A Reticulated Python rests in his enclosure. The Python reticulatus, also known as the (Asiatic) reticulated python, is a species of python found in Southeast Asia. Adults can grow to 22.8 ft in length but more commonly grow to an average of 9.8–19.7 ft. They are the world's longest snakes and longest reptile, but are not the most heavily built, which distinction goes to the anaconda. Like all pythons, Retics are nonvenomous constrictors and are normally not considered dangerous to humans. Although large specimens are powerful enough to kill an adult human, attacks are only occasionally reported. There are a few stray accounts of large Retics actually having consumed humans, but the shoulder portion of the human shoulder is too wide for them to swallow, and accounts of man eating Retics have not been authentically substantiated. Their natural diet includes mammals and occasionally birds. (Emirates Park Zoo, Samha, Abu Dhabi, Jan. 2015)