The world's longest snake has died (Fluffy)

The world's longest snake – at 24 feet and 300 pounds – has died at a zoo in Ohio.

Fluffy, a reticulated python recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest snake, died Tuesday night. A necropsy found a tumor on her ovary, according to a press release from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

"She was greatly loved here by the staff, mainly because she was a gentle snake," zoo spokeswoman Carrie Pratt told CNN affiliate WBNS-TV.

Fluffy was 18 years old and had lived since 2007 at the Columbus Zoo, which had built a special habitat for her.

Reticulated pythons are nonvenomous constrictors found in tropical forests in Southeast Asia, according to the zoo's website. They are the world's longest snakes, averaging 10 to 20 feet in length. They live on small mammals like rodents but sometimes eat wild pigs, deer and primates.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/28...e-dies/?hpt=C2

That sucks rip!

Here's a little (very little) background information on Fluffy for anyone not aware of her background.

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Zoo pays breeder to keep 24-foot-long python named Fluffy

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The zoo paid $35,000 to
the snake's breeder in Oklahoma to keep the
reticulated python on permanent display. While on
loan last year, the python helped draw 1.53 million
visitors, just under the zoo's attendance record of
1.56 million set in 2006, said Pete Fingerhut, the
zoo's associate director.

Fluffy is about as long as a moving van and thick as
a telephone pole.

Bob Clark, the breeder from Oklahoma City who
raised the python from a hatchling, initially resisted
the zoo's purchase offer but said he's happy with
the outcome.

"I really love that snake; I think it's a special animal,"
he said. "It's so big and tame and wonderful. But I
have to deal with the realities of life like everyone
else. I like to have the money, and I know she's got a
great place to live there."

The Columbus Zoo doesn't buy animals very often,
said Executive Director Jerry Borin. Its animals
generally come as exchanges from other zoos or
through breeding loans or donations, he said.

Fluffy is on display in a 25-foot enclosure with a
pool and a few plants, where he eats two 10-pound
rabbits a week. In the wild, pythons native to Asia
eat whatever they can catch, starting with mice and
lizards when they're small and graduating to pigs
and goats. There are a few reports of human victims.

The largest known reticulated python, named for the
cross-hatching patterns on their skin, was 32 feet, 9
1/2 inches when killed in 1912 in Indonesia.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat...umbuszoo_N.htm

Fluffy may be the largest snake in captivity. She's 12 years old, captive born and tame. She weighs 310lbs, actual weight, and is somewhat over 22' long. She continues to grow at a fairly rapid rate gaining about 40lbs in each of the last two years.

http://www.bobclark.com/d_learn.asp?id=71

Her casket must have cost a bundle.

the longest snake is in indonesis 47 feet long and around 900lbs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcH-uKF7nyk

Mark O'shea and Jeff Corwin have done shows that have featured that snake and both said it was 21 ft at best.

Originally Posted by CRIFKIN

the longest snake is in indonesis 47 feet long and around 900lbs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcH-uKF7nyk

Originally Posted by CRIFKIN

the longest snake is in indonesis 47 feet long and around 900lbs

The weigth and length of Fragrant was misrepresented.

see http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/bigsnake.asp

Rest In Peace, Fluffy!

This is so sad

RIP fluffy...

shes the reason i love my reitcs and god my normal female just cuz she was so pretty