- The worlds longest snake was a reticulated python that was 32 feet 9 1/2 inches long.
- The heaviest snake on record is an Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) that was shot in Brazil in 1960. She was never officially weighed but scientist estimate that her 27 feet 9 inch length and her 44 inch girth must have put her over 500lbs!
- The king cobra is the longest venomous snake in the world. The longest specimen ever was kept at the London Zoo and measured 18 feet and 9 inches. Zookeepers killed it in 1939 due to the outbreak of war. They feared it would escape the zoo and pose a threat to the citizens of London.
- The worlds most venomous snake is the species of sea snake Hydrophis belcheri. It has a myotoxic venom that is 100 times more powerful than any land snake.
- The snake that is responsible for the most deaths of humans is the saw-scaled or carpet viper. It resides from West Africa to India.
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