Baby snakes are about 2 feet long when they are born and are almost immediately able to swim and hunt. Female anacondas retain their eggs and give birth to two to three dozen live young. Like other boa species, anacondas are ovoviviparous, or bear live young. The courtship period usually lasts about two months.Ĥ. Males flick their tongues in the air to pick up the chemical presence. The female’s scent is an air-borne chemical and males come to her from all directions. Female anacondas tell males when they’re in the moodĭuring the rainy season, females in breeding condition give off pheromones that are tracked by nearby males who then approach.
While the anaconda frequents the water and is an excellent swimmer, it is very capable of moving on land and has limited climbing abilities.ģ.
They live in sluggish streams, rivers and adjacent swamps and marshes. Green anacondas are found in Trinidad and tropical South America, east of the Andes, south to Bolivia and northern Paraguay. They’re native to Trinidad and Tobago and other South American regions However in most cases they usually weigh around a few hundred pounds.Īnacondas can reach lengths of 17 feet (5 metres), and some specimens may be as long as 36 feet (11 meters), but this is unusual.Īnacondas can measure more than 12 inches (30.5 centimetres) in diameter. Green anacondas can grow to weigh as much as a whopping 1,100 pounds. Here are five things to know about green anacondas, the world’s heaviest snake courtesy the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute: Ricardo Meade, director and founder of the El Socorro Centre for Wildlife Conservation, shows one of these impressive snakes up close: However these snakes, while they might seem scary, are hardly ever visible to humans as they prefer to stay away from human habitation, instead sticking to rivers and other water-based habitats.Īnacondas are useful in keeping the numbers of certain predators under control, such as caimans. It can weigh hundreds of pounds and is capable of taking down a jaguar if it grows to be large enough. The Green Anaconda is known as the world's heaviest snake and is native to Trinidad and Tobago. Did you know? The largest snake in the world (in terms of weight) is a Trini.
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