Osmanthus fragrans is a kind of reticular python, with a body length of 14.85 m, a thickest point of 0.85 m and a shocking weight of 447 kg, which can easily swallow a person. According to the zoo, osmanthus needs five dogs for a meal. Osmanthus fragrans is in the virgin rainforest of Sumatra. When it was first discovered, its body length was 19 meters. Because the food in the body was not digested, it deteriorated after storage, and saprophytic bacteria were bred. Not satisfied with amputation, it became the current length of 14.85 meters.
Snakes are animals that have been developing all their lives. They will grow when they are alive, and there is nothing wrong with growing up. The growth of different snakes is limited. Most of them can live for 25-30 years. After reaching the limit, the growth rate will slow down. In the high-speed growth period, they grow 1 0-20cm a year, reaching the limit, and the annual growth is less than1cm, depending on the environment.
Snakes are the latest reptiles. Fossil records show that the earliest snake on the earth appeared 85 million years ago, that is, the Cretaceous period. At that time, dinosaurs were the overlord of the earth, and the ancestors of snakes were some small lizards. They gradually lost their limbs because of their long-term cave life.
Although snakes have no limbs, they are very flexible, because snakes have nearly 500 vertebrae (only 33 in humans). Snakes can move forward, left and right quickly by twisting their bodies, but they can't retreat.
Because snakes still have some genes in their limbs, traces of their limbs can be seen in some snakes. At present, there are more than 3,000 kinds of snakes in the world, ranging in length from several centimeters to more than ten meters. The Amazon python, also known as the green python, is the largest snake in the world in terms of weight. It lives in the Amazon River valley in South America, with a body length of 10 m and a weight of 250 kg.
An adult Amazon boa constrictor is as thick as an adult man's trunk. After opening its jaws, it can swallow a whole sheep, and then it won't eat for months. Reticulated python, also known as overlord python, is the second largest snake in existence after Amazon python, living in Southeast Asian countries. The reticulated python is the longest snake in the world, and the longest recorded snake is 14.