How do you weigh a 21-foot-long python? Australian zookeepers weigh "Atomic Betty."

Australian Reptile Park via EPA

Zookeepers at the Australian Reptile Park stand on scales as they weigh a 21-foot-long python named Atomic Betty, on Jan 9. Reports state that the 14-year-old python weighed in at over 304 pounds.

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espectacular chicos la foto. pero a la vez me surgio la reflexion del papel que nos toca jugar en la conservacion de las especies. como seres humanos es nuestra responsabilidad dar buen uso a la capacidad de pensamiento que la naturaleza nos ha dado, para proteger el entorno donde vivimos, despues de todo es nuestra casa grande verdad?.

ah, a la amiga como que le han dado todo el peso eh..... ayudenlen por favor. jajajaaaaa

    Reply#1 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:47 AM EST

    They don't actually tell you how to weigh a 21' python.

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    Reply#2 - Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:18 AM EST

    They could have just put the snake in a wooden crate, weighed everything, and subtract the weight of the empty crate. But, that wouldn't have been any fun. The way they did it will be highly inaccurate. Those small people scales are never even close. And, how many people can say they weighed a 21' python? At least six.

      Reply#3 - Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:10 AM EST
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