World’s largest Snake: Finding & Caring for a Giant Reticulated Python (Bronx Zoo)

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Originally Posted by lemon

I agree, though my estimation of Samantha was around 22 foot and not 21 foot.

Her head seemed mighty small for a 22 foot snake. While I have yet to see a 22' snake in person, I have seen a few 20' snakes, and have an 18' snake myself. I would imagine even that extra foot to have a substantially larger head. It's pretty amazing how much bigger they get even at 1 foot.

[lemon]

Originally Posted by CMRetics

Her head seemed mighty small for a 22 foot snake. While I have yet to see a 22' snake in person, I have seen a few 20' snakes, and have an 18' snake myself. I would imagine even that extra foot to have a substantially larger head. It's pretty amazing how much bigger they get even at 1 foot.

Her head looked pretty big to me,

I have a 16 footer and a 19 footer. The 16 footer has a wider head and the 19 footer has a longer head.

The biggest retic head I've heard of is 7.5 inches. I know a near 22 foot snake with a 6.5 inch head and my 19 footer has a 6 inch head and my 16 footer a 5 inch head. Theres only 1.5 inch difference between my 16 footer and a 22 footer. I also know of a 19 foot 10 inch snake that has a head bigger than a 20 foot 6 inch snake(both owned by the same guy).