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English name: Anaconda
Origin: South America
Amazon The anaconda (Eunectes barbouri) is the largest snake, up to 10 meters long and weighing more than 250 kilograms. As thick as a grown man's torso.
The anaconda has thick skin and thick body and great strength. Lives only in South America and likes water. Located at the highest end of the food chain in South America, it has no natural enemies. There are records of killing wild beasts such as caiman, jaguar, wild boar and so on.
Chinese name: Amazonia anaconda
Chinese alias: Senana
Binomial: Eunectes barbouri
Kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Chordate
Class: Reptilians
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Snakes
Family: Anaconda
Genus: Anaconda
Species: Anaconda species
Distribution: Found in the Amazon basin of South America
Baby boas are ovoviviparous, sometimes as many as seventy in one litter. Many young boas are eaten by caiman. They are considered to be the heaviest snakes in the world. It likes to live in swamps, shallow streams and still rivers, and is the most hydrophilic giant snake. Anacondas are mostly nocturnal, but they are often seen basking in the sun during the day.
The anaconda's mouth can be opened up and down to about 180 degrees, the 4 rows of teeth can move independently, there is no jaw, the 2 rows of teeth in the middle of the upper jaw can move up and down, which is conducive to devouring prey, its snake skin Can stretch, so it can swallow prey larger than its own size. The tongue of the anaconda is a chemical detector, the scales can sense whether the prey is moving, the eyes are heat sensors, and their trachea is at the throat. When devouring the prey, their trachea is outside, so there is no need to worry about tracheal blockage.
The Amazon anaconda (sēn rán) is the largest snake in the world today, with a maximum length of 8 meters and a weight of 225 kilograms, but the average length of the anaconda is about 4 meters. The anaconda has thick skin and thick body, great strength, and is good at attacking the enemy with the method of entanglement. As long as it curls up, it can crush its prey to pieces.
The Amazonian Anaconda is the largest Snake, up to 8 meters long and weighing 225 kg. Anacondas are water-loving by nature, usually inhabiting mud banks or shallow waters, preying on water birds, turtles, capybaras, tapirs, etc. They also like to eat medium and large mammals, and even ruthless jaguars may become the belly of anacondas. . Sometimes it even devours a two-meter-long caiman. But when encountering a giant crocodile like the black caiman, the anaconda can only send meat.
The anaconda wraps its food tightly until it suffocates to death, then swallows it whole, for weeks or even three months without eating.
Although adult anacondas are formidable predators, young anacondas are no more than 760 mm long at birth. Young boas are ovoviviparous, sometimes as many as seventy in one litter. Many baby boas are eaten by caiman.
They were once thought to be the largest snakes in the world. Like to live in swamps, shallow streams and still rivers, is the largest water anaconda. Most anacondas are nocturnal, but they are often seen basking in the sun during the day.
The reproduction method of Amazon anaconda is ovoviviparous, which actually means that the animal's eggs are in the body Fertilization, a form of reproduction that develops in the body. Sometimes one Amazon anaconda can breed about 70 young snake, but often many young snakes are eaten by caiman.
The Amazon anaconda is terrifying when swallowed, wrapping its food tightly around it until it suffocates to death, then swallows it whole for weeks or even up to three months without eating.
As long as it curls up, it can crush its prey to pieces, even the capybara, the world's largest rodent, is not immune. In terms of appearance, it is hard to find a rival in the New World.