How big was the biggest snake ever recorded?

The largest snake in the world has been recorded until now to weigh nearly half a ton, 9.7 meters long, with a diameter of up to 1m.

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In 2013, the Guinness Book of Records recorded a 136kg, 7.6m long Medusa python and is currently raised in Kansas City (Missouri, USA), the largest snake in the world.

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The giant python Medusa.

But, this record was broken last year, when Belo Monte dam workers in Brazil discovered giant pythons that surpassed the Medusa python weighing nearly half a ton and total length from head to tail is 9.7m, trunk diameter is up to 1m.

How big was the biggest snake ever recorded? Picture 2 The largest snake in the world has been recorded until now.

To lift this giant creature off the ground, workers had to use chains and cranes.

Based on the yellow spots exposed on the belly of the python, experts believe that this is the python Anaconda - giant python species, the most violent on the planet.

With this finding, it is likely that this will be the largest python in the world when body size is recorded beyond the Medusa python.

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Anaconda of the giant snake genus, consists of 4 species with 4 colors of green, yellow, black and white and Bolivian. , South America. They are quite violent and possess excellent hiding skills and huge bodies that make this python become a scary assassin for any animal.

Although moving is somewhat slow, but with "extraordinary" health and sharp teeth, this python species can knock down and swallow large, healthy animals like deer, even cows, hippos, crocodile . easily.

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When they catch their prey, their bodies will slowly tighten to death and swallow them whole. Because digestion is slow, after eating, the Anaconda can fast for a long time until it finds a new prey. The crocodile in the Amazon River is probably the most delicious dish of the Anaconda python.

In Vietnam, python is a common name used to refer to a number of large snake species, mainly Boidae families (Python family), Pythonidae (Python family), Loxocemidae (Mexican Python family), . The common characteristic is to hunt warm-blooded animals by biting and then snapping, then use their bodies to pull them in and squeeze them to death and swallow them slowly.