“Medusa” the longest snake in the world

Reticulated pythons, so named because of the grid-like pattern of their skin, are on average the longest snakes in the world, but adults typically grow to an average of 3 to 6 meters.

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The python, from the United States, has a length of 7.67 meters.

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The 10-year-old snake required 15 men to hold it at its full length for its record measurement to be taken, and their diet consists of a combination of rabbits, pigs and deer served every two weeks. Medusa can swallow an 18-kilogram deer in a single meal. The snake weighs 158.8 kg.

Reticulated pythons mainly populate Southeast Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines and are also known as strong swimmers. In 1912, a specimen photographed in Sulawesi measured an astonishing 10 m (32 ft 10 in). However, unlike Medusa, the unnamed animal was never kept alive in captivity.

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