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World's Largest snake discovered

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Dr of Dunk, Dec 31, 2003.

  1. OmegaSupreme

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    nominee for comeback of the year. two noms in a day. other was the mod's "allan newyork" line.
     
  2. The Real Shady

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    LOL! Too funny. :D
     
  3. gr8-1

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    That's 48 feet longer than my trouser snake.
     
  4. Preston27

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    I knew that spy camera had to belong to someone...
     
  5. Houstone

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    Ahhhh damn I didn't mean it that way, I meant to say that after reading the title that someone saw my large snake.
     
  6. Kam

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    The largest snake is in my pants.






    I didn't read all the posts. I am sure someone already posted about having a large snake in their pants.
     
  7. VesceySux

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    [Adam Sandler voice] I'VE GOT A SNAKE, MAN! I FED IT SOME BEER ONCE. IT WAS SLITHERING THIS WAY AND THAT. IT WAS ALL F***ED UP! [/Sandler]

    Sorry. It's New Years. I'm drunk.
     
  8. RunninRaven

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    Ahh, the "subtle" trouser snake humor in this thread reminds me of a funny Family Guy bit:

    Don't worry, I'll fix your sink. And by "fix your sink" I mean I'll have sex with you. And by "have sex with you" I mean I'll fix your sink. And by "sink" I mean your reproductive organ. And by "reproductive organ" I mean that thing between your knees. And by "that thing between your knees" I mean... well that one's pretty self-explanatory.
     
  9. AroundTheWorld

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    Damn, you guys beat me to it! :D
     
  10. Htownhero

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    In the words of Indiana Jones "I hate snakes. Why did it have to be snakes!"

    I can't believe people would keep reticulated pythons as pets, especially since they would eat you if they were able.
     
  12. macalu

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    truth is that if one of the keepers was eaten by that snake, they deserve to be eaten. and as hard as it may seem to comprehend, that snake would not deserve to be killed to preserve the life the keeper.
     
  13. Franchise2001

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    Glad you read closely that its 48 feet 2 inches ;)
     
  14. AntiSonic

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    Wow, that's pretty incredible. Longest land animal since dinosaurs?
     
  15. MadMax

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    this is seriously my nightmare.
     
  16. Woofer

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    The Guardian investigates the snake and finds it comes up short.


    Maybe meters mean something different in Indonesia.


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1116074,00.html

    Stay still, will you?

    Last week the reptile world was rocked by the news that a 14-metre python had been discovered in Indonesia. Could a snake really be so long? There was only one way to find out - we sent John Aglionby along with a tape measure

    Monday January 5, 2004
    The Guardian


    Taking the hiss ... John Aglionby takes the python's vital statistics inside its cage. Photograph: Stephen J Fleay


    "Look, you must understand that a python's length is not constant," explains Darmanto, the owner and handler of Fragrant Flower. Fragrant Flower is the reticulated python found living in a tourism park in central Java which was last week touted as the longest and heaviest snake ever captured - 14.85m and 447kg. "Depending on the weather, on how recently he has eaten and when he last shed his skin, Fragrant can stretch and contract a great deal. A few days ago he stretched himself out halfway round the cage."
    This hurried explanation by the man whose large buck teeth, sparkling eyes and animated face lend him more than a passing resemblance to Bugs Bunny is in response to the remarkably unsmelly Fragrant, as he is commonly known, coming up well short when I step into his cage, tape measure in hand.

    Indeed, "coming up well short" does not do justice to the disparity between the claimed length and the length I measured. If Fragrant ever extends to 14.85m long he will be the most mind-boggling animal on earth because I measured him at somewhere between 6.5 and 7m.

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    im sorry but that title goes to me:D :D
     
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    Snake Shrinkage: :(

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1116074,00.html
     
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    What a surprise, a bunch of people lying about how long it was. . .
     
  20. Sane

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    It didn't look that long. When I was looking at the pics, I kept thinking to myself "That's the longest snake in the world??"

    I mean, obviously, it's humongous, just not "by far the biggest in the world" big.


    Yes, I'm talking about the python in Indonesia.
     

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