Medusa, a reticulated python owned by Full Moon Productions Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri, USA, holds the record for the Longest Snake Ever in Captivity, measuring an astonishing 7.67 m (25 ft 2 in) in length when officially measured on 12 October 2011. Reticulated pythons are the world’s longest snake species, and Medusa represents the most extreme example ever documented in a captive setting — a truly remarkable creature that captures the imagination and showcases the extraordinary scale of the natural world.