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What’s the largest snake that has ever existed?
Plunge the chasm of human mythmaking and you'll encounter lots of colossal snakes, from cosmic world serpents tomalevolent monsters. Today, their fictional descendants continue to enthrall us, whether trying to swallow Mowgli from "The Jungle Book" or simply vomiting up a half-digested Jon Voight in 1997's "Anaconda."
But outside the world of myth and fantasy, what colossal specimen can science offer us? What, based on fossil evidence and biological survey, is the largest snake ever to slither its way through the natural world?
The modern serpent queen's crown (the females are larger in both species) rests most easily on the heads of either the Asian reticulated python (Python reticulatus), so called for its geometric color pattern, or the South American green anaconda (Eunectes murinus). If you're an avid reality TV viewer, you might remember the green anaconda Chumana, which failed to gobble up "Eaten Alive" host Paul Rosolie.
Many sources tend to credit the reticulated python with the greatest record length, while crediting the heavier, semiaquatic green anaconda with the greatest overall weight and size. Other sources, such as the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, just go ahead and award the green anaconda top honors. You might well expect there to be a bit more scientific certainty on the matter, but you'd be quite wrong.
Giant snake accounts are rather like giant fish stories. The maximum size is directly proportional to the amount of skepticism you choose to employ. Do you trust that Victorian explorer or scrap of local hearsay? Do you ignore how stretched the skin appears in that 50-year-old photograph? Ultimately, record measurements in the wild are few, far between and easily bungled or exaggerated.
For instance, an alleged 33-foot (10.1-meter) reticulated python from a 1946 Natural History Magazine story continues to pop up in articles on giant snakes, though herpetologist John C. Murphy dismisses this and any wild P. reticulatus length greater than 25 feet (7.6 meters). Meanwhile, field measurements in a 1999 survey averaged a little under 12 feet (3.2 meters) in the jungles of southern Sumatra, maxing out at just shy of 20 feet (6.1 meters) [source: Shine et al.].
Is it true that no one dies at Disney World?
When you think about Disney World, you probably imagine Mickey Mouse, Disney princesses and wholesome mouse-eared families posing for pictures in front of Cinderella's castle. The Disney image is a tremendously influential one worldwide and the vast Disney corporation works very hard to keep its reputation as cheerful and family-friendly as possible. But with this cultural influence comes urban legends, many of which have persisted for decades.
The Disney urban legends range from the fairly innocent (elaborate theories about hidden messages in animated movies) to the totally odd (Walt Disney wascryogenically frozen after his death). Many of them, however, are decidedly more sinister, suggesting that this enormous company has a pretty dark underbelly. Walt Disney, for example, is said to have blacklisted Adriana Caselotti, the actress who voiced Snow White, because he thought the animated princess's image would be tarnished if she ever played another role. Disney is also said to have had a serious interest in mind control. And there's even a story about a covered-up child suicide on the "It's a Small World" ride in 1999.
Why are people superstitious about double-yolked eggs?
There's about a one in one thousand chance that the next egg you crack open will be double-yolked. As is the case with many uncommon occurrences in nature, people have attached many superstitions to double-yolked eggs. They're a pretty obvious reference to fertility, so most of these superstitions have to do with reproduction and good fortune. The most common is that you or someone you know will soon become pregnant (maybe with twins) if you happen upon a double-yolker. In the Wiccan tradition, they're known as a sign of general good fortune. If you're interested in ancient Norse beliefs, you might feel a sense of doom if you get a double-yolked egg -- it means that someone in your family is about to meet their maker.
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