Editing standards at the BBC continue to soar toward new lows. This one somehow got through:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-engl ... l-46837225
"Officer Clara Scully, who went to collect the snake, said at 13ft long (almost 4m) "it would stand almost as tall as a giraffe".
Yeah, right. If it went in for pole dancing, maybe, or maybe if it stood on its little itsy-bitsy tippy-toes and waved its long snakey fingers high into the air. Until further notice, it's shorter in stature than the average household cat. Got that?
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They should be sticking to the correct British Standard for height/length comparisons as well
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Re: The tallest snake in the world
bungeejumper wrote:Editing standards at the BBC continue to soar toward new lows. This one somehow got through:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-engl ... l-46837225
"Officer Clara Scully, who went to collect the snake, said at 13ft long (almost 4m) "it would stand almost as tall as a giraffe".
Yeah, right. If it went in for pole dancing, maybe, or maybe if it stood on its little itsy-bitsy tippy-toes and waved its long snakey fingers high into the air. Until further notice, it's shorter in stature than the average household cat. Got that?
BJ
Average household cat? I would imagine that all snakes are shorter in stature than all household cats - unless those cats haven't got any legs.
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Re: The tallest snake in the world
Howyoudoin wrote:bungeejumper wrote:Average household cat? I would imagine that all snakes are shorter in stature than all household cats - unless those cats haven't got any legs.
Maybe, maybe not, apparently the giant anaconda (Eunectes murinus) can grow to a girth of 3 feet so knocking on a foot tall which might challenge some small cats.
https://www.livescience.com/34444-bigge ... snake.html
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