NAHA, Japan — A dead habu snake, which was found and killed on Oct. 12, 2011, in the village of Onna on Okinawa Prefecture’s main island, is measured Oct. 31 at the Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment in the city of Nanjo in the prefecture. The 2.42-meter-long indigenous venomous snake is the world’s longest habu, according to the institute. (Kyodo)