Anaconda
The largest snake in the world.
Anaconda Translated means “Water Boa” it is one of the largest snakes in the world. This huge monster snake lives in South America as well as North and East Central America. In captivity, they can live as long as 30 years. They live near water and like the swampy environments.
They are very aggressive and in the picture above is the account of American explorer Ron Shores from Seminole, Oklahoma.He was attacked by the 22 foot long, 420-pound Anaconda. He was standing about 8 feet from the creek when this snake unleashed its attack upon him. He was able to keep his footing long enough for the group with him to pull him and the huge snake to shore. The groups guide wanted to kill the snake but Mr. Shores would not allow it and the snake was later returned to the creek.
As you can see in the picture above this is a great example as to how large this snake can get. An interesting point to remember is that when cataloging the snakes they only measure the total length and not the girth of it.
There has been an account reported by earlier explorers of Anaconda being shot that are much larger then this one. One such report came from Adventurer Percy Fawcett, an adventurer. While on an expedition, he reported in his journal that he had shot a huge Anaconda, which was 18.9 m (62 foot) long.
Although his account had been widely ridiculed, several years later a Belgian Zoologist named Bernard Heuvelmans came to his defense and told the world that this was indeed a true account and very factual. He said, “He said he believed that this snake could even grow larger, depending on the food supply and all the right conditions.
The picture of this Anaconda was taken in Pantanal Brazil. The snake will coil itself around its victim and crush it. Most times, it will drag its prey under the water and drown it.
This video below shows the capture of another huge anaconda and it is believed that in the future even bigger ones may be caught.
There is much to be discovered and many articles that should be written concerning these huge snakes and other creatures that share the planet with us.
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14 Responses to “Anaconda”
On July 22, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Good information on Anaconda
On July 22, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Namaste RamTsam, Glad you enjoyed the article. I try very hard to make sure each article I submit is of the best quality.Sometimes i think I’m running out of ideas then something pops up. Thank you for your ongoing friendship and support.
On July 22, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Quiet scary pictures namaste, but informative.
On July 23, 2008 at 12:44 am
Boy, am I glad I am living here and not in some jungle. BIGGER??? snakes to be caught??? aren’t these HUGE already???
Great article!
On July 24, 2008 at 9:19 pm
I renewed my fear of snakes when I was researching for an article I wrote about them. You won’t catch me picking one up. lol
Great article and pictures.
On July 24, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Namaste to all and thank you all for your ongoing support of this article. As with any article we must do a lot of research but the end results are always worth the time. Match that with you the readers and the input you add,it becomes an even better article. Thanks again to all you my friends.
On August 25, 2008 at 12:55 pm
wow now i know more about anacondas cause yesterday we were riding bike and we were wondering how long anacondas are we thought they were 300 feet then we thought they were 600
so now i know they aren’t that big !
thank you
by the way great information
On September 5, 2008 at 8:43 pm
i impress about the anacoinda or the water boa… which i’ve notice that there’s a biggest snake in word, the anaconda. . .
how about alegator?
On October 14, 2008 at 1:42 pm
i have lost my silly fear of snakes. well, this one time i was in the park walking along the sidewalk and spotted a lost dog sniffing like crazy!!! he started barking and a couple of kids went to go pet the dog and they spotted something long and sleeping. the were yelling ‘SNAKE’SNAKE! this couple phoned the animal cops. they reviewed it and announed it was a anaconda.
it really shocked me. they said it lost its home. they let me pet it and it was very heavy and huge! the snake put his head on my shoulder and thats when i thought snakes are the sweetest.[ not all of them] LOL :]
On October 16, 2008 at 4:05 pm
OMG!!!!!!
THESE THINGS ARE SO BIG!!!
IM SCARED
On December 2, 2008 at 6:48 am
coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
On March 20, 2009 at 1:55 pm
DANG
On May 22, 2009 at 11:19 am
Most of the big Anacondas stay far away from man in the Amazon. I have been told of huge snakes far off in the jungles by local natives but I have never personally seen one myself. Yes, that is me in the top pic. I can not begin to describe the strength of a snake that large. One day I will return there and look for even larger snakes. I was told by a fairly reliable source that he had spotted one snake over 33 feet long. Maybe I will get lucky and get a photo of it or even get to hold it.
On August 12, 2009 at 2:44 pm
WHOA!…..THAT WAS VERY HUGE…
CAN I HAVE ONE OF THEM?
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