World’s Largest Snake – Biggest Snake in the World – and Longest Snake Ever
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We humans have inborn complex behaviors toward snakes that are not based upon prior experience. These behaviors are called instincts. It is from instincts that were are able to tell a snake is a scaring, slithering and terrifying creature that should be avoided. But within us, there are those that have the courage to find fascination and fondness in snakes.
Anaconda
The world’s largest snake is also the world’s biggest snake but not necessary the world’s longest snake. The world’s largest snake is the green anaconda. The anaconda is to be found in Amazon rain forest of South America. The anaconda like living in river and as such river Amazon is home to most of the anaconda snakes in the world. The anaconda is of a subfamily of non-venomous boas found in Central, South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. The anaconda can grow as long as 8 metres long and as wide as a fully grown man and can weigh as much as 250 kilogrammes. This huge size certainly makes it the largest snake in the world.
Mating
During mating, several males are known to wrap themselves around one female in an attempt to mate. Nature has it that the fittest male, usually the strongest and largest male, should win and thus get the privilege of mating with the female. But since females are far stronger they can sometimes be biased to this law of nature and decide on herself which male to mate with regardless of the size and strength of the male. The gestation period is seven months and the female anaconda will give birth to young ones – about 20 to 50 litters.
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Non Venomous
The anaconda is non venomous but that does not mean it will not feed on you. It will coil itself around you and by using constriction - it will squeeze you thus preventing breathing and raising your body’s pressure two to three times until you die most likely from heart attack.
Great Swimmer
The green anaconda is usually an olive green snake with black spots along the body. Like any other snake, the head is narrow with eyes set high on the head. The snake is a great swimmer and will comfortably work on its prey when in water. The anaconda is also capable of finding its prey on land but is rather slow and sluggish when on land. The diet of anaconda consists mainly of fish, birds, and small mammals like deer, antelopes, rabbit, jaguars, and snakes, reptiles, or anything smaller than itself. When coming from gestation, a female anaconda can sometimes feed on its male counterpart.
Anaconda as a Pet?
The anaconda is a fine snake to keep as a pet. If you think its neat having a snake pet, and you have interest, resources and know-how, then you can go ahead and have anaconda as a pet snake. Good luck.
Python
The longest snake in the world is not anaconda, but the Asian Python reticulates which can grow as long as 10 – 12 metres.
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After River it's Snake what next.?
great article. god bless
Wow - I love snakes! Thanks for the very interesting article. You could do a hub with just pictures of snakes and it would be wonderful (ok, maybe a few words since you write so well :)
very interesting hub. I liked it very much becos i am fond of snakes.
nice hub!
if they wouldn't get so long and big, i would love to have them as pets :D
We seem to have a common fascination with snakes. Wonderful creatures!
I love snake only in dream.
12 meters is huge!
That's one big snake :D
Haha, I love snakes ^_^
oh my.. I hope i never see a snake that big in my life!
snakes? no way. they are my greatest fear.
It is scary..
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I learned very with this article. Congratulations!
Great article. I have always been fascinated and a little scared of snakes at the same time.
wow big snake
I've seen these snakes in a Museum in Europe, and was totally fascinated by them because of their size. But where I am here in Australia we live with venomous snakes in our backyard all year long (thankfully a lot smaller - Mostly Red-Belly Black Snakes/Common Brown Snake) and they'll come very close to your home (It's not uncommon that they'll sit on the front steps etc), I've had far too many close-calls with them, so I hate snakes!
The only thing I think of is the movie "Anaconda". I would never like to come face to face with one of these snakes and risk being eaten for dinner. Great hub, but I'll keep my distance.
Extremely nice and scary... Nice hub.
Wow! That is one scary snake :) Great hub!
Nice one.Great hub.
Don't like snakes, but great hub! lol
snakes are cool. I don' recommend keeping an Anaconda as a pet unless your crazy or a zookeeper lol!
That is so cool but every time I see the pics on the hub, I want to scream and run! I am a huge snake-aphobic...know they are great just gotta put blinders on.....great post!
oh my God this too much dangrous snake . i cannat belive
Very interesting, I recently visited Australia and saw this snake in the Wildlife World. Apparently it has been known to eat deer, other snakes and also humans!
8 to 10 m! giant reptile creature like dat make me scream .
So now I'm officially scared... Nice hub!
I had no idea that the Asian python is the largest! I always thought it was the anaconda.
So dangarous. I like this article
wow!
I have a Albino Red Corn snake and it’s a great pet if you like reptiles. For a busy guy they are very easy to look after, and only eat once a week approx.
Can you read my Hub about Austin Steven's The snake hunter,it might make you laugh.
Thanks for answering my question! Your hub has such scary pics I can't even look! :0
I have had some friends that had snakes as pets but they are not for me.
