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By looking at the pictures I would say the Retic is around 25' to 28' long.

Here is the picture of the so called 49' Retic.
Let me know what you think.

Now for comparison here is a picture of me with Fluffy.
I am 6' 2" tall and about 260 lbs.
Fluffy is about 25' long and around 310 lbs. in this picture.

Take care,
Tom
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like I said before the snake in those pics is no way 900 pounds or 49 feet. But from the comparsing photos from tom looks like that snake is bigger than fluffy I'll giveit credit for that but that is all thnaks
stephen

I just saw the video of it,the bastard is huge,not big,but freakin huge.I would bet a paycheck that it is 30 plus feet long.It will be a new record one way or another....Paul.

I do not keep reticulate pythons but I am aware they do get huge sometimes.I would guess the one in the picture thats supposively the new "world record" would go 30-33 feet. But thats just my guess. I do agree with the post below that it does appear to be bigger than fluffy. I think the newly captured retic should be measured and weighed accuratley. If it is the new world record than I will be amazed and so will the Guennis World Record people. Anyone know when the great serpent will be measured and weighed?

"You keep what in your freezer mice? Why of course I do, don't you know it's the other white meat?

john

Im not saying the retic is 49 feet long but it's huge compared to fluffy.Look at the head on that beast.The girth is incredible also.I cant wait to find out the facts on that monster.

>>The girth is incredible also.I cant wait to find out the facts on that monster.

Especially if you keep in mind that it is a WC retic. Can you imagion if it was stuffed like we do stuff our snakes?
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

Well, if what the keepers say is true, that they feed it 4-5 dogs a month, that's a pretty heavy feeding regimen, even for a large snake...that is a dog a week :0

It would crush all the dogs ribs easily. If the ret is even close
to the size that they are claiming it would be a truly dangerous
python.

Lets not forget, even if the weight and length are being confused, this is still probably a world record! I worked with large pythons years ago and have had my hands on a 23ft 289pd retic and the girth on that one is nearly 3 times. I bet $1000 that the snake is at LEAST 600pds. Even if it is 30ft and 600pds, it is still an animal that is bigger than anything that anybody has ever seen. We will see what happens when some real officials confirm it.......Johnson Herp

$100 says the length was determined by measuring a shed skin.

T~

There are a couple of videos out there.In one of them a guy was kissing the snake on the neck.The snakes head was as big as the guys head.None of the pics show how big the snake is.The one video on msn shows it well over 30 feet,
Tom