Longest fast by a snake

Longest fast by a snake
Who
Okinawa habu Trimeresurus flavoviridis
Where
Japan
When
10 September 1977
The longest fast (time undergone without eating) recorded for any snake was over three years. This was documented for a specimen of the Okinawa habu Trimeresurus flavoviridis – a highly venomous species of Asian pit viper – during a monitored fasting experiment begun on 10 September 1977 at Japan's Amami Kanko Pit Viper Centre in Naze City, Kagoshima Prefecture.