Anacondas are the largest snakes found either on Earth or in water. The length of this giant can be up to 8.5 to 11 meters that is almost 37 feets. Imagine a normal healthy man can be upto 2 meters and this snake is 18 times bigger than him.
some people claim thast they have seen anaconda of 15 meters but in the absence of evidence we can not take that as a fact. But the saga of anaconda doesn't end here u should know how much it could weigh. they can weigh up to 400 to 500 kgs.
Anatomy: Like all snakes, anacondas are cold-blooded; they are the same temperature as the environment. They continue to grow all their lives, getting bigger and bigger each year. The longest anaconda ever found was 37.5 feet (11.4 m) long, there are probably even bigger anacondas that have not been seen. Anacondas are greenish-brown with a double row of black oval spots on the back and smaller white markings on the sides. Their scaly skin glistens but is dry is to the touch. The nostrils are on top of the snout, letting the snake breathe easily when it is in the water. It smells with its tongue. It has no fangs.
where can you find them out??
Anacondas are found in the Amazon river and the forests around the Amazon river. Venezuela is one of the most favorite destinations for the anaconda lovers where you can finf the both species of anaconda ie yellow anaconda and green anaconda.
lets have some scintific informations about this marvellous creature.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Boinae
Genus: Eunectes
what they eat??
Anacondas are carnivores (meat-eaters).
They mostly hunt at night (they are nocturnal).
Anacondas kill by constricting (squeezing) the prey until it can no longer breathe and they don't have fangs. Sometimes they drown the prey.
Like all snakes, they swallow the prey whole, head first. The anaconda's top and bottom jaws are attached to each other with stretchy ligaments, which let the snake swallow animals wider than itself.
Snakes don't chew their food, they digest it with very strong acids in the snake's stomach. Anacondas eat pigs, deer, caiman (a type of crocodilian), birds, fish, rodents (like the capybara and agouti), and other animals.
After eating a large animal, the anaconda needs no food for a long time, and rests for weeks. The young (called neonates) can care for themselves soon after birth, including hunting (but are pretty much defenseless against large predators). They eat small rodents (like rats and mice), baby birds, frogs and small fish.
reproduction:
Lady anaconda give birth to 30 to 40 live babies after keeping them for about 90 days in her womb.
The male anacondas be remarkably smaller than the female anacondas.