Photo of the anaconda. Green giant anaconda or water boa - the largest snake in the world

International scientific name

Eunectes murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Coming from the city of Antioch to Cartagena, when we settled it, Captain Jorge Robledo and others found so many fish that we killed with sticks whatever we would like to catch ... In addition, there are very large snakes in the thickets. I want to tell and tell about something reliably known, although I did not see it [myself], but I met many contemporaries who were trustworthy, and this is what it is: when, by order of the licentiate of Sancta Cruz, Lieutenant Juan Cresiano passed this road in search licentiate Juan de Vadillo, bringing with them several Spaniards, among whom were a certain Manuel de Peralta, Pedro de Barros, and Pedro Simón, they stumbled upon a snake or snake so large that it was 20 feet long and very fat. His head is light red, and fearsome green eyes, and since he saw them, he wanted to head towards them, but Pedro Shimon inflicted such a wound on him with a spear that even though he went into an [indescribable] rage, [nevertheless ] died. And they found in his belly a whole fawn [tapir?] As he was when he ate it; I will say [also] that some hungry Spaniards began to eat a fawn and even part of a snake.

Cieza de Leon, Pedro. Chronicle of Peru. Part one. Chapter IX.

Appearance

Anaconda is the largest modern snake. Her average length- 5-6 meters, and often there are specimens of 8-9 meters. Unique in size, reliably measured individual from eastern Colombia was 11.43 m long (this specimen, however, could not be saved). Currently the largest known giant anaconda has a length of about 9 meters and a weight of about 130 kg, it is kept by the New York Zoological Society.

The main body color of the anaconda is grayish-green with two rows of large brown spots of a round or oblong shape, alternating in a checkerboard pattern. There is a row on the sides of the body yellow spots smaller, surrounded by black rings. This coloration effectively hides the snake when it is hiding in calm water covered with brown leaves and bunches of algae.

Anaconda is not poisonous. Females are much larger and stronger than males.

Range and the problem of species conservation

Due to the inaccessibility of the habitat of the anaconda, it is difficult for scientists to estimate its number and follow the dynamics of the population. At least in the International Red Book, the conservation status of the anaconda is listed in the category “threat not assessed” ( English Not Evaluated, NE) - due to lack of data. But in general, apparently, the anaconda can still be considered outside the threat. There are many anacondas in the zoos of the world, but it is rather difficult for them to take root in captivity. The maximum lifespan of an anaconda in a terrarium is 28 years, but usually in captivity these snakes live for 5-6 years.

Lifestyle

Anaconda is almost entirely aquatic. It keeps in quiet, low-flowing river branches, backwaters, oxbows and lakes of the Amazon and Orinoco basins.

In such reservoirs, the snake lies in wait for prey. She never crawls far from the water, although she often crawls ashore and bask in the sun, sometimes climbing the lower branches of trees. Anaconda swims and dives beautifully and can stay under water for a long time, while its nostrils are closed with special valves.

When the reservoir dries up, the anaconda crawls into another or descends downstream of the river. During the dry period, which happens in some habitats of the anaconda, the snake burrows into the bottom silt and falls into a torpor, in which it remains until the rains resume.

Anacondas have frequent cases of cannibalism.

Most of the time, anacondas keep alone, but gather in groups during the mating season, which coincides with the time of the onset of rains and falls in the Amazon in April-May. During this period, males find females by a scent trail on the ground, guided by the smell of pheromones secreted by the female. It is believed that anacondas release substances that attract a partner into the air, but this issue requires further research. During the mating period, one can observe how several strongly excited males dart around one calmly lying female. Like many other snakes, anacondas are knotted into a ball of several intertwined individuals. When mating, the male wraps around the female's body, using the rudiments of the hind limbs for cohesion (as all pseudopods do). During this ritual, a characteristic grinding sound is heard.

The female bears the offspring for 6-7 months. During gestation, she greatly loses weight, often losing weight by almost half. Anaconda is ovoviviparous. The female brings from 28 to 42 snakes (apparently, their number can reach 100) 50-80 cm long, but occasionally she can lay eggs.

An adult anaconda has practically no enemies in nature; occasionally, however, not very large anacondas are eaten by a jaguar or large caimans. Juveniles perish in mass from a variety of predators.

Subspecies

• Eunectes murinus murinus- type subspecies, lives in the Amazon basin within Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
• Eunectes murinus gigas- Distributed in northern Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana and Trinidad and Tobago.

