Five monster 16-foot pythons have been rescued after being spotted by terrified residents on the loose in the UK countryside.

The longest recorded reticulated python was discovered in 1912 and measured 10 meters, or about 32.8 feet, long. This snake was longer than the height of a giraffe, says the Natural History Museum.

The reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) is the longest snake in the world, regularly reaching over 6.25 metres in length.It is the longest of the 39 species in the family Pythonidae. The ...

Snakes range greatly in size. The world longest snake is the reticulated python. The longest ever found in the species measured a whopping 32 feet, 9.5 inches long.

Reticulated python (Python reticulatus), front view, head detail. These massive snakes, native to Indonesia and areas of the Asian pacific, grow the longest in the world. (RibeirodosSantos/iStock) ...

Burmese pythons can grow to 19 feet (5.8 m), while reticulated pythons can reach up to 25 feet (7.6 m). In thi case, the reticulated python was larger than the Burmese, but the exact length was ...

Reticulated pythons have also been known to swallow deer, and even alligators. Once a prey item is swallowed, whole enzymes in the snake's stomach start to dissolve it over time.

An enormous reticulated python has been rescued after getting tangled in a string of festive lights 15 feet above the ground. Members of Singapore's Animal Concerns Research and Education Society ...

Record-breaking 19-foot-long Burmese python captured in Florida 01:06. A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a local official ...