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Green anacondas have slow metabolisms, and with the exception of breeding females, only need to eat once every few weeks. They are opportunistic apex predators and eat a wide variety of prey. Juveniles tend to eat fish, birds and small mammals.
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The green anacondahas many names, the giant anaconda, the common anaconda, the common water boa or the sucuri. It’s the heaviest and one of the longest snakes in the world – reaching over 6m in length. It’s a boa, which means it’s a constrictor which wraps itself around pray forming a constriction coil and is non venomous.
1. Green anacondas are the heaviest snakes in the world
When it comes to size, this may just be one reptile you don’t want to meet face to face! After all, few snakes can claim to be one of the largest in the world. While they may not be the longest snake in the world (although they’re close with record-breaking sizes nearly 6 meters long), the green anaconda is the heaviest snake in the world. With a weight ranging anywhere from 97.5 kilograms all the way up to 160 kilograms, these water boas can weigh the same as a golf cart. 1
2. Their size is often exaggerated
There has been lots of claims and reports of anacondas measuring over 9m (30 feet) in length, but very little credible evidence. Almost all specimens in excess of 6m (20 ft), including a much publicised specimen of 11.36 m (37.3 ft) long are often just skin, without body or parts – and are prone to being stretched. Therefore reports of 40 foot long anacondas, like in the famous movie, are very much fiction. Still, in comparison to a man, they can grow to huge sizes – like this green anaconda...
3. They’re non-venomous, they constrict prey
Surprisingly, despite being one of the top predators in South America, green anacondas don’t have any venom in their bite. These serpents are a type of boa, which means they rely on restriction to suffocate their prey rather than venom. This, paired with their size, murky coloration, and underwater speed, makes them the perfect ambush predator.
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1. Osterloff, Emily. “What is the biggest snake in the world?” National History Museum. Accessed February 11th, 2022. 2. Michelle Z. Donahue. “Female Anaconda Strangles Male After Sex“, National Geographic, 2017
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An anaconda at the New England Aquarium. The green anaconda is the world's heaviest and one of the world's longest snakes, reaching a length of up to 5.21 m (17 ft 1 in) long. [11] More typical mature specimens reportedly can range up to 5 m (16 ft 5 in), with adult females, with a mean length of about 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in), being generally much ...
Anacondas are opportunistic apex predators, which means that they usually don’t have any general plan and take advantage of any chance to have a tasty meal. They usually feed on other reptiles, sheep, dogs, tapirs, fish, birds, wild pigs, deer, and rodents as well as any kind of available prey that they are able to catch and swallow.
The original Eunectes murinus, or southern green anaconda, and Eunectes akayima, the northern green anaconda, are 5.5 percent different, ... and a lack of natural predators. ...
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Jan 24, 2024 · The anaconda’s large size can help deter most predators, but young snakes are more vulnerable to threats from other wildlife and environmental pressures. This article was created in conjunction with AI technology, then fact-checked and edited by a HowStuffWorks editor.
Anacondas are not immune from predators. Neonates and juveniles are particularly prone to predation, and seem to suffer high mortality within their first year. Predators of small anacondas include Crab-eating Foxes, tegu lizards, Crested Caracaras, caimans, and larger Green Anacondas (Rivas et al. 1999; Rivas et al. 2001; Mattison, 2006).
