Some rare species have been reported to weigh 200 pounds. Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. Basically, they see the world the way we do with the addition of the infrared spectrum—kind of like the Terminator. Pretty much all of the really impressive “biggest snakes in the world”—the 50-footers and up—live online or in Hollywood. Anacondas are a great reason not to go swimming in South America, since that’s where they live and they are primarily water snakes. An adult snake measures 9.1 to 11.7 feet and weighs 97 to 121 pounds. The largest measured specimen under anesthesia was 22.8 feet long and weighed 130 pounds. By John Misachi on April 25 2017 in Environment. It is sluggish on the ground because of its heavy weight but can reach maximum speed in water. An invasive Burmese python captured in the Everglades over the weekend has broken the state record measuring 18.9 feet long. © Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. African Rock Python kills its prey by constriction and feeds on a variety of large rodents and small mammals. The venom breaks down blood cells, damages muscle tissue, and is mildly neurotoxic. And it can inject enough venom to kill three men. A new contender for the title of world's biggest snake has been discovered. It inhabits the rainforest and grassland and can also be found near rivers and lakes. (Many of the latter starred in the 1982 Arnold Schwarzeneggar breakthrough hit Conan the Barbarian and are retired now.) In the state of Lara, Venezuela, it is responsible for 78 percent of all fatal snakebites. The king brown is actually a member of the black snake family. The snake preys on fish, birds, and mammals. It hunts both on the ground and in trees, so there’s always the prospect of being struck in the eyeball. That’s just way too much rattlesnake. Despite the size, the snake is inoffensive and not prone to biting even when handled. 03. The snake is a generalist feeder and forages in the open and preys on fish, turtle, and small mammals. What follows isn’t a strict rundown of the largest snakes ever recorded, as that would mostly involve pythons of slightly different lengths. So, here’s a video of some anacondas and alligators. There was also the man-sized bulge in the snake’s body. Its attractive color makes it popular with both pet keepers and the leather industry. It is also found on the banks of lakes and in swampy places. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources lists the snake as possibly extirpated. Some of the largest snakes have a maximum mass that may exceed 50 pounds and a length that reaches about 20 feet. Green anacondas are native to South America and live most of their lives in the water. This black snake is the longest in North America. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. The fossilized remains revealed that, after the extinction of the dinosaurs, the tropics were warmer than today and witnessed the birth of the South American rainforest, in which huge creatures battled it out to become the planet’s top predators. Africa's Royal British commandos took 37 days to get it killed. The body pattern consists of olive ground overlaid with black blotches along the body. The bushmaster is often described as aggressive, excitable, and unpredictable when disturbed. It finds its way to the Everglades and nearby swampy areas, where it joins a population that has nearly wiped out some species of mammals and reptiles. The snake is both terrestrial and semi-aquatic, usually found in swampy or seasonally flooded areas. The African rock python is a non-venomous snake mostly found in the sub-Saharan Africa. Its coloration is often referred to as “disruption” as it can hide from the predator and catch their prey. The snake is dark colored with brown blotches on its back. We know the anacondas, boas, pythons, but have you heard about the Titanoboa? The Asian Vine Snakes are mildly venomous and… But snake charming is a sad business when you know how it’s done. The green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), also known as giant anaconda, common anaconda, common water boa or sucuri, is a boa species found in South America.It is the heaviest and one of the longest known extant snake species. However, Boa Constrictor is brown, gray, or cream, patterned with reddish-brown saddles, especially around the tail. Scrub python occurs in bushland and suburbia. It's official. There is an alleged record of 32-foot, 10-inch reticulated python that was shot in 1912. Bushmasters are known for their coffin-shaped head, which is apt because it’s deadly. Should antivenin be required, make sure to request black snake antivenin, which works much better than that for brown snakes. Snake stories, it seems, are a lot like fish stories. An adult Burmese