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Published on Friday, April 29, 2016

More horribly depressing proof that animals aren’t meant for captivity

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More horribly depressing proof that animals aren’t meant for captivity
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For anyone that does not like snakes, I suggest you have someone else read you this. If they scare you, you can always close your eyes while they read. Otherwise, hang on, as this snake is a whopper.


Anyone knows that pythons get big, just look at the one recently pulled out of the Everglades and you will know. 24 feet is a bit more than 16 though. Just a bit, right? Well, the snake measured in at 24 feet 7 inches. This is a reptile that was captured in Malaysia. The weather and the environment is inductive to growth of the reptile.


The snake, once captured and measured, as suggested by one Malaysian civil defense officer, may have killed itself. Shazree Mustapha thinks the snake may have felt threatened so she committed suicide. The snake was known only to be in captivity a few days. There is speculation as to do its death. No autopsy is planned.


Of course, snake specialists think the snake must have been hurt during or after capture. Raymond Hoser suggests that snakes are delicate and easily injured. According to Hoser, the snake could have suffered injuries during capture because of the noose that was forced over its head. There is also video of the snake as it is kicked. This injury alone can kill a snake by giving it internal injuries.


The authorities planned to move the snake to the Department of Wildlife before it died, but they were too late. After death, they learned the snake was a female that had eggs. BBC reported the snake laid one egg before it died. No word as if the egg lived or died.


This might have been a big snake, but it is not the longest snake on record. That title belongs to Medusa, a snake that is housed in Missouri at a haunted house in Kansas City. The snake captured in Malaysia was shown to be on the Island of Penang. This may be a large snake, but is a common occurrence in Malaysia.  In these coastal waters, snakes abound.

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Malaysia is known for the king cobra snake. This snake is typically the one that snake charmers use to entertain the tourists with. Pythons cannot be used for this purpose. They are not mesmerized by sight and sound the way a cobra snake is. The slow mesmerizing way the snake charmer moves is the secret to the craft.


Pythons are constrictors and use sheer muscle power to immobilize its victims and crush them. After crushing the body, a constrictor can swallow its prey whole. That is why the thought of a snake that is 24 feet long is so frightening. The sheer size of the snake would immobilize most people, no worries with the squeeze.


After a day of snake reading and wrangling, a good hot cup of tea to settle the nerves might be nice. After all, you did just face down one of the largest snakes known to man and live to tell about it.

 

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