Snake symbolizes not only wisdom, but also deceit; causes not only fear (by the way, the fear of snakes has a scientific name - herpetophobia), but also respect. These reptiles became the main characters not only in a large number of ancient legends, but also in many modern films. Do you want to know what ten species of snakes are the longest on the planet?
No. 10. - 1.9 meters long, and it weighs about three kilograms and is the largest snake in the viper family. The venom of this beauty is almost as dangerous as that of a cobra.
No. 9. – 2 meters long, the creature is elegant and can have any coloring.
No. 8. – 3 meters long and weighing about five kilograms. The Bushmaster is the largest venomous snake in Southern America.
№7. Black Mamba– 4.5 meters long. Remember this lady in the movie Kill Bill? In terms of toxicity, it has practically no equal on the entire African continent, and 20 km/h is the speed of its lightning-fast throw!
№6. Boa– 4.5 meters long. With such a length, it is extremely voracious; this particular species is capable of swallowing food that is three times larger in size than the head of the boa constrictor itself.
No. 5. – 5.6 meters long. It is the longest of all its poisonous relatives. On average, cobras grow 3.5 – 4.5 meters long, but some individuals reach more than five and a half meters in length.
No. 4. (it is also called Indian) – 6 meters long. This is the closest relative of the dusky tiger python, which is slightly longer, but otherwise the two species are very similar.
№3. Dark tiger python– 8 meters long and this is the largest size for this subspecies. Pythons differ not only in length, but also in weight: with the average size of individuals being about six meters, they weigh seventy kilograms!
No. 2. – 11.5 meters long. It is believed that the largest anaconda itself is a resident of Colombia; when measured, its “height” turned out to be 11.43 meters!
No. 1. – 12 meters long. The well-deserved first place went to the “little python,” who lived in the zoo and was 12.2 meters long. Pythons are the largest snakes on the planet, the average specimen is 10 meters in length.
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