Are giant anacondas real?

The green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), also known as the giant anaconda, common anaconda, common water boa or sucuri, is a boa species found in South America. It is the heaviest and one of the longest known extant snake species. Like all boas, it is a non-venomous constrictor.
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What is the biggest anaconda on record?

The largest anaconda was 33 feet long, 3 feet across at its widest part, and weighed about 880lbs. This snake was discovered at a construction site in Brazil.
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How big can an anaconda get?

They can reach lengths of 30 feet (9 meters), diameters of 12 inches (30.5 centimeters) and can weigh 550 pounds (250 kilograms). Green anacondas are native to the northern regions of South America.
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What is the largest snake ever found?

The only known species is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest snake ever discovered, which supplanted the previous record holder, Gigantophis garstini.
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Is there a 100 foot snake?

The Daily Telegraph reports today that a 100ft (30m) snake has been spotted lurking in a river in Borneo, "sparking great concern among local communities".
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Do Titanoboa still exist?

Titanoboa, (Titanoboa cerrejonensis), extinct snake that lived during the Paleocene Epoch (66 million to 56 million years ago), considered to be the largest known member of the suborder Serpentes.
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Does Florida have anacondas?

Regulatory Status. Green anacondas are not native to Florida and are considered an invasive species due to their impacts to native wildlife.
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What animals eat anacondas?

At the top of the food chain, adult anacondas have no natural predators. The biggest threat to their survival is human fear; many anacondas are killed by people worried that the enormous snake will attack.
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Which is bigger python or anaconda?

Python vs Anaconda: Size

An anaconda is shorter than a python, growing up to 22 feet but weighing in at up to 550lbs. The anaconda is a huge reptile that has a diameter of up to 12 inches; that's massive! The python is longer, but the anaconda is thicker and much heavier, so it gets the advantage.
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Is Medusa the snake still alive?

Medusa is currently housed at “The Edge of Hell Haunted House” in Kansas City.
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What was found in the giant anaconda?

It is not clear what animal the anaconda had eaten, but in another incident in September, an anaconda was found to have ingested a whole capybara, the largest living rodent. In August, a tour guide in Brazil filmed another anaconda shedding its scales. Experts recommend that people keep their distance from anacondas.
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Are anacondas aggressive?

In the wild, green anacondas are not particularly aggressive. In Venezuela, they are captured easily during the day by herpetologists who, in small groups, merely walk up to the snakes and carry them off. Yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus).
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Who would win King Cobra or anaconda?

An anaconda would win a fight against a king cobra.
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How strong is an anaconda bite?

Anacondas have a constriction force of about 90 PSI, which is the rough equivalent of a 9,000-pound school bus sitting on your chest. They also have powerful jaws compared to other snakes, with an estimated bite force of 900 PSI. However, anacondas don't use their bite force to kill prey.
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Can you outrun an anaconda?

1: If you are attacked by an Anaconda, do not run. The snake is faster than you are. Don't try to outrun it.
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Can anacondas swim?

Anacondas are semi aquatic snakes found in tropical South America, notable in the Amazon and different to pythons. They are some of the largest snakes in the world and are known for their swimming ability. “Anaconda” is the common name for the genus Eunectes, a genus of boa.
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Can you own an anaconda in the US?

Despite fierce opposition from the reptile industry, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday announced a ban on the import and interstate trade of the some of the largest snakes in the world.
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Is Titanoboa bigger than Megalodon?

Titanoboa vs Megalodon: Size

A megalodon is much larger than a Titanoboa, weighing 100,000lbs and growing 67 feet as opposed to the Titanoboa that only weighed 2,500lbs and grew 50ft.
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What killed the Titanoboa?

Climate change contributed to the disappearance and extinction of most of Titanoboa. The declining global temperatures favored the emergence of smaller snakes. Larger reptiles were slowly erased and smaller snakes and other reptiles too over their places in the ecosystem.
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Which is bigger Titanoboa vs anaconda?

Using the length-weight ratios of a rock python and an anaconda as a guide, Head estimated that Titanoboa weighed in at over 1.3 tons. That's almost thirty times as heavy as the anaconda, the bulkiest species alive today.
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Who is the king of the snake?

The king cobra—one of the most venomous snakes on the planet—can literally "stand up" and look a full-grown person in the eye.
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