People can be tall or short, thin or thick, but we never appreciate our bodies.
This may explain why long creatures always attract our eyes. And in any discussion about long animals is undeniable leaders: snakes. Here are some of the largest reptiles.
Black Mamba
Length: 4.5 meters
One bite from a black Mamba is enough to knock out a Buffalo. The man has almost no chance to survive the poison too quickly spreads throughout the body. On top of that this snake is incredibly fast and is capable to develop up to 19 km/h on flat terrain.
Boa
Length: 4 meters
The film turned boa into a dangerous creature, capable of growing to incredible sizes. In reality, the length of an ordinary Python does not exceed four meters and it feeds on small mammals and birds.
King Cobra
Length: 5.6 meters
And it is the largest from the group of poisonous snakes. The average length of king Cobra is about 4 meters, the record had reached five and a half meters.
Indian Python
Length: 6 meters
Externally, the Indian Python is very similar to the Burmese: it is even called bright tiger Python. Indian different color patches of reddish stripes on the sides of the torso.
Burmese Python
Length: 9,15 metres
Burmese, or dark tiger Python is able to grow to 9.15 metres — this was captured by zoologists in Cuba. However, the most common length of this species does not exceed five meters.
Giant Anaconda
Length: 11,43 meters
Currently the longest Anaconda in the world is the snake, which was donated to the new York Zoological society. Nine meters and one hundred and thirty pounds — a dangerous combination of parameters. But a few years earlier, farmers in Colombia have stumbled upon an even larger instance: they caught the Anaconda reached almost twelve feet in length.
Reticulated Python
Length: 12.2 meters
The longest snake in the world. Often in nature there are instances in 7-7,5 meters, but in one of the zoos in Australia long lived record, Python Dave, grew right up to 12.2 metres.
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