True length of "record" giant pythons. - Page 5

StudentoReptile · 09-07-12, 03:06 AM

Yeah, that photo's been floating around for a few years now as well. Another trick using forced perspective. See how close the scoop is on that...machine (bah, forgot what you call those things)? The scoop is larger than the cage of the operator! LOL

Lankyrob · 09-07-12, 03:57 AM

Lol, look at the leaves on the right hand side forefront, they are twice the size of the men!!!

Roadtrash · 09-08-12, 12:01 AM

I suppose that if it lives long enough it can reach the magic 30 ft mark as they tend to continue to grow all their lives. Of course after awhile it is more in width than length sort of like an alligator. The way I see it if conditions are right with food and habitat and it lives a long time why not?

lemon · 09-08-12, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Roadtrash

I suppose that if it lives long enough it can reach the magic 30 ft mark as they tend to continue to grow all their lives. Of course after awhile it is more in width than length sort of like an alligator. The way I see it if conditions are right with food and habitat and it lives a long time why not?

Because they do not grow all their lives. This is a myth.

They grow for between 7-13 years. I've never known a Retic grow beyond 13 years and even this is very rare.

Luckily unlike humans they don't appear to shrink neither but as you said they can become obese as their metabolism slows down if they are fed the same amount of food.

Roadtrash · 09-19-12, 09:59 AM

I can relate to the obese part as they get older as we as humans do this. But I always heard they continued to grow all their lives if they continued to feed properly. I guess I stand corrected. Thanks for the info, that's what I like about this site, there's so much I don't know and there are so many people here with so much more knowledge than I have. It seems I learn something new every time I log on here and I like that.

mark24 · 09-19-12, 11:30 AM

A captive Burmese python living at the Serpent Safari Park in Gurnee, Illinois, is the largest living snake on record. Tagged with the unlikely name “Baby,” this enormous reptile is 27 feet long and weighs just over 400 pounds. (If you’ve got a tape measure that will reach all the way out to 27 feet, run it out there and see if that doesn’t make you glad that damn thing isn’t on the loose!)

Got that here Creature Feature: Burmese Pythons Prowl the Everglades, and Thatâ€™s Not a Good Thing | National Parks Traveler

lemon · 09-19-12, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mark24

A captive Burmese python living at the Serpent Safari Park in Gurnee, Illinois, is the largest living snake on record. Tagged with the unlikely name “Baby,” this enormous reptile is 27 feet long and weighs just over 400 pounds. (If you’ve got a tape measure that will reach all the way out to 27 feet, run it out there and see if that doesn’t make you glad that damn thing isn’t on the loose!)

Got that here Creature Feature: Burmese Pythons Prowl the Everglades, and Thatâ€™s Not a Good Thing | National Parks Traveler

she died years ago and was measured at only 18ft 10inches.

still the biggest burmese i know off but no where near 27foot

lemon · 09-19-12, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Roadtrash

I can relate to the obese part as they get older as we as humans do this. But I always heard they continued to grow all their lives if they continued to feed properly. I guess I stand corrected. Thanks for the info, that's what I like about this site, there's so much I don't know and there are so many people here with so much more knowledge than I have. It seems I learn something new every time I log on here and I like that.

I assumsed this as well :-)

but after speaking to many keepers (much much more experienced than me) they have measured their snakes month on month and only the largest one at just under 22foot grew until it was 13 years old. The rest stopped at around 8-10 years.

One of the guys even had one that stopped growing at 7 years of age.

**millertime89** · 09-20-12, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by lemon

she died years ago and was measured at only 18ft 10inches.

still the biggest burmese i know off but no where near 27foot

That's about as big as I know of too, the one at the Reptile Gardens might be close. I swear some people didn't read the entire thread, or at the very least didn't read the article I posted in the VERY FIRST POST where it talks about Baby.

StudentoReptile · 09-20-12, 10:20 AM

They probably didn't. They just thought "Oh COOL! A thread about the longest snake in the world! I think I know which one it was!" and just post without reading a darn thing.

mark24 · 09-21-12, 01:46 AM

First off i read every single post on this thread, and I didn't see anything about baby. Second why did my article say that he/she was 27ft over 400 pound if he/she was only 18ft. Third I have seen in a couple places that the largest brum on reccord 27ft so i really dont know to tell you guys.

lemon · 09-21-12, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by mark24

First off i read every single post on this thread, and I didn't see anything about baby. Second why did my article say that he/she was 27ft over 400 pound if he/she was only 18ft. Third I have seen in a couple places that the largest brum on reccord 27ft so i really dont know to tell you guys.

I think he meant his other thread reffering to 'Babys' size.

The article you read is wrong.

The internet is full of information that is inaccurate.

To be honest most snake keepers don't know the true sizes of snakes and I would guess a high percentage of owners also exagarate the szie of their anaimal.

I've not seen many snakes that are the sizes quoted.

Peole just generally dont measure their snakes but guess.

Baby was a massive burmese dont get me wrong but because of false sizes flying around eveywhere the 18ft 10inches she was doesnt seem that impressive but in reality a burmese this sze really is one in a million.

Donnie · 09-21-12, 02:03 PM

Here is another '25 foot' retic verified (not the word I would use) by the guinness book of records for next year's addition (think this snake is mentioned in earlier in this thread). You would think they would actually measure the snakes to verify the lengths rather than believing the keepers estimates. How long do you all think this one is by the pictures?

The world¿s longest snake living in captivity weighs more than 300lbs, is 25ft long and lives in a haunted house in Kansas | Mail Online

Rogue628 · 09-21-12, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Donnie

Here is another '25 foot' retic verified (not the word I would use) by the guinness book of records for next year's addition (think this snake is mentioned in earlier in this thread). You would think they would actually measure the snakes to verify the lengths rather than believing the keepers estimates. How long do you all think this one is by the pictures?

The world¿s longest snake living in captivity weighs more than 300lbs, is 25ft long and lives in a haunted house in Kansas | Mail Online

That's Medusa and she's already been discussed in this thread

**millertime89** · 09-21-12, 11:41 PM

Thanks lemon, you were nicer than I would have been. He should read the links posted not just the posts themselves. Sources are provided by the author...

Yeah that's the Medusa in KC, not Harry's, she's a big girl but her owner is an idiot who is just fueling the misinformation fires and adding to the bs fear. Glad to see she's finally verified but I don't exactly trust Guiness a whole lot.