These two subspecies have been described for a long time - in 1758 and 1801, respectively. They were distinguished by color details and average sizes, which are slightly larger in the second subspecies.

Currently, it is believed that the giant anaconda does not form subspecies.

Other species of the genus Eunectes

South anaconda

In the genus of anacondas, 3 more species of snakes are known that are closely related to the common anaconda:

• South, or Paraguayan, also known as yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus), which lives in Paraguay, southern Bolivia and northern Argentina.

This snake in lifestyle is extremely similar to common anaconda, but much smaller in size - its length does not exceed 3 m. The main difference in its color is the absence of light eyes in the lateral spots. The southern anaconda is quite small in number, and therefore very rarely gets to zoos. In captivity, she eats fish and small animals. As for reproduction, in captivity, one case is known when a female, 9 months after mating, brought 8 snakes, 55-60 cm long.

• Eunectes deschauenseei, found in northeastern Brazil and Guyana (scientifically described as a separate species in 1936). The color of this snake is dark-spotted, reticulated.

Eunectes deschauenseei

• Eunectes beniensis- opened quite recently, in 2002, in the upper reaches of the Beni River. Poorly studied.

Legends of anaconda

Often in the descriptions of various "eyewitnesses" information is given about anacondas of monstrous length. Not only amateurs have sinned with this information. The famous British traveler to South America P. Fawcett wrote about snakes of incredible size, one of which he allegedly shot with his own hands:

“We went ashore and cautiously approached the snake ... We measured its length as accurately as possible: in the part of the body that protrudes out of the water, it turned out to be forty-five feet, and another seventeen feet was in the water, which together amounted to sixty-two feet. Her body was not thick for such a colossal length - no more than twelve inches ... Such large specimens like this are not often found, but the tracks they leave in the swamps are sometimes six feet wide and testify in favor of those Indians who claim that anacondas sometimes reach incredible sizes, so that the specimen I shot should look like a dwarf next to them! .. I was told about a snake killed on the Paraguay River and exceeding eighty feet in length! " (62 feet = 18.9 m; 80 feet = 24.4 m; 12 inches = 30.5 cm)

Colonel Percy Fawcett (1867-1925), renowned South American connoisseur who nevertheless left dubious descriptions of the anaconda

Now all such stories, without exception, are fictions (especially since Colonel Fawcett, in his notes, cited many other absolutely false information). Strictly speaking, even the aforementioned 11.43 m long specimen was not documented according to all the rules, and in any case, it was apparently unique in length. It is very significant that at the beginning of the 20th century in the United States twice - once by President Theodore Roosevelt and the second time - by the New York Zoological Society a prize of $ 5,000 was announced for an anaconda more than 30 feet long (just over 9 m), but so remained unclaimed.

A value of more than 12 meters is meaningless for a snake, at least from a purely biological point of view. Even a 7-8-meter-tall anaconda is already guaranteed to overcome any jungle animal. Too much a big increase will be energetically unjustified - in the conditions of a relatively poor large animals in a humid tropical forest, excessive big snake it just won't feed itself.

Equally fantastic are the stories about the hypnotic gaze of the anaconda, which supposedly paralyzes the victim, or about its poisonous breath, which has a destructive effect on small animals. The same P. Fossett, for example, wrote:

“... a sharp fetid breath emanated from her; they say it has a stunning effect: the smell first attracts, and then paralyzes the victim. "

Nothing like this modern science, including taking into account the wide experience of keeping anacondas in zoos, does not recognize. However, it is a fact that a strong unpleasant odor emanates from the anaconda.

Anaconda and man

Anacondas are often found near settlements. Domestic animals - pigs, dogs, chickens, etc. - often fall prey to this snake. But the danger of the anaconda to humans seems to be greatly exaggerated. Single attacks on people are committed by the anaconda, apparently by mistake, when the snake sees only part of a person's body under water, or if it seems to it that they want to attack it or take away its prey. The only reliable case - the death of a 13-year-old Indian boy, swallowed by an anaconda - should be considered a rare exception. Another recent death of an adult is hardly credible. On the contrary, the anaconda itself often becomes the prey of the aborigines. The meat of this snake is prized by many Indian tribes; they say that it is very good, slightly sweetish in taste. Anaconda leather is used for various crafts.

