A massive python measuring more than 26ft in length has been found in Malaysia - and could set a new record for the biggest snake ever caught.
Photos of the fearsome creature released by the Malaysian Civil Service show more than a dozen workers posing for photographs with the enormous beast.
Weighing more than 550lbs, the reticulated python could set a new record with only a handful of specimens previously caught known to exceed more than 20ft.
The python, which requires multiple people to carry it, was found on the island of Penang, a developed piece of land located off the country's western coast.
It died on Sunday after laying eggs, Herme Herisyam, operations chief for Penang's Civil Defence Department's southwest district told the BBC.
Mr. Herisyan said it weighed 250kg (39st 5lb) and took 30 minutes to rescue.
Another civil defence official said that the snake's capture and the attention it received likely compounded the stress of laying eggs.
Muhammad Aizat said the snake laid one egg, before going "quiet".
It was due to be transferred to the government's Department of Wildlife before it died.
The current record for longest snake ever caught is 7.67m (25ft), named Medusa and weighing 24st 12lb.
Medusa is housed at an attraction called 'The Edge of Hell Haunted House' in Kansas City, and is known to eat an entire deer in a sitting.
Native to South East Asia, reticulated pythons have for years held claim to be the longest snakes in the world. However, its cousin the anaconda, which is native to South America, remains the heaviest species of snake.
Pythons are constrictors, meaning they kill their prey by squeezing and crushing them until they can no longer breathe, before dislocating their jaws to swallow the creatures whole.
Typical prey includes mammals such as monkeys and apes, pigs, deer and occasionally birds. An excellent swimmer, pythons have also been found far out at sea and are known to populate small islands in this way.
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Photos of the fearsome creature released by the Malaysian Civil Service show more than a dozen workers posing for photographs with the enormous beast.
Weighing more than 550lbs, the reticulated python could set a new record with only a handful of specimens previously caught known to exceed more than 20ft.
The python, which requires multiple people to carry it, was found on the island of Penang, a developed piece of land located off the country's western coast.
It died on Sunday after laying eggs, Herme Herisyam, operations chief for Penang's Civil Defence Department's southwest district told the BBC.
Mr. Herisyan said it weighed 250kg (39st 5lb) and took 30 minutes to rescue.
Another civil defence official said that the snake's capture and the attention it received likely compounded the stress of laying eggs.
Muhammad Aizat said the snake laid one egg, before going "quiet".
It was due to be transferred to the government's Department of Wildlife before it died.
The current record for longest snake ever caught is 7.67m (25ft), named Medusa and weighing 24st 12lb.
Medusa is housed at an attraction called 'The Edge of Hell Haunted House' in Kansas City, and is known to eat an entire deer in a sitting.
Native to South East Asia, reticulated pythons have for years held claim to be the longest snakes in the world. However, its cousin the anaconda, which is native to South America, remains the heaviest species of snake.
Pythons are constrictors, meaning they kill their prey by squeezing and crushing them until they can no longer breathe, before dislocating their jaws to swallow the creatures whole.
Typical prey includes mammals such as monkeys and apes, pigs, deer and occasionally birds. An excellent swimmer, pythons have also been found far out at sea and are known to populate small islands in this way.
Music: "Thief in the Night" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Source: Daily Mail, BBC , Sky News
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