# Giant Congo snake

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-congo-snake/654721 "2013-04-03T11:42:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-congo-snake/654721/41 "2013-04-05T14:39:42Z")

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> [@PapSett](#):
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> There have actually been king cobras over 18 feet long. Not a snake I would want to come face to face with.
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> [King cobra - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cobra)

True, but a cobra would see us as a threat, not as a meal. Imagine a python or anaconda capable of injecting venom. Now, imagine you’re in its habitat. You’ve just been super-sized!

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