Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Modern anacondas and pythons are massive, but fossil evidence shows they are not even close to the largest snakes to ever exist.
Discovery of record-length python in Sulawesi highlights threats and conservation efforts for giant snakes in Indonesia.
Snakes come in an astonishing range of sizes, from tiny thread snakes to massive constrictors capable of overpowering large prey. But which species truly earn the title of the world’s largest snakes?