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Modern humans living in the city have a very low chance of encountering snakes, and generally people want to see what a giant python looks like, either search for some documentaries on the Internet or go to the local zoo.
However, the documentary may still be much more exciting than the zoo, because the real python rarely appears in the zoo, and we can see more species and related introductions in the documentary.
Although humans have a natural fear of snakes, they are still very curious about giant pythons, so do you know which is the largest snake in the world?
About snakes
First of all, let's talk about snakes, from the biological classification, they belong to the reptiles below the chordates, and the internal body structure of the species is relatively highly consistent, which is the head plus the slender torso, plus a tail.
Of course, different types, there are still many details in the subtleties, the most significant should be the color or pattern of the torso, some special categories can also be distinguished from the shape of the head.
In general, their torsos are not as smooth as they appear, but are covered with scaly structures, which help them protect themselves and move.
When we imagine the image of a snake, of course, we must not forget their provocative snake letter, this part is actually the tongue of the snake, the difference is that there is a fork on it, the role is to distinguish the smell in the air, so it is also a good helper when they hunt.
Snakes are a very widely distributed species, although there will be differences in species due to different climates and environments, but you can find them in any corner of the world.
Some may live in caves, some may live in trees, and some have habits of moving on the ground, of course, some snakes still like to stay in the water, some of them just prefer the environment by the water, and some are long-term living in the water, such as water snakes, which are also a large number of snakes.
We all know that snakes are a very typical warming animal, they are not like humans, they can maintain a constant body temperature all year round, if the surrounding temperature changes, they will also begin to warm with this change.
Because there is no mechanism in the body of the snake that can automatically regulate the body temperature, the snake is almost invisible in the cold polar region, and staying in such an environment is like freezing their own blood, and the result is only a dead end.
In the winter, they will also choose to hibernate like most warm animals to escape the damage of low temperatures, and of course they must eat a large meal before this time as a consumption of this time.
Snakes have a wide range of predators, regardless of size, as long as it is meat, they are basically not rejected, but the overall formation of some relatively stable choices, such as rats are the best prey for small and medium-sized snakes, and slightly larger snakes will prey on larger prey, and various vertebrates and invertebrates may become their belly food.
Snakes should be regarded as a relatively old species in the biological history of the earth, from their first appearance to today, conservative estimates should be at least 130 million years, such a long history for snakes such a warm animal can actually be regarded as a miracle.
Because we know that the Earth has undergone several very drastic weather changes in the course of its evolution, they should have disappeared from this world long ago as thermostatic animals.
In fact, to this day, the survival of this species is still at a relatively low level, because they are too vulnerable to climate influences.
However, in the era when the overall environment of the earth is stable, their reproduction is still relatively prosperous.
Titan Python
For any kind of beast, of course, the strongest of course is the strongest of them, and the strongest is usually the largest and most powerful, for the snake species, the strongest person found in the current biological research should be the Titan python.
The prefix Titan is not unfamiliar to us, it refers to the huge, such as the classic movie Titanic, which means a huge ship, the adjective of this level is put on a snake, in fact, it is still very scary, so how big is the Titan Python?
Today, we certainly don't have this eye blessing to see with our own eyes, because this snake has become extinct, and the time is about 7 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs. And the reason we may not have difficult to guess, that is, a sudden climate change.
According to the analysis and calculation results of paleontologists, the length of the Titan python is estimated to reach about 15 meters, and the cross-sectional diameter of the entire body is almost more than 1 meter, which is basically a monster-like existence today, according to this size, the weight of the Titan python should be one or two tons at will.
The existence of the Titan python is not an unfounded speculation of scientists, it has a solid skeletal fossil as an argument, in some large coal mines in Colombia unearthed fossil specimens of this python, although some are missing, but pieced together can determine its basic outline.
Of course, in order to be able to do better research, paleontologists will generally choose some of the same kind of pythons or snakes of the family Crab family for comparison, such as amazon grasshoppers.
According to the conclusions drawn from their observations, giant creatures of the level of titan pythons should mainly feed on reptiles such as giant crocodiles, or similar weight-level animals, such as pufferfish, goats, giant turtles, etc., which can be said to be the absolute top hunters after dinosaurs.
epilogue
The extinction of titan pythons is fundamentally determined by their variable temperature properties, which is also the biggest threat to existing snakes, and if the earth's temperature is abnormal again, a new species disaster may befall them.