True length of "record" giant pythons.

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One thing to consider is that while wild retics don't eat often, they often eat huge meals than what is conventional in captivity. An adult retic may eat a whole deer, or a leopard or something and go months. Anacondas do the same thing. They may not eat anything during the dry seasons of their climate.

So unless you're throwing whole caimans, capybaras, or deer to your adult giants, the "natural feeding regime" doesn't cut it.