They are slow on land but move swiftly and stealthily in water. The non-poisonous constrictors coil their muscular bodies around prey and squeeze their bodies until the animal suffocates to death.Īccording to National Geographic, females are much larger than the males.Īnacondas generally live in swamps, marshes and slow-moving streams, mainly in the tropical rain forests of the Amazon basin. A member of the Boa family, South America's green anaconda is the largest snake in the world.Īnacondas hunt wild pigs, deer, birds, turtles and even jaguars. It identified the serpent as green anaconda, which is capable of growing up to 30 feet long and 550 pounds. The Post said in its report that the snake bite did not penetrate Severino's skin. "I saw the snake on a stump and I said, 'Look, guys, an Aanaconda is over there, I'm going to film it for you to see,'" Severino is quoted as saying by the New York Post.
Severino is heard laughing in a show of bravado but is actually quite rattled after the surprise attack by the snake. As Severino focuses the camera on the giant snake, it made a sudden lunge, terrifying everyone on the boat. The 20-second video shows an Anaconda coiled below the water, between two logs of wood. Severino was leading a group of tourists on a boat along the Araguaia River in the central Brazilian state of Goias on June 30 when the incident took place. This story was provided to Newsweek by Zenger News.A post shared by João Severino footage captured by 38-year-old Joao Severino shows the Anaconda suddenly jumping out of the water and biting him. Their eyes and noses are perched on top of their large heads, allowing them to breathe and see their prey even when submerged in water." Green anacondas are a dark olive-brown with large alternating black spots running down their backs and smaller oval spots with yellow centers along their sides. Capybara are the largest rodent in the world but they dont stand much of a chance when they come up against these huge snakes as seen in this remarkable video.
"Unlike many animals, female anacondas are considerably larger than their male counterparts. "One of the largest snakes in the world, the green anaconda can reach impressive proportions - over 30 feet in length, 12 inches in diameter and more than 550 pounds," according to the Rainforest Alliance. They live in the forests, savannas and wetlands of Colombia and Brazil, and in the Amazon Basin. The non-venomous green anaconda is listed as a species of "least concern" on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. In August, a tour guide in Brazil filmed another anaconda shedding its scales.Įxperts recommend that people keep their distance from anacondas. It is not clear what animal the anaconda had eaten, but in another incident in September, an anaconda was found to have ingested a whole capybara, the largest living rodent. However, it appears that it may be a green anaconda.Īn Environmental Military Police officer rescues a nearly 16.5-foot anaconda trapped in branches after feasting on an unidentified large animal in Brazil. It is not clear which of the four species of anaconda is seen in the latest video. The military police said a branch had to be cut to release the snake.
"After asphyxiating their prey, they are able to unhinge their jaws to swallow their prey head-first and whole, regardless of size," the alliance says on its website. "Anacondas feed on large rodents, deer, fish, peccaries, capybaras, tapirs, turtles, birds, dogs, sheep, aquatic reptiles like caiman, and even jaguars," according to the nonprofit Rainforest Alliance. The video shows the anaconda with a huge bulge in its middle after having consumed a large animal. 2, according to a statement from the Military Police of Mato Grosso do Sul state. The nearly 16.5-foot anaconda was spotted in the Iguatemi River as the officer and his team were on an inspection patrol to prevent fishing in the city on Nov.
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Video shows an officer from the Environmental Military Police of Mundo Novo on a boat using a spade to prod and free the giant anaconda that was trapped in some riverside branches. An overstuffed anaconda was rescued from a river in southwestern Brazil after it got trapped due to the unidentified large prey it had ingested.
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