I'm afraid of snakes.
i love snakes!!! and thanks for providing this interesting information !!!!!!!but whats next!!!
Snakes are so beautiful - at a distance. Interesting Hub.
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I love snakes, if you need a recipe let me know, much better than C-Rations, good and good for you!
You know your stuff but I will always hate snakes! I will admit to playing with garter snakes as kid but they were tiny baby ones.
Oh my God soooo wonderful
amazing article....thanks
if you love snakes see my hub on the most dangerous snakes for humans in the world you will like it
its beutiful snake and biggest snake in the world
This is a beautiful snake.. long though.. :) thanks..
ha, i don't like snakes too but it is a good hubpage
Nice article. I don't hate snakes at all, so glad to see all the pictures.
they are beautiful but still i cannot stop from fearing them.
Great Hub! Scary but still a Great Hub.
Great hub, loved the photos !
My son loves his snakes. I'm glad they are just little ones.
Very huge snakes and very nice hub.
there are two kind's of snakes thet I am afraid of... dead, and alive.I hate any snake.
Thanks for sharing very interesting information about snakes. Pictures are very nice!
cool hub.
Ngureco very nice information about that giant snake
Thanks for the education on snakes. I must say my aversion to snakes kept me illiterate. Good work. Look forward to reading more hubs on snakes from you.
wow
Very informative hub, the only problem with keeping an anaconda as a pet is they get too big to handle so people let them loose. It is an awesome creature though. Good job. Cheers, Carmen
wow this is a really big snake thanks for your article
I can't believe that it is 8 metres long.... Woo!! And weight of 250 kilogrammes....
Nice one. Very interesting.
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This is great story about snakes.Y love Anaconda snakes.Take care.
Very good, I am linking to it, thanks!
Great hub, but I'm afraid of snakes, as with most of us.
This hub is really useful. I like to read more about this. Thanks for the article presented.
The information regarding snake is gratifying. Snakes had got charm of their own. Green Anaconda is world largest snake. These are non venomous. Female anaconda sometime feeds on their mail counterpart. The larges snake in Asian Python. Thanks a lot for providing interesting information. I await your future hub with great curiosity.
I saw on FOX News where the U.S. will ban several contrictor spieces from importation into America. This ia ironic coming from the snakes in Congress!
My friend has an Anaconda, what a snake.
Interesting information on snakes.
Interesting information on snakes.
ohhh its scarry i got goose bumps.......... some categories of phython is found in southern parts of india......
ohhh its scarry i got goose bumps.......... some categories of phython is found in southern parts of india......
cool
Well written and interesting - what about one on the most poisonous snakes of the world?
Cool, I love snakes and reptiles lol.
Gross! I'm thankful those don't live around here!
Ugh snakes are so scary!
i don't like snake because snake is kill people
I don't like snakes whether in dreams, dead or alive. But i appreciate God for creating them
still not sure why anyone would want a pet snake. bleeh.
oooh,,. its too faat and biiiiiiiigg
Nice Hub, Snakes are neat as long as thier not venomous, I rather raise Hamsters.
I hate all snakes but great hub.
I'm fascinated about snakes... One of my dreams was to see a snake in its natural environment. 8 years ago I want to Amazonian Forest (Brazil) and couldn't see any... I saw lots of crocodiles, monkeys... but no snakes :(
Great Hub!
Are those your snakes in the photos? they are lovely.
I keep the reticulated python myself, and she is now 14 feet. She is still young. If you have a chance head over to my retic hub and see my video of her
I also keep the ball python, sand boa and the Taiwan Beauty Rat Snakes
My dad has the meanest snake in the world. Its a black pine snake from Mississippi.
thats one big snake
so cool and educational!
this is cool
i love snakes
Wow. . . iHate those thinqz they make me vomit!!! =0 "yuck"
That is amazing omg thatis amazing!
Nice Hub-check out my snake hubs. I just finished one on the Gaboon Viper.
How the hell could you keep an anaconda as a pet? It would kill you!!!
my money is on the anaconda...it certainly is the largest and most powerfull snake in the world
Glad there aren't any of those hanging out in my backyard!
as i own a female common boa ive had no problems with her in 2 years shes that soft you i can put her around my neck as long as ive got backup just in case somethin did happen she is 7ft2in at min and will grow to somethin like 8half foot do research first if you thinkin about gettin any snake thats wat i did even before i got her..........
You mentioned a length of 8 meters. I remember reading somewhere (wish I could remember where) that anacondas could reach over 100 feet in length.
You're absolutely right about humans having certain instincts around snakes. Its interesting though how it affects some people a LOT more than others.
i like it but i still think snakes are gross
Wow!!! its interesting to learn about snakes but i can just see myself living with such a big snake as a pet
Dont like the look of that slimy snake.
