KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — A quarter-tonne snake that was found nestling on a building site could be the longest ever captured in Malaysia, officials said Tuesday. The reticulated python was a whopping 7.5 metres (25 feet) long and weighed a staggering 250 kilogrammes (550 pounds). The giant creature was discovered on Penang island by construction workers and kept in an office, where it was fed and watered while wildlife experts were contacted. However, […]
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Nearly 8-metre long snake, which may be world’s biggest, caught in Malaysia
PENANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – A nearly eight-metre long python was captured in Malaysia a few days ago and it may be the longest snake ever to be caught. The python, which was found last Thursday on a construction site in Penang, could slither its way into the record books. It was caught by Civil Defence Department personnel after workers from the construction site in Paya Terubong spotted it under a tree and called the emergency […]





