Join Hazen as he goes in search of a giant reticulated python in the Beung Kiat Ngong swamps, one of the Mekong region's great wildlife havens. Travel along as he takes the journey of a lifetime across the Mekong River Basin, facing remote jungle and flooded plains during the peak of monsoon season. Brand new episodes of Primal Survivor: Mighty Mekong, Tuesdays at 9pm, on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK

The longest snake - ever - in captivity is Medusa, a reticulated python (python reticulatus), owned by Full Moon Productions Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. When measured on 12 October 2011, she was found to be 7.67 m (25 ft 2 in) long. Medusa also holds the current 'Longest Snake - Living (captivity)' title. 🐍 ⁣ Reticulated pythons – named as such because of the grid-like pattern of its skin – are on average the world’s longest snakes, but adults normally grow an average of between 3-6 m (