Many people have legends of huge dragons. Among snakes there are real champions, but the national imagination often strongly exaggerates their sizes. In actual fact snakes are not such large. But people most often at the sight of this reptile feel strong fear therefore the snake and seems more largely, than is actually.
Whether there is a twenty-meter snake?
Some snakes have a genetic predisposition grow to two dozen meters. Anacondas and pythons could become such giants. But usually after all do not grow to so impressive sizes of a snake. The mesh python caught by peasants in Indonesia in 2003 is considered the longest snake. Length was it nearly 14 m 83 cm. This python by right is considered also the heaviest. He weighed 447 kg. As of 2014, the largest snake – too a mesh python. It slightly less champion. Length is it 12 m 34 cm. On average the average adult mesh python has length about 10 m. The python 9 m long of 50 cm and weighing about two centners is entered in the Guinness Book of Records. There live pythons in the nature about twenty years. But these snakes are much longer capable to live in bondage where they have no natural enemies.
Where do pythons live?
There live mesh pythons mainly in Asia and also on the islands of Indonesia and Philippines. These giants of the snake kingdom received the name for very beautiful skin. The back of a python is covered with a pattern from light rhombuses and triangles. Elements of a pattern are connected with spots on sides. At a mesh python magnificent brilliant scales, so it not only the largest snake, but also nearly the most beautiful. There live mesh pythons near reservoirs. The mesh python lives mainly on the earth though he climbs trees not worse than other snakes. This snake is not afraid of the person therefore lodges near forest villages. This snake is not dangerous to the adult man. The python attacks children and tiny women. Aggressive the python becomes at big humidity, mainly after heavy rains. Unfortunately, people systematically exterminate pythons, mainly for the sake of beautiful skin and tasty delicious meat.
Other record-holder snakes
Also other species of pythons – for example, Indian, royal or African rocky, diamond can reach the impressive sizes. Length 7-8 meters for these representatives of the snake world – the most everyday occurrence. Anacondas also grow to solid length. The longest representative of this look grew to 11 m 43 cm in length. The weight of this snake can reach one and a half centners and even more. Sometimes the largest snake consider a boa, but actually he not such and big, on average about five meters in length. The reputation of the champion was assigned to him generally thanks to the well-known tale by Kipling of Mowgli.