python can grow to 12.2 feet with the female slightly longer, heavier, and bulkier than the male. That’s three of me. However, no verified specimen has exceeded 19.7 feet. The body markings ranges from brown, olive, to yellow with a white underside. Its diet consists of small-to-medium mammals, rodents, and birds. It has an estimated length of 4.9 to 21.3 feet and weighs between 2.2 and 165.3 pounds. Also, it has a double-action venom, which, according to one source, contains “a thrombin-like enzyme crotalase, capable of clotting fibrinogen, leading to the secondary activation of plasminogen from endothelial cells.” I have no idea what that is, but I don’t like the sound of it one bit. For some reason snake charmers like king cobras. It is a non … The snake is found in South American countries including Brazil, Guyana, and French Guiana. On the whole, you don’t feel very well. The reported lengths of some of these snakes vary while some are not truly variable. It has a triangular head and sharp teeth which face backwards. Most of the large snakes are non-venomous constrictors. So far, The Guinness Book of World Records confirms that the longest snake ever captured is just 32 feet long, while the heaviest snake kept in captivity is a Burmese Python from Gurnee, Ill, and it weighs 402 pounds. Guinness World Records doesn’t have a single listing for “heaviest poisonous snake” but ventures that the eastern diamondback is “probably” the one. Some of the specimens have been measured to be 27.9 feet in length. The Lachesis muta, is a poisonous snake found in Central and South America.It is famous for being one of the largest vipers in the world. Burmese pythons are found in the tropic and sub-tropic areas of South and Southeast Asia. The snake can reach a length of 3 to 13 feet with the female larger than the male. It’s often considered the most dangerous venomous snake in North America. It is the heaviest and longest snake ever recorded, reaching about 17.1 feet with the female larger than the male. It is a light colored snake patterned with whitish or yellowish with blotched patterns varying from tan to dark brown. The Python can change its color, especially when agitated. That would make an awesome YouTube video, but I looked for three hours and couldn’t find one. Currently, the longest snake in the world is Medusa – at the age of nine years it was 767 cm long and weighed nearly 160 kg (353 lb).Because these snakes can live 21 years and grow throughout their lives and Medusa has plenty of food, the owner of this snake is hoping Medusa exceed 10 meters in length and he would be the owner of “the longest snake ever” :). Dark-spotted Anaconda is a non-venomous boa species. The fossilized vertebrae of a prehistoric snake known as Titanoboa cerrejonensis indicate a maximum length of 40 to 50 feet, but the species has been extinct for some 60 million years. But if bothered, it will suddenly reverse course and envenomate you with some very nasty chemicals. Python’s were first seen in the Florida Everglades in the 1990s, and now nobody really knows how many of them there are. It is 134 feet long and 2067 kgs [4,557 lbs]. It is also an excellent swimmer with the ability to be submerged in water for up to half an hour. Its diet consist of small mammals, but sometimes it feeds on other snakes. What happens when a pet snake escapes or gets too big to keep and the owner doesn’t have the heart to kill it? Which probably means it’s crazy and bad-tempered all the time. The bushmaster is a pit viper, which means it uses heat-sensing pits on each side of its head as infrared sensors. They use an exhausted snake which is conditioned— through pain—not to strike the charmer. It’s the only snake in the world that builds a nest for its eggs, which it guards “ferociously.” The good news, relatively speaking, is that king cobra venom is not particularly potent, as these things go. Green Anaconda is a nocturnal species living around water areas. It is the largest snake in Africa and among the world’s largest. Its jaw structure and many teeth suggest that it was adept at catching fish, but it probably also fed on 12-foot crocodiles and turtles 5 feet in diameter. There are more venomous snakes in Australia, but the king brown makes up for this with a savage bite and a habit of chewing on its prey as it injects large quantities of venom. This snake is on average 21 feet in length and can weigh up to 500 pounds. All maps, graphics, flags, photos and original descriptions © 2020 worldatlas.com. The longest snake of the modern world, can reach more than 9 meters (29.5 ft) in length and weight exceeding 100 kg (220 lb). But the longest documented living snake is a reticulated python named Medusa, who resides at The Edge of Hell Haunted House in Kansas City. It prefers