Do you know the World’s Longest Snake?

The World’s Longest Snake

By Mariluna

The reticulated python (Python reticulatus) is the world’s longest snake. Also it is one of the heaviest snake species. Python is nonvenomous snake, but it is dangerous to humans having been involved in quite a few incidents. Recently (March 2017) reported one incident in Indonesia where a 23-foot reticulated python killed and swallowed a 25-year-old farmer. Later villagers killed the python and extract the dead body. Reticulated pythons are remarkable swimmers and they are native to Southeast Asia.
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By Gunawan Kartapranata

Interesting facts about reticulated python,

• The reticulated python is the largest Asian snake with adults measuring up to 1.5 to 6.5 m (The largest specimen ever measured to date is 6.95 m )
• They weighs as much as 1 to 75 kg.
• The average lifespan is 15 – 20 years in the natural habitat. Some adults have lived as much as 25 to 30 years.
• Reticulated pythons have varied color patterns but the most common is irregular diamond shapes with small markings.
• They have slender body and elongated head and appear to be quite similar to the African rock pythons and Asian rock pythons in the overall body shape.
• The reticulated python is likely to make homes in woodlands, monsoon forests, plantations, swamps, grasslands, and rain-forests.
• Reticulated pythons are excellent swimmers probably the best swimmers in pythons.
• Adults prefer to eat mammals
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By Gunawan Kartapranata

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