A photograph purporting to show a 55ft snake found in a forest in China has become an internet sensation.
It was originally posted in a thread on the website of the People's Daily, the official Communist Party newspaper in China.
The thread claimed the snake was one of two enormous boas found by workers clearing forest for a new road outside Guping city, Jiangxi province.
They apparently woke up the sleeping snakes during attempts to bulldoze a huge mound of earth.
"On the third dig, the operator found there was blood amongst the soil, and with a further dig, a dying snake appeared," said the post.
"At the same time, another gold coloured giant boa appeared with its mouth wide open. The driver was paralysed with fear, while the other workers ran for their lives.
"By the time the workers came back, the wounded boa had died, while the other snake had disappeared. The bulldozer operator was so sick that he couldn't even stand up." The post claimed that the digger driver was so traumatised that he suffered a heart attack on his way to hospital and later died. The dead snake was 55ft (16.7m) long, weighed 300kg and was estimated to be 140 years old, according to the post.
However, local government officials in Guiping say the story and photograph are almost certainly a hoax as giant boas are not native to the area.
via Ananova - Photo of 55ft snake shocks China.
Look at the size of the scoop is for the tractor. This is a classic camera trick: forced perspective. More like a 25 ft snake. Still scary. Here is the uncropped photo:
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140 years old!!!
Good catch. I thought, when I read it.. "Perhaps boas are like turtles.... perhaps they do live that long." but I didn't look it up. Turns out that's about 100 years off.
"The oldest snake on record was a boa constrictor that died in 1977 at the age of 40." -
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hard to believe.......they found a 55 foot, 140 year old snake, and only took one picture?
wew the thing almost reach the ground even if the device is extending its arm wew??
maybe theyre just compensating for their tiny weiners LOL!
it maybe true, or it just might be an overly-feed type of BOA, not unless reporters gonna feed us some news a type of BOA the size and length of African tourist train plus a head the size of an ordinary Mercedez Benz.,,
omg, it is FAKE. the snake is closer than workers. that's it
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WAT THE HELL
I don't think it was real 55 feet means the size showing in the screen is also not acceptable, if it is so there is only one still have been taken why the camera is not have a much memory to take it ?
Its great and very interesting, wat abt another snake.........
Its Photoshop..... as the guy said closer to the top, why is there only one picture? and how can another 55ft snake just dissapear? WTF do they eat?
were is the snake now,if its not a fake they can make a video,,,,or sahe just desapere,,,hahaha
This is a real snake. It is NOT 55 ft. long. It is a Reticulated Python. They are common to that area and can grow to lengths of 33 ft. (largest on record). This snake is in the foreground making it appear larger. An approximate guess for this snake would be 24-26 ft. long.
is this true?course not..look, boa constrictor is large..but not that kind..imagine 55ft long..then how big is the head?and that head is same as anacondas which is the largest is 36ft..china..no.1 in gadgets..although not original..how come 1 pix..not high pixels..dont have other angles..people deserves true stories about creatures living with us...:)
its not possible bcoz biologically reticulated python can never atain more than 30 feet max. and saying abt boa a 40 ft used to live named titan cerrojonesis tat 2 milllion yrs of ago
They take only one picture, because the sneak was to big to fit on storage card ;-p
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