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1. 中国时报 国际新闻 930101
印尼巨蟒 追过世界第一
陈文和／综合卅日外电报导 印尼爪哇岛中部的库鲁塞伍动物园现正展示一条据称是
全球最长且最重的网纹蟒。园方昨天指出，这条公蟒蛇身长十四．八五公尺、体重四百
四十七公斤，腹围最宽处达八十五公分，为有史以来被人类擒获的最大型蟒蛇，长度超
过金氏世界纪录所认定的世界第一巨蟒五．一公尺。
这只网纹蟒於二○○二年年中在苏门答腊岛占碑省境的丛林中被捕获。当地极少与外
界接触的原住民库布族人将其奉为统治者膜拜。蛇贩达曼托得知此事後，努力了几个月
终於说服库布族人同意将这条巨蟒送往爪哇公开展示。达曼托表示，巨蟒的食量惊人，
且嗜好吞食犬只，一个月大约可以吃掉五只狗。据说巨蟒被捕时身长达十九公尺，但因
胃中留有未能消化掉的腐败鹿□，而遭截断了四．一五公尺的身躯。
目前金氏世界纪录所公认全球最长的蛇，是一九一二年在印尼苏拉威西岛捕获的九．
七五公尺网纹蟒。而饲养於美国伊利诺州的一百八十二．七六公斤缅甸巨蟒则是目前全
球公认最重的蛇。将它们与苏门答腊的巨蟒相比，可谓小巫见大巫。
虽然蟒蛇并无毒性，但其身长体重、力大无比，且通常以身躯将猎物勒昏後再予吞
食，故仍对人类构成威胁。
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中广新闻网 01/07 22:00
都怪记者胡说，印尼蟒蛇没那麽长
记者写新闻喜欢耸人听闻。印尼最近抓到一条蟒蛇，记者把它描述成十五公尺长，是
〔有史以来人们抓住的最长的蟒蛇〕。但路透社记者丈量後，发现蟒蛇只有六点五公
尺，还不到原来记者所说的一半。原来记者如何说出这个惊人尺寸，只有他自己知道。
上星期，印尼爪瓦岛一个娱乐公园展出这条蟒蛇，公园主人说，蟒蛇有十五公尺
长，印尼记者不经查证，就发出报导，在国内外引起轰动，这个公园游客增加三倍。英
国〔金氏纪录博物馆〕也感兴趣，因为他们纪录的最长蟒蛇，只有十公尺长。
但
路透社一个记者对此存疑，因此口袋里装了一卷皮尺，到这个公园丈量这条蟒蛇，发现
它只有六点五公尺长。记者质问公园主人，公园主人尴尬地说，他也不清楚，蟒蛇为什
麽缩短
了。
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/2004/01/08/odd/bcc/4467369.html
一星期不到就缩水了 :Q
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路透社 原文新闻
Park Puts World's Longest Snake on Show
Tue December 30, 2003 09:12 AM ET
KENDAL, Indonesia (Reuters) - A recreation park in Indonesia is displaying a
49-foot python -- making it the longest ever captured -- that was revered as
a
tribal ruler and has a huge appetite for dogs.
The huge, dark-colored male snake has a diameter of 2.8 feet, weighs 984
pounds
and is 48 feet, 7 inches long, according to keepers of an animal exhibition
at
the Curugsewu park in the small Central Java town of Kendal.
Snake handler Imam Darmanto told Reuters the nameless serpent likes to gulp
down
dogs.
"This snake swallows up dogs. In a month, it can eat around five dogs," he
said.
According to the Guinness World Records, the longest discovered snake was
also a
reticulated python from Indonesia. It was 33 feet long when found in
Sulawesi
island in 1912.
Last year, Samantha, a snake measuring eight meters and which was dubbed the
largest in captivity, died in the Bronx Zoo in New York. Samantha came from
Indonesia's side of Borneo island.
Darmanto found the reticulated python last year on Sumatra island, where it
had
been caught and kept in captivity by villagers.
But it took months to get permission from the villagers, who revered the
creature, to bring it to Java.
"It was seen as the ruler of the Kubu tribe. So, we had to go by the book
and
the tourism authorities had to ask for it," Darmanto said.
The Kubu tribe live in the jungles of southern Sumatra and shun encounters
with
the modern world.
The snake has tripled the number of visitors to the state-run park, normally
known just for its scenery and waterfalls.
© Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4057372
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World's 'Longest Snake' Comes Up Short
Wed January 7, 2004 10:35 AM ET
KENDAL, Indonesia (Reuters) - It's still a big snake, just not a
record-breaker.
When a recreation park in Indonesia put a huge reticulated python on show
last
week, keepers insisted to reporters it was 49 feet long. That made it the
longest ever caught.
But amid growing skepticism of the claim, a photographer working for Reuters
returned to the Curugsewu park in the small central Java town of Kendal
Wednesday with a measuring tape. The snake's true length -- around 21 feet
"I have no idea why the snake has shrunk," said one keeper when asked about
the
discrepancy, as the snake lounged on a tree branch inside its cage.
According to the Guinness World Records, the longest discovered snake was
also a
reticulated python from Indonesia. It was 33 feet long when found in
Sulawesi
island in 1912.
In 2002, Samantha, a 25-foot snake which was dubbed the largest in
captivity,
died in the Bronx Zoo in New York. Samantha came from Indonesia's side of
Borneo island.
Record-breaking or not, word of the huge snake in Kendal has spread,
tripling
the number of visitors to the state-run park, normally known just for its
scenery and waterfalls.
© Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4087490
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