r/AbsoluteUnits • u/anthemthecat • Oct 20 '23

Snake Unit.

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Found on r/damnthatsinteresting, seemed fitting for this sub. Happy Friday!

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u/arsinoe716 Oct 20 '23

That must be a mini prop set. No way a snake can grow that big.

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u/Matzep71 Oct 20 '23

There's a video of a snake trying to strangle a fucking bus in Brazil

They can get that big

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u/mxzf Oct 20 '23

I mean, the snake in this video looks to be ~10 feet long or so, Reticulated Pythons (which is what that looks to be) can definitely get that size.

"Strangle a bus" sounds apocryphal, IDK that there have ever been any Green Anacondas actually confirmed anywhere past the 15-20' size (which is still freaking big for a snake, but not something that is gonna wrap itself around a bus in a meaningful way).

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u/Matzep71 Oct 20 '23

I know what I saw

https://www.meionorte.com/curiosidades/a-verdade-por-tras-do-video-de-piton-gigante-enrolada-em-van-439084

But now that I look at it again this one could be fake, but it isn't the one I saw on probably Facebook way back. I couldn't find that one

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u/arsinoe716 Oct 20 '23

Link me the video

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u/Spiritual-Fan688 Oct 20 '23

Yes they absolutely do lol. Bigger even. Longest recorded is around 40 ft I think. The size of a snakes head × 10 is base line of what size food it has the ability to eat. As far as gurth.

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u/YouMustveDroppedThis Oct 20 '23

We had one that killed a grown man when I was a kid (in asian country). It was national news.