Who has the largest king?

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Posted by Agalinis on March 22, 2003 at 17:04:40:

Just curious - who has the largest king in captivity right now? Anyone know? It's more than likely an Eastern, perhaps a floridana, but...? The largest I know of is a Pinellas Co., FL Eastern/floridana intergrade in a nature preserve near Orlando - the thing is easy 75-76" and has no neck - just one big muscle with a mouth! LOL A really mellow snake though.

Everybody says they have 6-7' kings but I'm talking something accurately measured.

If things keep going well over the next 2-3 years I'm looking at a 74-75" 6+ pounder on my hands. I posted a pic of him a couple of weeks ago and (I call him Ceasar) it's also on Keith "Milksnake" Hillson's site (Darien Co, GA F1).

I've got 2 others, one "brooksi" that's 64" and another, old Eastern from McIntosh Co., GA (WC) that's 63-65" and has a HUGE head. The brooksi is only 5 so I don't know how far he'll go but the old Eastern is probably 9 so I don't know if he'll make 6' or not.

-John

Follow Ups:

Re: Who has the largest king? thomas davis 03/26/03 (0)
Size limitations of kings in captivity .... Jeff Schofield 03/23/03 (22)
- Re: Size limitations of kings in captivity .... rtdunham 03/27/03 (0)
- Something we may be overlooking here..... chrish 03/24/03 (11)
  - Re: Something we may be overlooking here/ my 2 cents... daveboyle 03/24/03 (10)
    - Competition and digestive clarification.... Jeff Schofield 03/24/03 (9)
      - one other point about indigos.... chrish 03/25/03 (0)
      - Consider this..... chrish 03/25/03 (7)
        
        But follow my thinking.... Jeff Schofield 03/25/03 (6)
        
        Some of the largest colubrids...... chrish 03/26/03 (5)
        
        Re: Some of the largest colubrids...... bobl 03/26/03 (1)
        
        Last I checked, King Cobras weren't colubrids! /np chrish 03/26/03 (0)
        
        one more- meretseger 03/26/03 (2)
        
        OF that list only NA rats and pits dont...correllation??n/p Jeff Schofield 03/26/03 (1)
        
        Now the correlation is "many big snakes are generalists".... chrish 03/26/03 (0)
- Re: Size limitations of kings in captivity .... Mike 03/23/03 (2)
  - Any king will eat them, but did it prefer snakes??n/p Jeff Schofield 03/23/03 (1)
    - Re: Any king will eat them, but did it prefer snakes??n/p Mike 03/23/03 (0)
- Re: Size limitations of kings in captivity .... Keith Hillson 03/23/03 (5)
  - Re: Size limitations of kings in captivity .... Brandon Osborne 03/23/03 (4)
    - Maybe a little misunderstanding..... Jeff Schofield 03/23/03 (3)
      - Re: Maybe a little misunderstanding - yes indeed. Agalinis 03/23/03 (2)
        
        You agreed on several keys... Jeff Schofield 03/23/03 (1)
        
        I'm wondering... daveboyle 03/24/03 (0)