aquatic habitat including banks of slow moving water bodies but can also be found in forests. The largest anaconda ever measured was about 28 feet long and 44 inches around. Geographical Range: Primarily … Personally, I don’t trust this. If you don’t think it feels threatened but the snake decides it does anyway, guess whose opinion counts for more. Reticulated Python. https://www.rodentpro.com/.../resources/ten-of-the-longest-snakes-in-the-world With a head that dwarfs any human's and a seemingly neverending body the terrifying beast is … It is mostly terrestrial and strikes when it perceives a threat. Villagers became suspicious when they found the snake “slithering awkwardly” near where the farmer’s boot was found. Burmese Python. The snake is yellow, or greenish-yellow overlaid with black to dark brown spots. Its diet consists of birds and mammals and it kills its prey by constriction. This massive member of the python family… It breeds in early spring with the female laying up to 36 eggs. Medusa is 25 feet, 2 inches long and weighs 350 pounds. Most obviously, a 134-foot-long snake is more than four times longer than the world’s largest snake, the Green Anaconda, which (according to National Geographic) can reach a … The snake inhabits a wide range of habitats including forest, grassland, and rocky areas. It’s a sprinter, capable of reaching speeds of 12 miles per hour. Medusa - The world's largest snake living in captivity and world's longest living snake The black mamba has several things going for it in the nastiness index. The adult snake weighs averagely 66 to 154 pounds. Its venom is a daiquiri of neurotoxins that induce painful symptoms within 10 minutes and can be fatal within 20. Family: Pythonidae. Like Mike Tyson, it is shy and retiring right up until it isn’t. (Get it?) The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Python Action Team has now removed 900 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida. It has killed 257 human beings and 2325 animals. As with most snakes, female anacondas are bigger than the males. Instead, here are the world’s largest snake species, along with a few individual specimens that are just too impressive to leave out. Papuan Python is a large snake, with adults growing up to 17 feet and weighing slightly less than other pythons. Reticulated Python is the world’s longest snake and reptile. Asian Vine Snakes or Whip Snakes are a small genus of arboreal colubrids. The snake is mainly nocturnal and is at home both on the ground and in trees. Green anacondas are the biggest of their kind, reaching lengths of 30 feet and weighing up to 500 pounds. Papuan Python is found mostly in New Guinea and is largely terrestrial. Another Australian native, the king brown is actually a member of the black snake family. They have been known to eat whole jaguars. The black mamba is the longest venomous snake in Africa and the second longest in the world. Green Anaconda is a non-venomous boa common in South America. There is a news clipping from 2016 about a 33-foot anaconda in Brazil, but it hasn’t been independently confirmed. Perhaps even more terrifying is that it weighed 34 pounds. The Reticulated Python. Snakes have never been known for being sentimental. One snake that’s easy to remember is the fer-de-lance or bushmaster, whose Latin name has been translated as “Silent Death.” It’s the largest venomous snake in the Americas, occasionally reaching 12 feet. We do know that the majority of them are Burmese pythons, a favorite of pet owners. It is one of the world’s largest snakes. Like all boas, it is a non-venomous constrictor.The term "anaconda" often refers to this species, though the term could also apply to other members of the genus Eunectes. Dominating this era was Titanoboa, the undisputed largest snake in the history of the world. This is based on the average length and weight of the snake. It flourishes in a variety of environmental conditions including rainforest and semi-desert. For big, scary snakes, the eastern diamondback rattler is one of your better contenders. The color varies depending on the locality. Because of these factors, it’s widely considered the world’s deadliest snake. