Green Anaconda
Eunectes murinus
From: N. South America. In rainforest rivers, lagoons, and seasonally flooded grassland.
Size: 20-33'
Diet: mammals, reptiles and birds
The Green Anaconda outweighs the lengthy Reticulated Python by about 100lbs. It is the heaviest recorded snake weighing in at 500lbs. It spends much of its life in water hunting by ambush from the shallows. Anacondas can kill large prey, including capybara, young jaguars, and even caimans. Females bear 4-80 neonates (live young) in the water.
Active: day
Our Anaconda is approximately 7yrs old, 14ft long and weighs in at 130lbs.