Lucky construction workers may have found world's longest snake
 

Lucky construction workers may have found world's longest snake
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Today in **pe, ** thanks: construction workers conducting a flyover at a building site in Malaysia spotted what is believed to be the world's longest snake.

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The 26-foot-long reticulated python was found in a tourist area on Penang Island, hiding under a tree and laying eggs, The Guardian reported.

The men captured the snake and took photos.*It then laid one egg and fell "quiet," dying shortly after, a civil defense official told the BBC. The cause was likely stress related to the capture.

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Construction workers in Malaysia are seen holding a massive snake they found hiding under a tree. It may be the world's longest.

Image: HERME HERISYAM, MALAYSIA’S CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE, VIA THE GUARDIAN Read more...



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