A pair of Dragon appalling West Kutai

Community of West Kutai (Kubar), especially to the people Mahakam Ulu, excited emergence pair of drums or a giant snake about 60 inches in diameter with a length of about 40 meters. Giant snake was seen weaving on the surface of the water in Riam Haloq, Kampung Long Tuyoq, Pahangai Long District.

Giant snake that crossed the river was believed Dayak community as a dragon. Based on information compiled Tribune , actual events occurred dragon appearance Friday (29/1/2010).

At that time a Longboat depart from Long Bagun to Long Pahangai. Longboat arrived during the day in Kampung Long Tuyuq, upstream Riam Haloq. That's when the passenger motor and Longboat to see a pair of giant snakes across the surface of the Mahakam River in the opposite direction

Once knew a pair of dragon pass, direct motorist pulled over Longboat to the river for fear of the victim. "It turned out that both the dragon went on and did not feel hampered by the presence Longboat ," said Dodik, who heard the story of his family in the Mahakam Ulu.

After that, the motor and some direct passengers to use cameraphones to take pictures because he thought it was a rare moment. In this region alone photo giant snake Kubar had spread and people get excited.

According to a resident of Kampung Lutan, District Long The relationship, in fact there are two dragons that look. One male dragon type because it is believed there are two horns on his head and dragon female for no horns. Both animals have four legs, a black color with a length of about 40 meters and 60 centimeters in diameter around the body.

He added that earlier in Long Tuyoq there is even a citizen and their children who are hunting the pigs saw a giant snake. Shock, the child can not speak up until now.

According to local belief, the emergence of the dragon for the Dayak tribe is an omen, that the notification will be accompanied by heavy rain floods that occurred three days after the appearance of a giant snake. It's more convincing because since Monday (1/2/2010) until Wednesday (3/2/2010), Mahakam River water overflowed and caused flooding that hit several districts along the Mahakam River, including Long Bagun, Laham, Long The relationship, Long Iram, Tering, carry, Muara Pahu, Penyinggahan, and Mook Manaar Bulatn.
Sulit akses
Long Village is located in District Long Tuyoq Pahangai. Area 126.95 square kilometers and inhabited by a majority of Dayak Bahau Busang. They live along the Mahakam River livelihoods as rain-fed farmers, rubber, vanilla, hunting, and traditional gold miners.

Long Tuyoq a remote area so access is quite difficult to get there. From Samarinda if using small aircraft watershed, takes 1 hour to the Datah strings. After it had to move on with ketinting downstream Mahakam River, takes about 2 hours. When using Longboat takes 1 hour.

Meanwhile, if using a motor boat (water taxi) from Samarinda to Long Bagun takes two days. From Long Bagun continue using speedboats , the tariff is Rp 500,000 per person, while Longboat Rp 400,000 per person.

It took 12 hours from Long Bagun up in Long Tuyoq. Path through which the river full of challenges and risks of having to face the ferocity of existing cascade-cascade along the Mahakam River. The most ferocious rapids is known length and Riam Riam Shrimp, there are rocks sharp and ready to swallow whirlpool boat if not careful crossing. On both sides of the Mahakam River to the village of Long Tuyoq overgrown with large trees about the size of a buffalo's body.
Ular 33 meter
Previously, in February 2009, Kalimantan also make splashy world now appears a aerial photograph showing the giant snake middle of a river crossing in Sarawak, Malaysia. Giant snakes that swim in Baleh River, Sibu, Sarawak, northern Borneo.

A photo of a giant snake-swing melenggak seen swimming in a river surrounded by tropical peat forest. Black snake was so big, almost filled the river which is located in the middle of a lush swamp forest. Water lapped at the left-right. Reportedly, the photograph was taken from a helicopter, February 11, 2009.

Photo that is the debate. Kalimantan does have a giant snakes. However, during this big snake is a kind of newly discovered sanca or python or snake Kalimantan people call this field, dozens of meters long.

However, snakes are seen in photos and circulated widely on the internet, including Youtube, it is much longer and larger than the findings of python. Estimated length of 100 feet or about 33 meters.

Picture was taken by team members who then flood the area published by envoy Sarawak , a local newspaper. New Straits Times in Kuala Lumpur also includes a photograph, which is then released by The Telegraph , England.

There also are not believing the picture and consider it mere engineering. That's because too distant shooting the snake. True or not, the photo was made public in the vicinity of Sarawak, especially in Sibu, fear because the river is the lifeblood of public transport during ini.Berdasarkan living legend in the local community, it is believed about the existence of a large snake in that area named Nabau. According to belief, Nabau a 80-meter long snake with a dragon head and seven nostril. Villagers who live in the Borneo River Baleh believe these mystical creatures. In addition, people are often seen large snakes in the area.

Now, if both the original photograph, whether it was a snake that looks like python, or anaconda? Until now it has not been found in Borneo Anaconda.

Current record is the longest snake anaconda ( Eunectes ) from Amazon. Anaconda is the boa family. Long Anaconda latest find is 50 feet, but scientists believe there is a 80 foot-long anaconda, and even 100 feet from the snake skin findings by an expedition of British scientists in 1992. Anaconda in the family, according to Mongabay environmental sites, the largest is the green anaconda ( Eunectes murinus ). Length reaches 43 meters.

Python Asia is the second longest snake. Scientists call it Asiatic Reticulated python ( Python reticulatus ). Longest python is found in Kalimantan area 33 feet in length and is the world record for the longest current sanca. Scientists long believed pythons can reach 50 feet or about 15 meters.

The difference, Anaconda is more slender and expert swimmer. While pythons fatter and just like the humidity, not in water. Anaconda bites its prey to death before swallowing, while the python uses its power to bind the prey until his bones were destroyed or did not move again, then swallowed whole.

Beginning in February last year, scientists also found fossils of snakes weighing a small car. The snake was estimated to be crushed cow-sized animals. Along the 45 foot monster named Titanoboa is very big and live by eating crocodiles and giant tortoises. It weighed 1.25 tons. She used to creep in about the tropical forests of South America 60 years ago.