World's Largest Snake Danger Loose Walk Swim Climb Captivity Part 2

The 2011 Guinness World Records book shows that Fluffy, the reticulated python from the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, is the longest snake in custody, at 24 ft. (7.3m).

Unfortunately Fluffy died on October, 26, 2010. She is greatly missed. She now has a daughter at the zoo, named Hanna, after a contest announced in December 2010.

No animal was harmed during the making of this video. Fluffy is hand-reared, tame, and in a top zoo.

Video shows Fluffy, a reticulated python, Python reticulates. She is considered the world's largest exhibited snake. Fluffy is over 24 feet long, 300 pounds, and 15 years old. Fluffy's waist is the size of a watermelon.

Fluffy is a sweet snake with a wonderful disposition. The zoo keepers make moving her look easy. However, they are highly trained professionals. For an untrained person, handling a potentially harmful snake could be dangerous. Both reaching for and letting loose a harmful snake could be life-threatening. Many snakes are strong with instant reflexes. Pythons, for example, can strike and constrict with lightening speed. Fluffy is shown during an enrichment session, when she is allowed to exercise and explore. She does this in the world's largest indoor pachyderm exhibit (a secure location).

These unusual videos show an active snake exhibiting a full range of behavior-swimming, walking, and climbing (the videos below also show Fluffy instantly striking, coiling, attacking, and engulfing prey). In a way, she is on the loose. Two people have to be in with Fluffy at once and these videos show exactly how dangerous she can be. Although some snakes may appear lethargic, they can be strong and fast.

She is also curious and actively takes in her environment. She is so long that when one end is in the trailer, the other can be in her chamber. The huge packaderm area provides a safe area for Fluffy to roam. The elephants are kept out, while she is in their area (and may not be happy about it trumpeting can be heard in the background).

Although Fluffy has a wonderful personality and those who know her think she is the best snake they know, because of her power, intensity, and instantaneous reflexes, she can be deadly.
Fluffy may be the closest anyone can come to seeing a real dinosaur for Fluffy is dinosaur-sized and as long as some houses.

She is also very primitive, for the python even has a vestigial pelvis and hind limbs, which are remnants of its lizard ancestry, and can be externally viewed. They are strong with powerful muscles.

Pythons are dangerous. They have killed and eaten people. They have a dangerous bite. The videos show how quickly one can constrict around a person and squeeze them to death. Pythons are ambush predators. They remain motionless in a camouflaged position and then suddenly strike. They can swim, climb trees, and can unhinge their jaws to engulf large prey.

Females are good mothers and, like mammals, protect their young. They incubate their eggs by coiling their body around them. They keep them at a constant 89 C and even shiver to maintain the right temperature.

These snakes are very beautiful and suggest that the dinosaurs could also be colorful. They have striking skin patterns that include mosaic colors, spots, bands and rings. They can resemble ground cover. Some have iridescent colors and some species can shift their skin colors. They can have complex geometric color patterns, including diamond and other shapes.

Fluffy was supposed to make an airplane trip, but it was cancelled after the movie, Snakes on a Plane, came out.

Jack Hannah, of the Columbus Zoo, has taken Fluffy on the David Letterman show. Here, Hanna said that Fluffy could get to be get 30-40 feet long, and live to be 50 years old.

The paintings that were being made at the end will be sold on Enrichment Day, June 23, at the Columbus Zoo. More information will follow.

According to Guinness World Records 2005, the world's longest snake was a reticulated python, which was 32 ft. 9.5 in. It was killed in Celebes, Indonesia, in 1912. Fluffy came to the zoo recently and the signs shown in the videos give the information about her.

The Columbus Zoo, Ohio, is number 1 in the country USA Travel Guide (Columbus Dispatch 2009.03.01 p. A3)

Our Fluffy videos include:

The first video shows Fluffy striking at keeper:
Largest Snake Attack Strike Eat Swallow Reticulated Python http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc-jqmsKLC0
WORLD'S LARGEST SNAKE, PYTHON, ON EXHIBIT at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbMWX3tO8o

She is pretty human in some ways-a python can live up to age 48-and when Fluffy travels, they take her luggage. They exercise her in the worlds largest indoor elephant exhibit, where a baby elephant was recently born.

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[Shipmate1936]

with here being that big-does she ever get sores or cuts moving around on the pavement-cement floors-on here belly?

[IrenaScott]

So far as I know snakes are pretty tough. They also shed their skin, so I suppose they can repair any damage.

[Ivv1994]

What do you think about this? If that's correct this has to be the biggest python ever!

watch?v=Qa56tWDQ3Jk&feature=re­lated

[IrenaScott]

They said it was 984 lb and 49 ft long. According to Guinness World Records 2005, the world's longest snake was a reticulated python, which was 32 ft. 9.5 in. It was killed in Celebes, Indonesia, in 1912.

[CakesNSnakes]

I think its interesting that a zoo is displaying a tiger retic instead of the normal. They are definitely my favorite morph. Its hard to believe that the world record is 6 ft longer than her.

[IrenaScott]

The zoo has several other pythons. Some are shown in the video: Worlds Largest Snakes Cobra Rattlesnake Python Boa Dangerous Longest Strongest Most Poisonous. The world record (now dead) was 8 feet longer than her.

[KillerChris5]

I love how casually the first guy just grabs its face.

[UnloosedHUNTER]

I will piss my pants if i ever meet this thing!!



[jeroendijkmans]

The music: It's Finlandia, by Sibelius

[bronzeradar]

It says in the video description that the snakes' name is "Fluffy'.

...How original...

[Naveenrae]

That snake must be thinking"When i was young ma and pa said I must become very big,Ive become very big and ive lost my freedom -,-"

[MrFutfutfut]

if you dont see the dangerous part shes so sweetiee

[FatMissyCat]

love the music i just dont know were to listen to it when im drawing manga XD wats the song called

[kinnykiller]

he was scared for his balls at 00:20

[TheDelicate13]

@IrenaScott how long it is???

[Regzus]

Wirte in google 55 feets boa,and look at the pictures.