Although the snake is one of the animals that people are most afraid of, there have been many folklore related to snakes since ancient times, and most of them talk about the long and heavy giant python.
Not only that, but it is also this giant python that often makes cameos in film and television dramas, so will there be a giant python in real life? As we all know, the animal and plant resources of the Qinling Mountains on the mainland are very rich, such as wild rare animals such as golden snub-nosed monkeys and crested ibises, of course, there are many snakes in the Qinling Mountains, so is there a legendary panshan python in the Qinling Mountains?
The legendary snake of Qinling Mountains.
Qinling Is the dividing line between the north and south of the continent, from the south side blocked the warm and humid air flow from the southeast coast, and the north blocked the cold current from Siberia, resulting in a completely different temperature and climate between the north and the south, this unique climatic conditions provide a good breeding environment for snakes, so the Qinling Mountains extended a lot of mysterious legends about snakes.
In the more famous myths and legends of the mainland, "Nuwa created man", the human-headed snake-bodied Nuwa and Fuxi are living in the Qinling area of the mainland, and there is also the legendary Candle Nine Yin, which depicts its human-faced snake body in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", with a body of thousands of miles.
It is said that it is winter when it blows, and the exhalation is summer, and a slight movement can cause landslides and cracks, often haunting near the Qinling Mountains, in addition, legend has it that when digging tunnels in previous years, a white python was also dug.
Although these are myths and legends, folk rumors, and there are no facts and scientific arguments, these myths and legends make people very curious, is there a giant python in the Qinling Mountains?
The great snake that actually existed in the QinLing Mountains.
There are about 32 species of snakes in the Qinling Range, most of which are snakes without venom, and there are only 7 species of venomous snakes, but there are no legendary pythons among these snakes. In Qinling, the largest snake is the non-venomous king snake, also known as the snake king, the great king snake, its body length can grow to 2.5 meters, the maximum weight is about tens of kilograms;
Mainly living in the mountain plains, to eat rats, frogs and some small birds, etc., fierce and domineering temperament, the attack power is still very strong, when encountering other snakes, will take the initiative to attack each other, as the saying goes, "a land king snake, ten miles of non-venomous snakes" is said to be this reason, and in the case of a very harsh environment, no food, will also eat their own kind.
The non-venomous snake in the Qinling Mountains is slightly smaller than the largest king snake, with a body length of about 1.8 meters, mainly living near water, feeding on frogs and so on, and has a relatively mild temperament and does not take the initiative to attack.
The largest python on Earth is extinct.
According to the study, the Titan python (meaning "great python") that lived 60 million years ago to 58 million years ago is the largest snake on the earth, with a body length of even 15 meters and a weight of more than 1 ton, it is conceivable how terrible this giant snake will be, and it is one of the animals at the top of the food chain at that time, but it is now completely extinct.
At present, the world's existing snakes, the longest snake is the reticulated python, and the largest weight is the Amazon forest hopper, today's Guinness World Records, the largest snake is a reticulated python named "Medusa", its body length is about 7.67 meters, weighing 158.8 kg, in fact, there was once a snake named "Osmanthus Flower", it is said that its body length is 14.85 meters, but later after accurate measurements found that the "Osmanthus Flower" body length between 6.5 meters and 7 meters.
In fact, there are very few pythons that can exceed 9 meters in the world today, and the reason why the Titan python is so big is because the snakes at that time were in an active period throughout the year and could grow wildly, but with the current earth environment and the environment of the Qinling Mountains, there would be no giant pythons at all.
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