And now, a scientist has found what is perhaps the largest individual snake ever discovered, a green anaconda discovered in the Amazon that is as thick as a car tire. But it's not just this snake ...

According to the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, the green anaconda is currently the heaviest ...

There was also the man-sized bulge in the snake’s body. What follows isn’t a strict rundown of the largest snakes ever recorded, as that would mostly involve pythons of slightly different lengths.