description

Babies are around 2 feet long when they are born.

Its scientific name, eunectes murinus, means “good swimmer” in Latin.

diet

The extremely muscular anaconda is a constrictor and has teeth and powerful jaws that it utilizes to clench onto its prey. It grabs its victim and pulls it underwater, drowning the prey. They typically feed on large rodents, tapirs, capybaras, deer, peccaries, fish, turtles, birds, sheep, dogs and aquatic reptiles.

habitat

Anacondas live in swamps, marshes, and slow-moving streams, mainly in the tropical rain forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins. They are cumbersome on land, but stealthy and sleek in the water.

FUN FACT

Anacondas do not lay eggs, but give birth to live young.