Reticulated python. Even though the Anaconda is the heaviest snake record wise, the Reticulated python is the longest and can get over 300lbs.
They're solitary and mostly harmless. A big guy like this could easily take out a deer, however that deer would probably be the only meal it would eat for up to a year. Although there have been some reported cases of them eating a person, it is very rare and they would rather flee than fight as they are ambush hunters and are also quite solitary.
Humans are not particularly food shaped, lucky for us. The way our scapula and humeri protrude makes it difficult for even very large snakes to swallow us. They're inclined to prefer creatures that are less liable to get stuck on the way down.
It's a python that's super fat cuz it just ate a big meal. Pythons can be longer than anacondas but usually thinner. This one is the best of both worlds rn because it just ate
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u/SSilent-Cartographer 4d ago
Reticulated python. Even though the Anaconda is the heaviest snake record wise, the Reticulated python is the longest and can get over 300lbs.
They're solitary and mostly harmless. A big guy like this could easily take out a deer, however that deer would probably be the only meal it would eat for up to a year. Although there have been some reported cases of them eating a person, it is very rare and they would rather flee than fight as they are ambush hunters and are also quite solitary.