The World’s Biggest Snake
What is the biggest snake? This question comes up more than any other regarding snakes. Let’s face it, people are fascinated with size. Add to that the curiosity and the mystery surrounding snakes, and you have the ever persistent question. So the answer to the question is that it depends on whether you are referring to the length of the snake or the weight. If you look in the records there is some controversy over which snake holds the world’s record for size. The dimensions that have earned the anaconda the title of king is its total body weight The sheer physical bulk of it is amazing. The other snake that competes with the anaconda for the title of World’s Biggest Snake is the Asiatic Reticulated Python. The python holds the world’s record for length of a snake, with the longest ever measured at 33 feet. Even though the longest python is longer than the record-holding anaconda, the girth of the anaconda is far bigger. Anacondas in the jungles of South America can grow as big around as a grown man! So there you have it. The anaconda is the heaviest, and the reticulated python is the longest.
