Human fear of snakes is carved into the genes! Many babies are not aware of the dangers of snakes, but they are also afraid of snakes. Moreover, according to Chinese and foreign myths and legends, our ancestors once lived with snakes, many of which were giant snakes.
For example, the Norse myth of "Yemengard" is an extremely large giant snake.
In Japanese mythology, there are also giant snakes, such as the Yagi Great Snake, a monster with eight heads and eight tails, a giant snake that can bring disaster.
There are also snakes in the ancient myths of our country, including the fierce god Xiangliu with the body of a human-headed snake, fuxi and Nüwa, the god of blessing sheji with a human-headed snake body, and a white snake and a green snake who come to the human world to repay the favor.
It can also be seen from these mythological stories that people in ancient times often dealt with snakes, and the memory of snakes is not particularly good, except for a few mythological stories in which snakes are positive characters, most mythological stories, snakes are synonymous with insidiousness, cunning and evil.
More importantly, in many myths and stories, there are often huge snakes, so the question arises, regardless of the extinct snakes, what is the largest snake today?
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There are many large snakes on earth today, but the largest snake in the world is selected from pythons and forest hoppers.
Among them, the Amazon forest grasshopper can reach a maximum length of more than 10 meters and weighs about 225 kilograms, making it the largest snake in the world. However, in the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest snake was caught by a reticulated python called "Osmanthus Flower".
The osmanthus python is a snake that lives in the primeval forest of the Indonesian island of Sumatra and is worshipped by the locals as a ruler. After the snake dealer learned of this, he tried to convince the locals to capture the python and sell it to the park, which the staff named "Osmanthus Flower". Although the python's name is very gentle, it is a terrifying beast, because it likes to feed on dogs, and can even swallow 5 dogs in a month.
The osmanthus python has a body size of 14.85 meters and a weight of 447 kilograms, making it the longest and largest snake ever discovered by humans in the past 100 years, and the largest known snake in the world.
To subdue such a large python, at least 8-10 prime-age men are needed. So the question is, if such a giant python attacks humans, how can we save ourselves? Can a dagger escape from the belly of a giant python?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" What should I do if I encounter a python >? </h1>
First of all, we want to say that in general, pythons are only distributed in the tropics and subtropics, this is because snakes belong to thermostat organisms, their body temperature will change with the change of external temperature, of which pythons have higher requirements for temperature, and temperate and cold zones cannot meet their survival needs.
Second, pythons are too large, which also causes them to move very slowly on land, requiring the buoyancy of water to support themselves. So pythons often lurk on tropical, subtropical waters and swampy edges, and when we travel to these places, we must be careful to avoid.
Under normal circumstances, pythons over 3 meters in size have the ability to devour humans, and when a python over 5 meters in size wraps around humans, it is equivalent to 6 or 7 people standing on your chest cavity, and the chest bone may be flattened and crushed by the python.
If you are armed with a dagger, the best way to do this is to attack the python just as it is about to wrap around you. When the python wraps you tightly, you will not be able to break free of the python's stranglehold, and the dagger will lose its usefulness.
In addition, pythons have the ability to sense the heartbeat and breathing of their prey, and they will slowly devour the animal after strangling it to death. During the process of devouring, the python's upper and lower jaws can be opened by about 120 degrees, and the upper and lower jaws can be separated, wrapped the prey as much as possible, and then slowly ate.
If you are lucky enough to be alive at this time and are swallowed in the stomach by a python with a dagger in your hand, there will be another purgatory waiting for you. Pythons have very strong muscles, and their bodies are like strong rubber bands, which can firmly hold the body of their prey firmly in place, and even crush the bones of their prey. This means that even if you are lucky not to die, it will be difficult to move in the belly of the python, and it will be more difficult to cut through the body of the python with a dagger.
In addition, the stomach acid of the python is very strong, which can corrode the human body. Also, there is no air in the stomach of the python, and it is difficult for humans to survive. Therefore, if it is swallowed into the stomach by a python, it is most likely to be saved.
Fortunately, large pythons are not numerous, and they rarely attack humans. If you accidentally encounter a large python in the wild, remember to stay away from the water's edge to escape, because on land, they are not fast.
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Although larger pythons have the ability to devour humans, humans are relatively speaking, humans are the natural enemies of pythons, and due to human activities, the number of pythons is decreasing, so they are listed as protected animals in China.
If you encounter a large python in the wild, avoiding it is both to protect the snake and to protect yourself.