Builders capture world's longest snake in Malaysia

angelburst29

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I don't know if I would want to go to Malaysia to check out how long their snakes are but maybe, Bangkok to check out the Caturday Cat Café.

Builders capture world's longest snake in Malaysia
http://www.pravdareport.com/news/society/stories/12-04-2016/134139-longest_snake-0/

The world's longest snake may have been caught in Malaysia.

A group of workers spotted a giant reticulated python at a construction site on a popular tourist destination - the Malaysian island of Penang.

The builders decided to catch the snake and requested assistance from civil defense forces. It took the men about half an hour to capture the reptile, The Guardian reports.

According to the results of the initial inspection, the snake weighs almost 250 kg and is eight meters long. These numbers can make the captured python the world's longest snake that lives in captivity.

Until recently, the title belonged to reticulated python Medusa, who lives in Missouri. Its weight was 158 kg, and the length was measured 7.67 m.


Caturday Cat Cafe in Bangkok (Photos)
http://www.pravdareport.com/photo/album/8071/
 
Yeah, there's lots of reticulated pythons in Malaysia - they are thriving currently and found almost everywhere because of the expanding palm oil plantations all across the country, which generally attracts lots of small rodents and rats. Hence lots of food for them to go around.. and they can reach really large sizes...
 
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