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When taking into account both weight and length, the green anaconda is the largest snake in the world , growing up to 9m long and weighing as much as kg. The green anaconda is a member of a family of snakes called constrictors. Instead, constrictors wrap their bodies around their prey and squeeze until it stops breathing — yikes! And boy does this snake have a gob on it! Stretchy ligaments allow it to open its mouth wide enough to swallow prey whole — which could be large fish, rodents, caiman relatives of crocodiles , wild pigs, small deer and even jaguars!
Other species of anaconda are smaller in size, and include the yellow anaconda and the dark-spotted anaconda. While you wait for it to be checked and approved why not to add a pre-selected message and a cool badge.
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All anacondas live in South America east of the Andes. Anacondas live in tropical rivers and swamps, either in the rainforests or grasslands. They thrive in the heat, humidity and dense foliage of the rainforest, according to the San Diego Zoo. They spend most of their time swimming or lurking in murky, sluggish rivers and slow-moving streams.
They sun themselves on branches hanging over water, which they can easily drop into if needed. Anacondas are most active in the early evening and at night. Their large size makes them cumbersome on land but they can move swiftly in the water. They are solitary snakes and green anacondas have their own home territories, according to ADW. They are adaptable, and snakes that live in grasslands sometimes buy themselves in mud and become dormant during the dry season.
Anacondas, like all boas, are nonvenomous. Then, they attack. They restrain their prey with their sharp, curved teeth and apply their constrictive killing technique. There are some common misconceptions about how that constricting works, said Heyborne. One is that it crushes or breaks the bones of the prey. Scientists held this belief until quite recently, when a paper revealed what happens to prey animals during constriction.
Anacondas eat a variety of animals. Female anacondas sometimes eat males. Once the prey is dead, anacondas swallow it whole.
They have a large, unfused ligament on each side of their mandibles and mobile joints in their jaws that allow them to open their jaws wide enough to get around large prey. Their stretchy skin and lack of sternum allows their body to change shape to accumulate their dinner, according to Rivas. Green anacondas are apex predators, meaning that they are at the top of their food chain, according to ADW. Sometimes, however, going after large animals like jaguar and caiman can result in serious injuries or death.
During the spring, females leave a scent trail or emit an airborne chemical to attract males. While females stay in more or less the same location during mating season, males travel great distances to find females.
Males have been observed sticking out their tongues to pick up female scents, according to the San Diego Zoo. Like much of their lives, anaconda mating takes place in or near the water. Anacondas form breeding balls, giant snake swarms in which two to 12 males coil around one female and slowly wrestle for the chance to mate with her. Breeding balls can last for as long as four weeks.
Though the males may win by strength, sometimes the female — who is larger and stronger than the males — choses who she wants.
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