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Discovery of record-length python in Sulawesi highlights threats and conservation efforts for giant snakes in Indonesia.

Beneath Indonesia’s dense forests, a female reticulated python was found that stretched an astonishing 7.22 metres (23 feet 8 inches) from head to tail, longer than even a bus. As reported, the ...

The longest wild snake ever to be formally measured and documented is a female reticulated python, Ibu Baron, which is 7.22 meters (23 feet 8 inches) in length. The gigantic snake found in the thick ...