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1. 中國時報 國際新聞 930101
印尼巨蟒 追過世界第一
陳文和／綜合卅日外電報導 印尼爪哇島中部的庫魯塞伍動物園現正展示一條據稱是
全球最長且最重的網紋蟒。園方昨天指出，這條公蟒蛇身長十四．八五公尺、體重四百
四十七公斤，腹圍最寬處達八十五公分，為有史以來被人類擒獲的最大型蟒蛇，長度超
過金氏世界紀錄所認定的世界第一巨蟒五．一公尺。
這隻網紋蟒於二○○二年年中在蘇門答臘島佔碑省境的叢林中被捕獲。當地極少與外
界接觸的原住民庫布族人將其奉為統治者膜拜。蛇販達曼托得知此事後，努力了幾個月
終於說服庫布族人同意將這條巨蟒送往爪哇公開展示。達曼托表示，巨蟒的食量驚人，
且嗜好吞食犬隻，一個月大約可以吃掉五隻狗。據說巨蟒被捕時身長達十九公尺，但因
胃中留有未能消化掉的腐敗鹿屍，而遭截斷了四．一五公尺的身軀。
目前金氏世界紀錄所公認全球最長的蛇，是一九一二年在印尼蘇拉威西島捕獲的九．
七五公尺網紋蟒。而飼養於美國伊利諾州的一百八十二．七六公斤緬甸巨蟒則是目前全
球公認最重的蛇。將牠們與蘇門答臘的巨蟒相比，可謂小巫見大巫。
雖然蟒蛇並無毒性，但其身長體重、力大無比，且通常以身軀將獵物勒昏後再予吞
食，故仍對人類構成威脅。
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中廣新聞網 01/07 22:00
都怪記者胡說，印尼蟒蛇沒那麼長
記者寫新聞喜歡聳人聽聞。印尼最近抓到一條蟒蛇，記者把它描述成十五公尺長，是
〔有史以來人們抓住的最長的蟒蛇〕。但路透社記者丈量後，發現蟒蛇只有六點五公
尺，還不到原來記者所說的一半。原來記者如何說出這個驚人尺寸，只有他自己知道。
上星期，印尼爪瓦島一個娛樂公園展出這條蟒蛇，公園主人說，蟒蛇有十五公尺
長，印尼記者不經查證，就發出報導，在國內外引起轟動，這個公園遊客增加三倍。英
國〔金氏紀錄博物館〕也感興趣，因為他們紀錄的最長蟒蛇，只有十公尺長。
但
路透社一個記者對此存疑，因此口袋裡裝了一卷皮尺，到這個公園丈量這條蟒蛇，發現
它只有六點五公尺長。記者質問公園主人，公園主人尷尬地說，他也不清楚，蟒蛇為什
麼縮短
了。
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/2004/01/08/odd/bcc/4467369.html
一星期不到就縮水了 :Q
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路透社 原文新聞
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.
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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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