>>Not to split hairs, but the retic isn't going to be 2x as fat as it is long.



I'm not quite sure what you mean here? Simple geometry...if you take 3 dimentional object and scale it up to twice it's length, it also becomes twice as wide and twice as high...therefore 2^3 or 8 times the volume/weight of the original...



>>They just aren't a fat snake.



Agreed. Fluffy is quite fat for a retic. However I've seen pictures now from two sources of the alleged monster which look like pics of the same snake, so I don't think they are old file photos...and it is FAT!!!



>>Not to mention the fact that snakes kept as pets eat much better than wild snakes I'm sure.



True, but see above.
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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