Interesting Facts About Anakondas
Interesting Facts About Anakondas
2. Anacondas make their homes in the amazon jungle. They are part of boa constrictor family. Anacondas live in swamps, marshes, and slow-moving streams, mainly in the tropical rain forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins.
3. Anacondas give birth to live young. Around 24-35 are born at a time.
4. The enemies of an anaconda are people and crocodiles. anacondas also usually flee from their enemies.
5. They typically feed on large rodents, deer, fish, turtles, birds, sheep, dogs and aquatic reptiles. They have been known to occasionally prey on jaguars and attacks on humans can happen, although this is rare.
6. The Anaconda has a very slow-acting digestive system. After a big meal the Anaconda will rest for several days while digestion occurs. Many Anacondas will not eat again for several weeks or even months, depending on the size of the last meal.
7. One captive Anaconda is on record for fasting over two years!
8. The green anaconda is the largest snake in the world.
9. It can reach a length of 30 feet.
10. They can be as big around as a man.
11. They kill their prey by wrapping around it and squeezing until it stops breathing.
12. It spends most of its time on the rainforest floor. It is dark on the rainforest floor. On the rainforest floor fallen leaves, dead plants and animals rot quickly. They turn green or brown or yellow to blend in to rivers where they live.
13. Their eyes and nostrils are located on the top of their heads so they can submerge most of their body.
14. Although they are slow on land they are fast in the water.
15. The extremely muscular Anaconda is a constrictor and is not poisonous; however, it still has teeth and powerful jaws that it utilizes to clench onto its prey. It grabs its victim and pulls it underwater, drowning the prey and can crush the prey in seconds.
16. A female can lay up to 20 to 80 eggs. The largest anacondas are green, yellow and camouflage. They also can have big spots.
17. Each anaconda has its own distinct pattern. No other anaconda has one exactly like the other. They are Cold blooded.
18. Snakes have a special jaw attachment that lets them swallow large animals whole.
19. Although the anaconda is a little slow on land, it is quick and deadly in the water.
20. It can hold its breath for a long period of time, and if its prey is captured underwater, it will continue to swallow its prey underwater once it has been asphyxiated.
21. Anacondas are very difficult for scientists to study or even find. They are really quiet and leave no trail.
22. They spend a lot of their time in the dark waters of their habitat.
23. Their jaws are not fixed together but are loosely bound to its skull and this helps such reptile to unhinge their jaws and swallow preys that are much bigger than the size or its mouth.
24. One way the anaconda protects itself is by having a bad smell. Predators do not like it. Another way the anaconda protects itself is by hissing to scare its predator. Finally, the anaconda protects itself by puffing itself up. This scares its predator away.
25. Snakes can stick their tongue out without opening their mouth. Anacondas are one of the biggest snakes in the world. Anacondas can only live until ten years old.
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