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Washington Monument closed down after Interior Secretary tests positive for COVID-19, Ex-Rochester police chief says mayor told him to lie about Daniel Prude death. World's biggest snake Anaconda found in Africa's Amazon river. The reticulated python (Python reticulatus) of south-east Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines regularly exceeds 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in), and the record length is 10m (32 ft 9.5 in) for a specimen shot in Celebes, Indonesia in 1912. The longest eastern indigo on record measured 9.2 feet, but the species may not be around much longer. The largest reported mamba was 14.6 feet, although they are more commonly about 8 to 10 feet long. Or, as occasionally happens, an elephant. This is the only venomous snake here that is not listed as placid unless provoked. The Guinness Book of World Records gives the honour of longest snake ever in captivity to Medusa, also a reticulated python, who lives in Missouri and … Its diet consists of mammals, birds, and reptiles. Large individuals can feed on primates and pigs. The longest snake - ever (captivity) is Medusa, a reticulated python (python reticulatus), and is owned by Full Moon Productions Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The snake is thick bodied, covered with colored blotches forming large irregular stripes. One thing I’ve learned while researching this story is that you want to avoid any venomous snake with the word “king” in its name. It has a narrow head compared to the main body with distinct orange-yellow stripping. Its venom is lethal even in younger specimens, so extreme care must be taken when handling or encountering this serpent. Titanoboa (/ t i ˌ t ɑː n oʊ ˈ b oʊ ə /) is an extinct genus of very large snakes that lived in what is now La Guajira in northeastern Colombia.They could grow up to 12.8 m (42 ft) long and reach a weight of 1,135 kg (2,500 lb). The biggest snake in the world is the green anaconda. The male is slimmer and smaller compared to the female averaging 11 pounds. Some scientists point to the snake’s size as an indicator of a tropical climate warmer than has been previously thought. That snake had 87 eggs inside it. It is the largest native snake in Australia and New Guinea. When measured on 12 October 2011, she was found to be 7.67 meters (25 ft 2 in) long. Reticulated Python is a species of python common in Southeast Asia. Medusa also holds the current 'Longest Snake - Living (captivity)' title. But, like most long snake records, this one is hard to nail down. The snake has a complex color pattern that may seem garish. Scientists believe that Titanoboa was the apex predator of its time and acted very much like a super-sized anaconda, spending most of its time in the water. Eggs hatch inside the snake’s body, so they give birth to live babies. When confronted, it can “stand up,” lifting a third of its length off the ground, and still propel itself forward to attack. The longest on record was 11 feet, although most average 6 to 8. A certain length of the largest snake can only be established from a dead specimen or heavily sedated snake. Among the league of giants in her hall of fame, the biggest or more precisely, the longest snake in the world in captivity is a reticulated python, named Medusa. Anacondas get all the press about being the biggest snakes because they are in terms of weight (see below). Indian python is a lethargic and slow moving snake and exhibits timidity even when attacked. The eastern diamondback can weigh more than 30 pounds. The black mamba is often cited as the world’s deadliest snake. Larger specimens feed on wallabies and cuscus. The mother, who goes without food for the 7-month gestation period, eats the babies that do not survive birth. They reason that no cold-blooded animal that size would have had the resources to regulate its body temperature and survive in a climate absent mean temperatures in the 90s. A typical adult specimen measures between 6.6 and 13.1 feet with the female weighing around 33 pounds. A record 25 feet, 2 inch long, she weighs about 350 pounds (158.8 Kg). Fossils of Titanoboa have been found in the Cerrejón Formation, and date to around 58 to 60 million years ago. Nevertheless, many citations insist that it’s a shy snake that wants to avoid you unless it feels threatened. An adult Boa Constrictor may weigh up to 60 pounds with some even exceeding 100 pounds. The eastern diamondback has the longest fangs of any rattlesnake, at up to an inch. Their immense weight makes them cumbersome on land, but they’re incredibly stealthy in the water, lying motionless until their prey comes into range. FWC Python Action Team member Kevin Reich captured this 17-foot 9-inch Burmese python in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve. The species may vary in size with some measuring between 4.6 feet and 14.4 feet. The previous record was 18.8 feet long. When it’s “show time,” Medusa will stay completely still for the entire haunted-house performance. The biggest snake that ever existed—that we know of, anyway—was Titanoboa. Weighing in at 550 pounds, the aptly named giant anaconda (Eunectes murinus) is the largest snake in the world considering its length-to-weight ratio. The heaviest verified specimen measures 17.09 feet and weighs 215 pounds. Weight: 403 lb. Two men