Massive python leaves locals rattled as it drifts down waterlogged road – what’s it hiding in that swollen belly? A six-metre python floating serenely down a flooded road has left locals and internet users alike completely stunned. The slippery spectacle, captured on video and shared by The Bangkok Post , unfolded in Pattani province in Thailand, following torrential rains that turned streets into rivers. This isn’t your average garden snake – the reticulated python, famed as the world’s longest serpent, made a chilling splash in a country already teeming with wildlife that lures millions of tourists every year .
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Cold-blooded facts The reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), native to Southeast Asia, can grow up to an eye-watering nine metres in length. That’s as long as a bus or nearly the height of a three-story building ! Unlike venomous .
