Real or Fake?

[Stuart]

Found this hiding on the interwebz. I'm no photoshop expert or greatly knowledgable on all species of snake, but is this real or fake and what is it?

Bit of fun for Friday.

 

[Shotta]

that looks like a reticulated python a sunburst morph or somethin you can look at keepers that have them on youtube

 

[Reptilez123]

Not fake im pretty sure thats an albino burmese python

 

[SteveNT]

interesting pic. Situation could deteriorate rapidly......or not......may have been fed someone else yesterday.

 

[disintegratus]

Best way to get rid of unwanted housemates! "Oops! I left the enclosure unlocked!"

 

[Stuart]

I'm looking at my Olive right now and wondering if I can replicate this photo next year by altering her coloration with post it notes....

 

[mrdose]

Definitely real, I'd love to own one of these

 

[Chris]

Situation could deteriorate rapidly......

LOL it really could hey, scary stuff... very trusting of his pet. Possibly stupid even....

 

[cathy1986]

if that was me and i was alone i would make sure i had a tranquilisor dart in my hand just incase i got into i bit of a tight squeeze ;-)

 

[mungus]

Yep its real !
I sleep with my hand on my python at times........

 

[david.dix]

real, albino burmese python they grow 12ft easy.

 

[Marzzy]

That would definitely lay a good size log.

 

[benjamind2010]

12 feet? Burms can grow to almost 20 feet, I can attest to that. I've seen one right here in Australia that, in my estimation was about 18 feet, kept illegally of course, that could very -very- easily kill an adult human being. I was terrified of it, due to it's enormous size. It too was an albino with white, yellow and orange markings, and I actually handled it's tail while the "owner" and 3 of his mates were handling it. It's tail was so damned strong that my fingers were very sore after being wrapped in it's tail for a few minutes. I think a snake of that size could literally crush someone's bones if it wanted to with it's coils. Seriously. More likely though it will just collapse your chest cavity, you'll turn blue, die, and then it will decide that you're a little too big for a meal and just leave you there for some other poor unfortunate soul to find.

 

[moosenoose]

The snake is lying next to him measuring if he'll fit inside ....blah blah blah :lol::lol:

 

[Pauls_Pythons]

12ft lol.
I had Burms back in the day. My 4 yr old female was then 15ft.
Very placid animals generally if handled from young but I have seen some very nasty specimens.

This is an albino burm and IMO a genuine pic.

 

[Bluetonguesblack]

The pic is very real and the snakes name is~was "Julius". He even has his own FaceBook page.

 

[cathy1986]

Jenn meets Julius, the 16 ft Albino Burmese Python - YouTube

 

[thomasssss]

Jenn meets Julius, the 16 ft Albino Burmese Python - YouTube

i cant help but cringe when someone sticks their face up so close to a snake of that sizes head , no matter how much time has been put into the snake it just seems like such a reckless thing to do , things could go so bad so quickly

 

[cathy1986]

i cant help but cringe when someone sticks their face up so close to a snake of that sizes head , no matter how much time has been put into the snake it just seems like such a reckless thing to do , things could go so bad so quickly

i know id feel the same way if it was a dog also

 

[Rhodie]

The snake is lying next to him measuring if he'll fit inside ....blah blah blah :lol::lol:

This pythons name is "banana" and has been on stage with several celebrities such as Briteny Spears, you can see pictures of him on in the pictures search engine,
lovely reptile, but I wouldn't own a Burmese python.