Malaysia Civil Defence Department shows members of the Malaysias Civil Defence Force posing for pictures with a python that was caught near a tree at a construction site. (AFP Photo)
Oh giant snake, we hardly knew ye.
In a span of three days, humans managed to find what might have been the longest snake in the world, capture it, kick it and watch it die.
The reticulated python, a fairly common species in Southeast Asia, was spotted last Thursday at a construction site in Paya Terubong, part of the island of Penang. It was stuck under a fallen tree, The BBC reports.
The Penang Civil Defence Department was called in. Herme Herisyam, an official on that team, said it took a half-hour to capture the slithery beast.
"It is eight metres in length and weighs about 250kg," Herisyam told The Guardian.
Or more than 26 feet long and 550 pounds. If an official measurement confirms this, it will be the longest snake on record.
Currently, the Guinness World Record-holder is Medusa, a reticulated python who resides in Kansas City, Mo. When she was measured in 2011, she was 25 feet 2 inches long, roughly a little longer than a mid-sized car. According to Guinness World Records, 10 men were required to hold her for measurement.
Medusa is currently "part of [the] family" at The Edge of Hell haunted house, according to a promotional video for Full Moon Productions, which owns the haunted house.
A common dinner for Medusa is a full, 40-pound deer.
Before Medusa took the title, a 24-foot-long reticulated python named Fluffy held the champion belt.
We'll never know what our new snake enjoyed when dining out, because the python died Sunday night just after giving birth, only three days after being captured. Muhammad Aizat, another member of the Penang's Civil Defence Department team that caught the snake, told BBC the stress of being chased might have made giving birth deadly.
There isn't more information on how the snake died, but one video on the Malaysian Star website does show a man kicking the snake, which allegedly weighed more than a Vespa, for seemingly no reason.
© 2016 The Washington Post
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
In a span of three days, humans managed to find what might have been the longest snake in the world, capture it, kick it and watch it die.
The reticulated python, a fairly common species in Southeast Asia, was spotted last Thursday at a construction site in Paya Terubong, part of the island of Penang. It was stuck under a fallen tree, The BBC reports.
The Penang Civil Defence Department was called in. Herme Herisyam, an official on that team, said it took a half-hour to capture the slithery beast.
"It is eight metres in length and weighs about 250kg," Herisyam told The Guardian.
Or more than 26 feet long and 550 pounds. If an official measurement confirms this, it will be the longest snake on record.
Currently, the Guinness World Record-holder is Medusa, a reticulated python who resides in Kansas City, Mo. When she was measured in 2011, she was 25 feet 2 inches long, roughly a little longer than a mid-sized car. According to Guinness World Records, 10 men were required to hold her for measurement.
Medusa is currently "part of [the] family" at The Edge of Hell haunted house, according to a promotional video for Full Moon Productions, which owns the haunted house.
A common dinner for Medusa is a full, 40-pound deer.
Before Medusa took the title, a 24-foot-long reticulated python named Fluffy held the champion belt.
We'll never know what our new snake enjoyed when dining out, because the python died Sunday night just after giving birth, only three days after being captured. Muhammad Aizat, another member of the Penang's Civil Defence Department team that caught the snake, told BBC the stress of being chased might have made giving birth deadly.
There isn't more information on how the snake died, but one video on the Malaysian Star website does show a man kicking the snake, which allegedly weighed more than a Vespa, for seemingly no reason.
© 2016 The Washington Post
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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