Great article ngureco. I don't particularly like snakes that much, let alone keep them as pets.
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nice pics...
Good luck, indeed. There is no way I am ever approaching one of those snakes, much less keep it in my home! I certainly do not have the courage to like them- it must run in the family. My mother once saw a snake about two inches long and screamed for my brother to kill it.
wow...its so amazing
Crikey! That is quite the huge snake! Have no fear though since it isn't a stingray. Haha! Too soon? Oops! Well, in any case, these ol' boys make me want to move to a snakeless country - New Zealand perhaps? Now, if we could only get rid of some of the snakes in the American government, haha!
WOW WHAT IS THAT AMAZING
Snakes are interesting! I have had Red Tipped Boa, Ball Python, Speckled King snake and hog nose snakes. You have to look at them as a creature that does not have the convenience of legs! He has to slither, as we say to get from here to there, a unique way to move compared to any other animal. Because some are poisonous, we have made all of them frightening! Some I have had, had gentile personalities and others had a mean streak! In Texas we have all North American Venomous snakes and I have Many experiences with them all. At a ranch I worked at five years ago, we found well over fifty mature copperheads living in the landscaping timbers around the main house. Good information on your hub!
what the name of the worlds longest snake
he worlds largest snake is the reticulated python
i love resurching snaks fo homework
Although I find snakes information quite interesting, I am not a big snake lover. However, I respect them and rate this hub up! Awesome job! I am more of an African male lion fan!!! Thumbs up though!!!
The anaconda is the largest snake in the world, growing to in excess of 30 feet. The reticulated python is longest, but the anaconda exceeds it in weight. I would not like to mess with either one.
I like that snake but i fear. Only snake friendly
Wow! I love snakes only in dreams but in real life, I hate snakes. Anyways, its interesting to learn about snakes. May be, one day, I'll love them. Hahahaha!
I like snakes they seem kewl but did u no that there not slimy the best thing to do is leave them alone not good for pets
Great article,thanks
i like a snake i like a scale....
Snakes are a gift from nature we should behave with it like a living thing but some people not understanding it and burn it or killing it.
That is really ,cool ,and those snake are long
Whoah! I don't think having a pet as big as that is fun. I'm already scared just by imagining such thing.
SNAKES RE THE BEST COZ THEY RE VRY DANGEROUS WHEN PROVOKED
snakes creep me out. are snakes strictly fresh water or do they go in salt water as well? I'm already freaked out enough about sharks when I go in the ocean.. I don't want to have to worry about snakes too!! lol
I wonder if there are any anacondas of size 10 meter ? Snakes are interesting as long as they keep distance. lol. Nice hub.
Crazy! Snakes are awesome! However, I think my own mother would have a heart attack knowing this info, lol Thanks for sharing!
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ooooooooo i like snakes from far but if its near me or it is crawling on my body i hate snakes
that is big ,huge and awsome
it's big anacondas,i like it
Us humans have inborn complex behaviors toward spiders too!
ganahan sla....
A maior cobra do mundo é a Sucuri, já foram encontradas cobras muito maiores que as pítons !!!
I LIKE SNAKES BECAUSE THEY ARE FUN BECAUSE SOME OF THEM DON'T BITE AND THEY ARE INTELLINGET BECAUSE THEY CAN OPEN THERE OWN BOX OR THERE OWN CAGES
I like snakes because they are fun to play with and have people come see it as a house pet and just like it is in the forest it can have eggs and raise baby snakes.You can give people a baby snake if you want to give them one because you probably want to give a pet snake to some one.Sometimes i am scared of snakes because they bite.
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what is that ? i can sleep when i see a large snake.
toat
OOH MII FUCCKING GOSH THESE SNAKES ARE HUGE.., WHAT DOES THESE PEOPLE BE FEEDING THEM HUMANS LOL KML!!!!!!!!., :)
i luv sleeping with snakes on mine bed
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yucks snake is for me 1 of the most terrifying creatures bcoz of its skin and looks im realy afraid of snakes
If the longest snake is the ASIAN python,then better to change in the G/K book also which our children still considered the longest snake in the world is the ANACONDA.
i luv sleeping with snakes on mine bed
lovely so big snake ilke it
These snakes are way too large. Am scared to death
awsome i want to become snake
kaka
i was so scared
thats so big snake
its so big;
deadly
WOW SO SO SO LONG SNAKE
big i booki
i relly like snake...i like seeing them.... lol
i dont really like snake they r the ultimate killing machines.
oh my god becky look at her butt tunchi
thats long as h*ll
very interesting article..but im afraid of snakes
I DONT LIKE SNAKE THEY ARE KILLING MACHINE
lyricsingray 2 years ago
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks, I thing :-)
Kimberly