By: Alicia Smith
These snakes may reach lengths of over 29 feet. There are
many exaggerated stories about anacondas being much
longer, but they cannot be confirmed.
The Anaconda can weigh 550 pounds or more, but will
usually top out at a few hundred pounds.
These snakes can measure more than 12 inches in diameter. The
female typically outweighs the males.
The Anaconda has eyes high on
its head so that it can stay
camouflaged underwater while
watching and waiting for its
prey.
Its nostrils are positioned
there as well, so that it can
breathe easily while almost
completely underwater.
Anacondas have 100 rear-facing
sharp teeth which hold the prey
while
suffocating it with constriction.
The various Biomes where Anacondas are usually found are
tropical rainforests, savannas, grasslands, scrub forests,
and deciduous forests. The Anaconda prefers to be in the
water, but they do enjoy spending some time on land in shallow
caves by the water's edge, or in riverbank trees to bask in the
sun. On land they can become tick-infested and they cannot
move as quickly as they do in water. In water, they can stay
completely submerged for 10 minutes.
They have been known to occasionally prey
on jaguars and attacks on humans can be
confirmed, although this is rare.
What they eat?
They typically
feed on large
rodents, tapirs,
capybaras,
deer, peccaries,
fish, turtles,
birds, sheep,
dogs and
aquatic
reptiles.
Younger
Anacondas feed
on mice, rats,
chicks, frogs
and fish.
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Anacondas make breeding aggregations of one female and several
males. Despite the uneven sex ratio, no conflicts, fights, or agonistic
interactions occur between the males other than perhaps pushing each
other away from the mating position. I also found that anacondas have
an amazing Sexual Size Dimorphism (SSD) where the female is
much larger than the males. Indeed anacondas show the largest SSD
found in any tetrapod. This SSD is surprising due to the high likelihood
that males compete physically for the females (by pushing each
other). Physical competition would produce selection pressure for
large size in males, however this is obviously not seen in anacondas.
One of the aims of my research is to explain why we find this SSD despite
the physical competition among males.
 Anacondas can live into their thirties.
 Anaconda snakes may not be the longest
reptiles around, but they surely are the
biggest in wide on averages that can be found
in any given concentrated ratio across the
world.
 The physic of a fully grown anaconda is
extensive. The smooth body of this reptile is all
muscles and nothing else.
 The anacondas make the use of their extreme
muscular frame and strength to get hold of
their prey.
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