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I'm posting this in several forums. What is the longest/largest snake currently in captivity? Is it in a zoo or zoo type facility or possibly under a private person's care? Pictures if possible, please.

It's a retic named "Baby".It's currently held at the Reptile Safari in Gurnee Mills,Gurnee Illinois.It's been last measured at 28 ft i believe i've seen it in person it's no doubt the largest snake i've ever seen.I told them to measure it again as there's a big $$$ reward out for any snake over 30ft.

As for your question, there was a large Reticulated Python that passed away recently, I believe Wes von Papineau may have posted the article about it, but anyway that snake may have been one of the largest in captivity (sorry but I don't remember the size). As for "Baby" which is a Burmese python kept at Serpent Safari in the Gurnee Mills Mall in Gurnee, IL I personally don't believe she's as long as advertised but even more than that she is disgustingly overweight and I'm amazed she's even alive. Serpent Safari is to contemporary herpetoculture what the roadside zoo was 30 years ago. I toured Serpent Safari once and that was enough to see that the information doled out to visitors was sensationalist, and often woefully innaccurate or even completely erroneous. As for the actual measurement of the snake I seriously doubt its validity. The estimated weight however (I believe it's somewhere over 400 pounds), I do believe as the snake in question looks less like a snake and more like a gigantic deflated balloon. The current accepted records for size in giant snakes go like this:

Green Anaconda: 9-9.5m
Reticulated Python: 10.1m
African Rock Python: 9.75m
Indian Python (Python molurus): 5.8m
Scrub or Amethystine Python: 8.5m

And for the metrically-challenged 1 meter = approximately 39 inches.

Matt Campbell

the retic you are talking about was 33.5 feet long, and it died though but that was the alrgest snake in captivity. there are stories of 40 plus foot anaconda sheds in the rain forest but sheds stretch thats why they are not included.
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Well yes the snake should technically be dead from obesity but i was more disgusted by there green anaconda which looked much worse.As far as the whole thing goes of course it's all sensationalist BS.Im sure 99% of there "customers" arnt herpers at all just little kids and curious people in general.I just ignored the tour guide and observed.