hold a green anaconda skin in Brazil’s Amazon basin. Fossilized remains of a serpent 42 feet long—that’s as long as the largest school buses—and weighing an estimated 2,500 pounds were discovered in coal-mining pits in Colombia. But the heaviest Florida python was a Burmese killed in 2012 that weighed 164-½ pounds and measured 17 feet, 7 inches. The Indian python is a non-venomous python species common in subtropics areas of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. A specimen shot in 1946 measured 7 feet, 8 inches. This life-size replica of Titanboa was on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of History in 2013. Its color varies from black to mustard yellow but normally has an olive green appearance. In 2017, the body of a palm fruit farmer in Indonesia was found inside a 23-foot-long python. The bad is that they can deliver so much of it in a single bite—up to nearly half a fluid ounce—that there’s enough of it to kill 20 people. The longest snake in North America is the eastern indigo, which is a kind of black snake that lives in coastal Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi, a region that is undergoing rapid condo-ization. A boa constrictor is a large heavy-bodied snake found mainly in Central and South America. The longest of them, pythons, can stretch well beyond the length of George Washington’s 21-foot nose on Mount Rushmore, and there is anecdotal evidence of some specimens reaching 33 feet, or nearly as long as a telephone pole. Its diet consists of birds, rodents, and other small mammals. The largest known python measured 33 feet in length. It’s a nervous snake and, when threatened, extremely aggressive. The longest such snake caught to date measured 18 feet, 8 inches. It varies in size depending on the area and habitat. Dark-spotted Anacondas mate at the end of the dry season between June to August and can have 3 to 26 neonates in a litter with the young one measuring about 19 inches at birth. Length: 18.8 ft. It constricted its prey and consumed it whole. Native to the forests of Southeast Asia, this thing makes you want to think twice before going for a hike. A member of the boa family, South America’s green anaconda is, pound for pound, the largest snake in the world. Picture a musclebound fullback that shoots venom through its teeth and you’ve basically got a big diamondback. The King Cobra is the world’s longest venomous snake. But with high-end estimates of the python population in Florida at 300,000, that’s just a drop in the bucket. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. It is an excellent swimmer and can be submerged in water for some time. One survival mechanism this snake does have up its, er, sleeve, however, is that it’s immune to the venom of the rattler, cottonmouth, and copperhead. An adult yellow anaconda grows to an average of 10.8 to 14.4 feet in length and weighs between 55 to 77 pounds, though larger species can weigh up to 120 pounds or more. A python, like Medusa, bites its prey and then swallows it whole. The scrub python is a non-venomous snake found in New Guinea, Australia, and Indonesia. Location: Southeast Asia. Female in captivity exceed 10 feet while the male ranges between 6 and 8 feet. An adult Papuan python may weigh up to 66 pounds and may reach a length of up to 9.8 feet. … When threatened, the indigo can flatten its necks to look bigger—like they’re not already big enough. Indian python inhabits the grasslands, marshes, and rocky foothills. Its diet consists of mammals, birds, and rodents. She is fed a small deer every other week or so. The black mamba is the longest venomous snake in Africa and the second longest in the world. It is listed as federally threatened in Florida and Georgia. Like most snakes, it prefers to flee from danger. The hatched snakes remain inside the egg until they can shed their first skin after which they can hunt for themselves. It is the world’s third largest snake considering length or weight to be a parameter. The heaviest measured Papuan Python was about 50 pounds. The species measures an average of 8.9 to 10.8 feet and weighs about 115 pounds. Large living snakes are mainly members of the Boidae and Pythonidae. It is a non-venomous constrictor normally considered to not be of danger to humans. Reticulated Python is a species of python common in Southeast Asia. Not to be confused with the malt liquor of the same name, the King Cobra is the world’s longest venomous snake, period, growing up to 18 feet. The female species are larger than the male with female measuring up to 15.1 feet. The snake lived 60 million years ago, just 6 million years after Tyrannasaurus Rex departed the scene. The yellow anaconda is a boa species endemic to South America. 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