Dangerous Reptiles...

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<big>Biggest Snake - Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)</big>

If you look in the records there is a lot of controversy over which snake holds the world's record for massive size. The dimensions that have earned the anaconda the title of king is its total body mass or its weight (the sheer physical bulk of it). The largest anaconda ever measured was almost 28 feet long with a girth of 44 inches. She wasn't weighed at the time she was caught, but scientists estimate that she must have weighed over 500 lbs. The other snake that competes with the anaconda is the Asiatic Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus). 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!

The Secret Life of an Anaconda

Anacondas in the wild spend most of their time hanging out in rivers hunting for their food. They are solitary creatures that are somewhat shy and not many of them are easily seen. They are very well camouflaged in the swamps and bogs in which they thrive. There are some historical reports of early European explorers of the South American jungles seeing giant anacondas up to 100 feet photo of a huge anaconda long and some of the native peoples of the South American jungle have reported seeing anacondas up to 50 feet long. No one has caught and measured an anaconda anywhere near that size. It is important to note that when a dead anaconda's hide or skin is laid out it can be stretched very easily, expanding to much longer lengths than the snake exhibited when alive. Reports of outsize anacondas that cannot be verified are usually due to distortions in perception, or a snake skin being disproportionately stretched and inaccurately measured. People are generally really bad at estimating length, especially for larger snakes. In fact, the larger the snake, the larger the margin of error.

Anacondas like to hang out in rivers so it would be difficult to estimate the length of one seen swimming without seeing the entire snake. It's the anaconda's ability to remain partly hidden in the water that makes it difficult to accurately find (and document) a specimen that exceeds the current world's record.

Killer Snake

Anacondas are members of the boa constrictor family of snakes. That means that they kill their prey by coiling their large, powerful bodies around their victims and squeezing until their prey suffocates or is crushed to death and dies from internal bleeding. Then the snake unhinges its jaw and swallows the victim whole. Anacondas are much more likely to eat aquatic creatures, such as fish. Occasionally, they have been known to eat: caimans (a relative of the alligator), other snakes, deer, and even jaguars. Anacondas are rather slow-moving snakes, so they have to rely on stealth and the element of surprise to catch their unsuspecting prey.

Do Anacondas Bite?

Just about every species of snake on earth has teeth, but the anacondas' teeth are not used for chewing. Snakes' teeth are used for holding onto their prey, preventing them from escaping. Some snakes have venom in two specially designed, extra long teeth (called fangs) which they use to kill their prey. Anacondas have teeth, but they are not a venomous snake. They rely on their enormous size and power to subdue their victims. It is possible to be bitten by an anaconda, but the bite itself would not be fatal.

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Python is a common name for Nonpoisonous snakes of boa and python family. It is the longest snake in the world. Pythons are large and muscular, and kill their prey by squeezing, or constricting, until it suffocates. Although most feed on small mammals, some large species can kill and swallow small pigs and goats. Rarely have they killed humans.

Pythons range from 1 to 10 m (3 to 33 ft) long and weigh up to 140 kg (300 lb). The female lays 15 to 100 eggs, and broods them until they hatch.

They are found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific islands.

The reticulated python of Southeast Asia is among the largest snakes, reaching a length of 10 m (33 ft). Other well-known pythons are the Indian python, a favorite of snake handlers; African rock python; ball or royal python of equatorial Africa, which curls into a ball and can be rolled on the ground.

Diamond snake or Carpet snake, also diamond python, common name for a large constricting snake found in Australia and New Guinea. It is named for diamond-shaped markings of yellow and black on the back and abdomen.
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UPDATE: Here is the biggest snake that ever lived...
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Titanoboa Cerrejonensis

When we think about gigantic extinct reptiles we usually think of the Mesozoic Era, the period between about 248 million and 65 million years ago when dinosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs and ichthyosaurs inhabited the land and seas. There have however been a few colossal reptiles that have lived more recently - Varanus priscus (usually known as "Megalania prisca"), which was a gigantic monitor lizard that lived in Australia, Pristichampus, which was a terrestrial cursorial (running) crocodile, and a gigantic snake that lived in South America, known as "Titanoboa cerrejonensis".

Titanoboa cerrejonensis lived in what is today Columbia, about 60 million to 58 million years ago. At the time that this giant snake, the region was a tropical rainforest, and it is also believed that the Earth was warmer, and that may have contributed to the snake's colossal size.

It's amazing just how big Titanoboa cerrejonensis was. The largest species of snake that is alive today, Python reticulatus, grows to a maximum of about 32 feet (10 meters) long. Titanoboa was considerably larger, and much much thicker and heavier - it grew up to 43 feet (15 meters) long, had a diameter of around 3 feet (1 meter), and probably weighed over 1 ton.

Titanoboa likes its modern relatives in the boa family was a non-venomous snake. Instead it hunted by wrapping itself around its victims, and constricting them to death. While modern boas typically eat small mammals and birds and perhaps lizards, Titanoboa would have gone for larger prey animals - it is likely that crocodiles and giant turtles were on its menu.
 

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The Biggest Shark was The Megalodon....I mean it's extinct. The Biggest living Shark is.....

What is the Biggest Shark Species?

The whale shark holds the title of the world's biggest shark species. Growing to a length of about 65 feet (the length of about 1 1/2 school buses!) and weighing about 75,000 pounds, this streamlined fish is really a gentle giant.

Some areas frequented by these sharks, such as Ningaloo Reef, Australia, have become popular tourist destinations because of their swim-with-sharks programs.

Megalodon
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The Whale Shark
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SHARK ATTACK 3:Megadolon :D :D :D
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These are cool James buddy. I am shit scared of reptiles but enjoy wildlife and nature programs, so these are a treat! Thanks
 
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