Notes (edit)

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2. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron: In 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional) - St. Petersburg. , 1890-1907.
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6. Systematic list of vertebrates in zoological collections as of 01.01.2011 // Information collection of the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Issue 30. Interved. collection. scientific. and scientific method. tr. - M .: Moscow Zoo, 2011 .-- P. 304 .-- 570 p. - UDC: 59.006 -
7. Darevsky I. S., Orlov N. L. Rare and endangered animals. Amphibians and reptiles / ed. V.E.Sokolova - M .: Higher. shk., 1988. - S. 338. - 100,000 copies. -.
8. "Biological encyclopedic dictionary." Ch. ed. M. S. Gilyarov; Editorial board .: A. A. Babaev, G. G. Vinberg, G. A. Zavarzin et al. - 2nd ed., Revised. - M .: Sov. Encyclopedia, 1986. - p. 25.
9. Pedro Cieza de Leon. Chronicle of Peru. Part one. ... www.bloknot.info (A. Skromnitsky) (July 24, 2008). Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2010.

Everyone who at least once met face to face with a snake will confirm unexpected meeting always unpleasant and causes the only desire - to rebound.

But if you see a snake from afar, then you can examine it and observe its behavior. It is worth noting that human fears about snakes are exaggerated. If you study their behavior, you can understand that the likelihood of dying in an accident is much higher than from a snake bite. Still, there are snakes that involuntarily evoke fear. So what is the biggest snake in the world. The longest or largest snake in the world is the Asiatic reticulated python. He is in natural environment, grows up to 10 or even 12 meters in length. Each individual can reach 150 kilograms. But no more.

The largest snake - anaconda

Giant or Green. It is only 10 meters long, but its weight can be 220 kilograms. However, Green anaconda may well compete with the Asian python in size and length. The largest living snake lives in New York, in the terrarium of the Zoological Society. She is about 9 meters tall and weighs 130 kilograms. And here is the longest recorded anaconda length - 11 meters and 43 centimeters. It was measured in 1944 by an oil geologist who studied the jungle of Colombia and was looking for deposits of "black gold".

However, the main proof, the body of the "queen of anacondas", is gone. According to the geologist, after stunning and measuring the snake came to its senses and crawled away. But the herpetological world still recognized the existence of a snake of this size. Since then, the length of almost 12 meters is a generally recognized record. He was even entered into the Guinness Book of Records. In the 30s of the last century, the zoological community announced an award of 1,000 dollars to anyone who proves the existence of an anaconda more than 12.2 meters long. After that, the ex-President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt increased the prize to 6 thousand dollars, and reduced the size of the snake to 9.12 meters. Today the payment has already grown to 50 thousand dollars, but still no one can get it. Therefore, a 9-meter specimen from the New York terrarium, apparently, is the limit. This gives the trump card to the supporters of the leadership of the Asian reticulated python... Although the only snake of the species, the length of which can be estimated personally, is one meter shorter than the anaconda from New York. Python lives at the Philadelphia Zoo.

All about anaconda

However, it is worth noting that the remains of the Giant African python, which lived 55 million years ago, were found in Egypt. Part of the spine suggests that the snake was 11 meters long and 80 centimeters long. Today, the average length of a common anaconda is about 6 meters. And cases of its growth to nine meters are rare. The snake dwells in rainforest South America, in particular in the quiet backwaters of the Amazon. There the Giant Anaconda looks for its prey and guards. It feeds on small to medium sized mammals. She pounces on the victim, covers her body with rings, then strangles and swallows it whole. Food is digested by the anaconda from several hours to several days. At this time, she does not eat anything, and also does not hunt. Just lying quietly half asleep in a secluded place. And, despite numerous cinematic and folklore legends, anaconda is not dangerous for an adult. There are very few cases of snake attacks on people. Hunters, as a rule, have no fear of meeting anacondas. They destroy them in the same way as wolf farmers, so that snakes do not destroy birds and livestock.

Anacondas live in hard-to-reach places, so it is rather difficult to establish their number. However, it is already known that the recovery of the population of this species of snakes is not a problem. Giant anacondas are ovoviviparous. The average litter of a snake is up to 40 newborns. In addition, they breed quietly both in their natural environment and in captivity. Females and males are not picky about the choice of a partner, it is enough just to get one into the zone of visibility of the other. The largest snake on earth is non-venomous. She kills her victim by strangulation. And it does not release poison, like other snakes. This is the main difference between the Giant Anaconda and King cobra is the largest venomous snake in the world. She has the most a large number of poison.

Burmese python, or dark brindle python

Grows up to 9, 15 meters. This is a record copy.

