Recently, an aerial photo shocked Malaysia. Giant snake, swimming in Baleh River, Sibu, Serawak, Malaysia(directly borders to the north Kalimantan, Indonesia). Hiii…
A giant snake seen swimming in a tropical river surrounded by peat moss forest. That black snake was very big, almost meets the river, located in the middle of a dense swamp forest. the image is taken from a helicopter, 11 February 2009 ago.
Kalimantan really have giant snakes. But, usually is python snakes that dozens of meters long. However, snakes that are visible in the image is far longer and bigger than most of the finding pythons all this time. Estimated length is 100 feets or approximately 33 meters.
Picture taken by team members that monitoring flood disaster and then published by the Messenger of Sarawak, a local newspaper, last week. New Straits Times in Kuala Lumpur, also load the image which is then released by The Telegraph, UK.
There are also peoples that do not believe it and thought that it was fake. This is because the image is too far. True or not, that image makes people around Serawak, particularly Sibu, frightened. This river was a transportation intravenously for peoples.
Based on legend, live an Anaconda called Nabau. According to belief, Nabau is a snake with a 80 meter long with a dragon head and seven nostril. Villagers who live in the Borneo river Baleh trust these mystical creatures. In addition, people often see the large snakes in that area.
The longest snake record at this time is Anaconda (eunectes) from Amazone. Anaconda is boa’s family. The length of the new Anaconda found 50 feet, but scientists believe that exist Anaconda that have 80 feet long, and even 100 feet from the snake’s skin findings by British scientists an expedition in 1992. In Anaconda’s family, according to the site environment, Mongabay. The largest Anaconda is green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus). Length reaches 43 meters.(Yahoo,Ina)
