![]() ![]() She wasnt weighed at the time she was caught, but scientists estimate. Due to their size, green anacondas are one of the few snakes capable of consuming a human, however this is extremely rare.Īt the Smithsonian's National Zoo, the green anaconda eats rats and rabbits about once a month. The largest anaconda ever measured was almost 28 feet long with a girth of 44 inches. Females will sometimes cannibalize males, especially during breeding season. Adults are able to consume much larger animals, including deer, capybara, caimans and large birds. Juveniles tend to eat fish, birds and small mammals. They are opportunistic apex predators and eat a wide variety of prey. Green anacondas have slow metabolisms, and with the exception of breeding females, only need to eat once every few weeks. Like most snakes, they can detach their jaw to swallow prey much larger then themselves, though they are careful to weigh the risk of injury with large prey. They use their strong jaws to capture their prey, then use their muscular bodies to suffocate the prey before swallowing it whole. ![]() As members of the boa family, green anacondas are nonvenomous constrictors. They weren’t able to properly measure or record the biggest anaconda to lend credence to the reported size. Like all snakes, green anacondas are carnivores. A video showing the presumed 33 feet anaconda found in Brazil. ![]()
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