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10
Jan
2013
6:44pm, EST
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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They don't actually tell you how to weigh a 21' python.
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5
Jan
2011
9:54am, EST
Holger aHollemann / AFP - Getty Images
A cane toad named Agathe sits on a toy balance during an inventory at the zoo in Hanover, Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 5. All habitants of the zoo are being counted, weighed and measured during the week long inventory. Agathe weighed in at just over 4 pounds or 1850 grams.
Fat frog tips the sclaes at German zoo

By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com
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This is not a frog! It is a Cane Toad. The same sort of toad I stepped on when I went across a lawn late one evening to enjoy a jacuzzi on the island of Maui. The bugger felt like a bag filled with jello. I took a flashlight with me the next night.
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