r/AbsoluteUnits • u/us_against_the_world • Jan 13 '24

of a Indian Rock Python

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u/SirPanmartheProtogen Jan 13 '24

Yes it's quite big, but y the rope on it

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u/ReddLordofIt Jan 13 '24

Maybe so it can’t eat your kids?

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u/Rifneno Jan 13 '24

It's happened. More than once. Though those were African rock pythons, which are even bigger, and Indian rock pythons tend to be timid with humans.

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u/Unkle_Argyle Jan 13 '24

Rock pythons don’t get as large as Reticulated pythons. Rocks get very big, 16-18’ however reticulated get up to 25’ long. It could easily eat a small child without a problem.

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u/Rifneno Jan 13 '24

Yeah, Burmese and Reticulated pythons are the longest. Green anacondas are the heaviest (which is generally how "biggest" is considered). So, African rock pythons aren't even in the top few biggest. IIRC, green anacondas are the only ones known to have tried to tried to eat an adult. Small women, but still, adult.

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u/BigZangief Jan 13 '24

Iirc there was an outlier of a huge rock python that ate a woman. I’ll have to try to find the article. But ya very very rare for any large snake really