REPTILIAN TUESDAY # 35

REPTILIAN TUESDAY # 35

We’re heading to Southeast Asia to meet a really big and we mean BIG reptile! We shall watch this giant reptile from a distance as they are big enough to take down a human and we are but a small elephant and horse! Are you ready to head out on this most excellent adventure? Let’s do it!

MEET THE RETICULATE PYTHON!

   Range/Habitat: Southeast Asia/ rainforest, grasslands

   Diet: Carnivore: birds, mammals

   Length/Weight: 21-33ft/ up to 400 lbs

   Conservation Status: common

Fun Facts:

• Reticulated pythons are the world’s longest snake.
• They are excellent swimmers.
• Reticulated pythons have large heat pits in their jaws.
• Reticulated pythons can live up to 30 years.
• They do have 100 teeth, but are constrictors.
• Female reticulated pythons lay anywhere from 30-100 eggs. She will wrap herself around them until they hatch.
• The word reticulated comes from Latin and means “net-like”. It describes their pattern.

Wow, these snakes are not just big, but HUGE! They are spectacular and so beautiful! We’ll just make sure that we watch them from a distance :)!