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Officials: World's Largest Snake Caught



Mon Dec 29, 6:28 AM ET



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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian villagers claim to have captured a python that is almost 49.21 feet long and weighs nearly 992.07 pounds, a local official said Monday.







If confirmed, it would be the largest snake ever kept in captivity.



Hundreds of people have flocked to see the snake at a primitive zoo in Curugsewu village on the country's main island of Java, Republika daily reported. It splashed two large pictures of the reptile across its back page.



Local government official Rachmat said the reticulated python measured 14.85 meters (49 feet) and weighed in at 447 kilograms (985 pounds).



The Guinness Book of World Records lists the longest ever captured snake to be 9.75 meters (32 feet). The heaviest — a Burmese Python kept in Gurnee, Illinois — weighs 182.76 kilograms (403 pounds), the book said on its Web site.



Rebublika said the snake, which was caught last year but only recently put on public display, eats three or four dogs a month.



Reticulated pythons are the world's longest snakes. They are capable of eating animals as large as sheep, and have been known to attack and consume humans.



The species is native to the swamps and jungles of Southeast Asia.

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• World's largest snake caught - jhasty, Mon Dec 29 08:41:31 2003
• RE: World's largest snake caught - jhasty, Mon Dec 29 08:42:41 2003
• RE: amazing!, here's the text from story... - gaus, Mon Dec 29 09:55:31 2003
• It's on the CNN website too, but NO pics. Has anyone - - tcdrover, Mon Dec 29 10:45:22 2003
• RE: It's on the CNN website too, but NO pics. Has anyone - - jeffb, Mon Dec 29 13:08:31 2003
• If that's the snake in question... - Larry D. Fishel, Mon Dec 29 13:24:46 2003
• RE: If that's the snake in question... - snake12, Mon Dec 29 20:23:55 2003
• RE: World's largest snake caught - Larry D. Fishel, Mon Dec 29 12:57:04 2003
• But now the question is... - JimmyDavid, Mon Dec 29 14:19:14 2003
• Just one more thing - JimmyDavid, Mon Dec 29 14:45:06 2003
• RE: World's largest snake caught - hermitcore, Mon Dec 29 15:32:26 2003
• RE: World's largest snake caught - Larry D. Fishel, Mon Dec 29 16:20:25 2003
• RE: World's largest snake caught - hermitcore, Mon Dec 29 19:39:04 2003
• RE: World's largest snake caught - Larry D. Fishel, Mon Dec 29 22:44:09 2003
• Here is the picture - Marcel Poots, Mon Dec 29 16:37:33 2003
• RE: World's largest snake caught - frankw, Mon Dec 29 17:12:59 2003
• This is not a very large python...... - MikeWilbanks, Tue Dec 30 09:51:32 2003
• RE: This is not a very large python...... - psilocybe, Tue Dec 30 13:06:22 2003
• My 2c - jordanm, Tue Dec 30 15:44:50 2003