Giant 55ft snake shocks China

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    http://www.ananova.com/News/story/sm_3557842.html
     
    SlyPokerDog, Nov 12, 2009
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    ... lol I was really amazed before that sentence.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    I think even the largest pythons only grow to just over 30 feet. 55 feet would be prehistoric sized (and kind of hard to miss).
     
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    the pic proves it ;)
     
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    Nah, not at all.
     
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    Speeds is right. Generally pythons are the longest of all snakes reaching around 30 feet (I think the official measured record is 32 feet, this isn't counting the rumored snake in Indonesia thats apparently 49 feet). Boas usually only get to around 15 feet at max. Not saying this disproves this, but just something to think about.
     
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    Me too. Also, I cannot find any other pictures except that one.

    It is a hoax!

    Here is another cool pic I found searching for more pics of this snake. Fake or not, this is pretty cool to look at!

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    I think it's called "forced perspective." Compare the snake to the bucket, not to the men. If that snake is 55 feet long, then that bucket is 13 feet minimum, and the tree on the right has leaves over a yard long...
     
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    Sorry about that, China
     
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    That's just from a boat, unless that snake is like 100 feet long.
     
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    I hate snakes. Of all sizes
     
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    Read BlazerWookee's "forced perspective" reply. If you look closely you can tell it's part of an image carved into the back of an Obama Chia pet head.
    [​IMG]
     
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    How would they pick that snake up, anyway?
     
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    Offer to buy it a drink?
     
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