World's largest snake caught
A python that is 49 feet long and weighs 992 pounds has been caught by Indonesian villagers. If confirmed, it is the largest snake ever seen in captivity.
Hundreds of people flocked to see the snake at a primitive zoo in Curugsewu village on the country’s main island of Java, Republika daily reported.
The Guinness Book of World Records lists the longest ever captured snake to be 32 feet. The heaviest – a Burmese Python kept in Gurnee, Illinois – weighs 403 pounds, according to the book.
Rebublika said the snake, which was recently put on public display for the first time, eats three or four dogs a month.
Reticulated pythons are the world’s longest snakes. They are capable of eating animals as large as sheep, and have been known to attack and kill humans.
