The science and technology publication American Scientist wrote about the "record-breaking, 10-inch-long whopper of a ...

Guinness World Records reports the biggest reticulated python ever captured was 32 feet, 9.5 inches, and the longest living in captivity was a 25-foot, 2-inch snake that died in 2011 in Kansas ...

The snake in the video above is a diamond python (Morelia spilota spilota). Diamond pythons are a subspecies of carpet pythons. They grow to about 6 to 10 feet long and weigh up to 34 pounds.