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19-Mar-08, 06:57 AM
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Hey guys and girls,
Just wanted to as if its the norm for a jungle to grow to 7 foot my monty shed last night and i took a tape to his skin he measured in at 2.4m i have read on here that they are only meant to get around the 1.7m mark, think i might have a freak. |
19-Mar-08, 07:19 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: On the wild side Gender:  | | | | When shedding the skin will normally stretch a considerable amount so I would doubt that the snake itself is actually as long as the skin measured.
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19-Mar-08, 07:20 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: New York Gender: | | | | King905au - When snakes shed skins - the skin stretches. I would suggest you should measure your python. Take a string and run it along your python and then measure the string - you cannot get an accurate measurement from the shed skin. |
19-Mar-08, 07:20 AM
| | | | thought that might be the case but i would say he is still around the 6 foot mark.
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19-Mar-08, 08:06 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Coventry Age/Gender: 38  | | | | nice snake ! |
19-Mar-08, 08:16 AM
|  | Necker Cube Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: NSW | | | Across their distribution they exist in dense jungle and relatively open woodland. I believe that animals found in open woodlands tend to be a fair bit longer than those in dense jungle. |
19-Mar-08, 12:34 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: New York Gender: | | | | I think he should be just over 6 feet (about half an inch). Snake skins normally stretch about 30% (But some can be longer or shorter). Often people measure the shed skin and think pythons are a lot bigger than they really are. Good example is the reports of mega giant green anaconda.
If you want to know how long your snake is – take a string and run it down the snake’s back and measure the string.
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19-Mar-08, 01:32 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Gold Coast Age/Gender: 15 | | | | the only way to get a correct measurement is to measure the actual snake...he/she is beautiful
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19-Mar-08, 04:05 PM
| | | Thank you all for your comments and he is a great snake great nature for a jungle never looked like taking a peace of me very mellow |
19-Mar-08, 04:07 PM
|  | Pure Bred Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 19 | | | | still a beefy looking jungle.. you must be glad hes a calm one!
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19-Mar-08, 05:34 PM
| | | | I wouldn't like him to turn on me, he is a big boy but like i said he has never looked like having a go |
19-Mar-08, 05:41 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: maitland Age/Gender: 14 | | |
my brother has a jungle it is 6.5 feet long and is still growing it ia placid as and has only bit when he was a hatchling i wouldnt want to cop a bit from him now hed take me arm off |
19-Mar-08, 07:02 PM
|  | Q Dog Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Redlands, SE Qld Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Miss_Croft  Snake skins normally stretch about 30% | That's my understanding also.
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19-Mar-08, 07:05 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: sydney Gender: | | | the bigger the better 
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19-Mar-08, 09:18 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | nice snake, you may find it has a bit of atherton influence in it. good quality 'true jungles' (as they are often referred to as) usually dont get bigger then 5ft and even that is large, my jungles are adults and the male is 120cm, female is 135cm having said that they are very stocky! anything larger then 5.5-6ft are likely from a more woodland like habitat. | |
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