INDONESIA: WORLD'S LONGEST CAPTURED SNAKE GOES ON SHOW AT THE CURUGSEWU RECREATION PARK IN THE TOWN OF KENDAL, CENTRAL JAVA.

Record ID: 284418

  • Title: INDONESIA: WORLD'S LONGEST CAPTURED SNAKE GOES ON SHOW AT THE CURUGSEWU RECREATION PARK IN THE TOWN OF KENDAL, CENTRAL JAVA.
  • Date: 30th December 2003
  • Summary: (U2) KENDAL, CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA (DECEMBER 30, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. WS: SPECTATORS LOOKING INTO PYTHON'S CAGE. 0.07 2. CU: OF SIGN. 0.14 3. MV: SNAKE HANDLER IMAM DARMANTO PLAYING WITH PYTHON AS SPECTATORS LOOK ON THROUGH CAGE. 0.24 4. CU: DARMANTO TALKING TO SNAKE. 0.31 5. SCU: SPECTATORS. 0.37 6. WS: OF PYTHON WITH KEEPERS IN THE CAGE. 0.46 7. CU: SNAKE'S HEAD. 0.51 8. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(Bahasa Indonesia) IMAN DARMANTO SNAKEHANDLER SAYING: "This snake swallows up dogs. In a month, it can eat around five dogs," 0.59 9. SCU: MORE OF PYTHON IN THE CAGE WITH SPECTATORS LOOKING ON. 1.06 10. CU: MORE OF SNAKE'S HEAD. 1.15 11. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(Bahasa Indonesia) IMAN DARMANTO SNAKEHANDLER SAYING: "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." 1.26 12. MV: PYTHON AND HIS FOOD, A MALE DOG.) 1.34 13. SCU: SIGN ON THE CAGE READING IN BAHASA "FEEDING TIME: 16.30 FOOD: A MALE DOG" DOG AND SNAKE SEEN IN BACKGROUND. 1.42 14. MV: OF PYTHON TAKING BATH. 2.01 15. LAS/SCU: MORE OF PYTHON WITH IMAM DARMANTO. 2.11 16. SCU: MEN WATCHING. 2.15 17. MV/WS: IMAM DARMANTO PLAYING WITH SNAKE. (2 SHOTS) 2.25 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th January 2004 12:00
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  • Location: KENDAL, CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVA8QOCM89UKTUOD05SZTM30D5AH
  • Story Text: Indonesian park puts world's longest snake on show.



    The keepers say the snake is a whopping 15 metres
    (49 feet) long, which would make it the longest ever
    captured. They say it was revered as a tribal leader and
    likes to feast on dogs.

    The huge, dark-coloured male snake has a diametre of 85
    centimetres (2.8 feet) and weighs 447 kg (984 lb),
    according to keepers of an animal exhibition at the
    Curugsewu recreation park in the small Central Java town of
    Kendal.

    Park snakehandler Imam Darmanto told Reuters the
    nameless snake has a huge appetite for 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 10 metres long when found in Sulawesi
    island in 1912.

    Last year, Samantha, a snake measuring eight metres 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 locals.

    But it took months to get permission from the visitors,
    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 display of the snake has tripled the number of
    visitors to the state-run park, normally known for its
    scenery and waterfalls.




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