that an retic has consumed a human. Its almost unbelievable. A snake can't get there mouth over our baulky shoulders...even a child would prove hard to swallow.

after a human gets constricted by a mammoth like that and bones shatter from the pressure (clavicle shoulders chest ribs etc) im not even sure you can call em shoulders anymore, they could consume an adult human, for sure a child no problem. i dunno if its confirmed or not, but its most definately possible.

[mitchjos000]

49-foot python captured in Indonesia - World news - msnbc.com any thoughts?

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[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by mitchjos000

49-foot python captured in Indonesia - World news - msnbc.com any thoughts?

Hi, I think you`ve made a mistake, this is an old story, I believe first reported in 2005? This thread started to discuss the subject back in 2008!

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[mitchjos000]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi, I think you`ve made a mistake, this is an old story, I believe first reported in 2005? This thread started to discuss the subject back in 2008!

i didn't know about this one, so i asked, Idk, maybe you guys have already addressed it? just curious about it

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[MikeV]

posted a thread about this but here it is

GIANT snake trail found
Research File

If you know what to look for, you can say with 95% certainty that this is the real deal. If you look at the mud closely, in some pictures you can see where the scales of the animal have imprinted on the mud as it has been pushed out and away as the sanke moves through that channel.

That's the confirmation for me, it would be really hard to hoax a multiple mile snake trail AND the scale pattern on the mud.. that would be a lot of work

There are a few other key indications that this is the real deal but I think the example above is the best.

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[John_White]

Plus the unquestionable, well known scientific reputation of "MIKE & GREG'S EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ARCHIVES".

Without physical evidence that has withstood the scrutiny of objective experts, you have nothing but a "big fish" tale.

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[MikeV]

Originally Posted by John_White

Plus the unquestionable, well known scientific reputation of "MIKE & GREG'S EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ARCHIVES".

Without physical evidence that has withstood the scrutiny of objective experts, you have nothing but a "big fish" tale.

very true, but you can't help but think.. what made that huge trail?

Also, how do all these people describe a big, yet very similar animal when they have little to no contact with the outside world (usually, not in this case of course)

All these secluded villages describe a giant black snake that lives primarily under ground. yet these people are very far apart and again, they are secluded so how did this description get out to so many people in such a remote part of the world?


I don't have a stance on this either way... the reality of a snake that large is almost impossible.. but at the same time something created those channels, and frankly I don't really care about the legitimacy of the site I linked because honestly... no big news source would run this story for obvious reasons (because its a 50/50, could be 100% factual or it could not be)

And, not to mention this isn't just words.. the link I provided has pictures of the scene and labeled photographs. that's more than you get with 99% of other similar claims

I like to keep an open mind to anything, because anything and everything is possible.

So, best to say we just agree to disagree hopefully one day the ultimate truth will come out because let's face it... we would all love to see a snake that big discovered.

Thanks John White!

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[GuslovesSheeva]

Dont you dare bad mouth animal planet!!

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[MikeV]

Originally Posted by GuslovesSheeva

Dont you dare bad mouth animal planet!!

Animal planet is a propaganda tool now, unfortunately animal planet died with Steve Irwin

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