This python is the largest of the subspecies. brindle python... It can grow up to 8 meters or more. However, individuals up to 5.5 meters long are usually found. The snake weighs about 70 kilograms.

Indian python or light brindle python

Reaches 6 meters in length.

Light brindle python differs from dark python by the presence of so-called light "eyes" in the centers of spots, which are located on the sides of the body, as well as reddish or pink stripes on the sides of the head. In general, this subspecies is smaller than the dark brindle python. Large individuals can grow up to only 6 meters.

King Cobra

It is the largest venomous snake.

She has the greatest length among other poisonous. Individuals can grow up to 5.6 meters. However, on average, the cobra is only 3-4 meters long.

Boa constrictor

This is a snake from the family of false legs. Individuals can grow up to 3-4 meters in length.

The common boa constrictor feeds on reptiles and mammals.

Black Mamba

This snake is the most venomous in Africa. In length, it grows to 2.4 - 3 meters. Some individuals are up to 4.5 meters.

Aurora and Black Mamba

The black mamba can crawl at speeds up to 11 kilometers per hour. But with short throws and on flat terrain, the snake can reach speeds of up to 19 kilometers per hour.

Bushmaster

This is one of the largest representatives poisonous snakes in South America from the subfamily of pit viper snakes of the viper family.

The anaconda snake is an incredible creature that has survived almost unchanged for many millennia.

Legends about huge snakes capable of swallowing a person are amazing. However, such snakes do exist. The rivers of South America are inhabited by creatures whose size is difficult to imagine.

general characteristics

They belong to the boa family. This is the largest and heaviest reptile of all existing on earth.

Like all other snakes, she is a carnivorous predator.

Habitat

Snakes are found throughout tropical South America. Including:

• Colombia;
• Venezuela;
• Bolivia;

Appearance

Anaconda is the largest and heaviest snake of all existing on earth. The weight of an adult animal can reach 100 kg, and the length ranges from 5-7.5 meters. There is no documentary evidence of them, whose dimensions would exceed 7.5 meters. In the area of ​​the tail, these reptiles have small bony processes that are the rudiments of the hind legs. For this feature, they received the name false-legged.

Anaconda photo.

The giant predator belongs to the boa family. The Indians of South America have legends that tell of the existence huge snakes, whose growth reaches 12 meters. However, no one has yet been able to verify the reliability of these by telling.

The body color is gray-green with large brown spots, which are located along the entire body in two rows. For the greenish tint of the skin, it is called that - green. This snake is not poisonous. However, her bites can be very painful.

Habitat

These snakes are found in the rivers and lakes of South America. They can also be found in wet forest equatorial forests South American continent. Favorite place habitat tributaries, streams and small lakes Water basins the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.

Lifestyle

The anaconda snake is predominantly aquatic, occasionally crawling to the shores of reservoirs. However, she tries not to crawl too far from the shore. Because only in water does this animal feel completely safe. They are very mobile in water, but on land they move with great difficulty.

Giant anaconda photo.

The speed of movement is influenced by the enormous size and large weight of the body. Green snakes are excellent swimmers and divers. They are able to stay under water for quite a long time.

At this time, their nostrils are tightly closed from the ingress of water by skin growths similar to valves. Molting also occurs exclusively under water. At this time, the snake rubs its belly against the bottom and gradually pulls off the old skin from itself.

Nutrition

This is a predator that feeds on various mammals, amphibians and, occasionally, fish. The snake may lie in wait for its victims long time... Due to its color, the snake seems to merge with the grass and remains almost invisible. After the prey gets close to close distance, the snake makes a quick throw and, having wrapped rings around its victim, begins to strangle it. The compression force is such that the animal simply cannot breathe and almost instantly dies from suffocation.

Anaconda snake under water.

These snakes are sometimes called water boas. They attack even such formidable predators like crocodiles. A person can also become a victim of this reptile. Cases when a snake ate a person are often described by Indians living in the South American jungle. They have not been documented. However, there is no reason not to trust the stories of local residents.

Reproduction

She leads a solitary life. In groups, these reptiles gather only for the mating season, which takes place in April-May. At this time, it rains in the selva. Females at this time secrete odorous substances, by the smell of which the males find them. After mating, the female bears the offspring for 6 months. At this time, she hardly hunts and loses weight a lot. Anaconda snakes are viviparous. At birth, cubs are about half a meter to 80 cm long.

Enemies

Adults in wildlife have very few enemies. Few animals are able to defeat this giant snake.

However, cases of attacks by other predators on them do occur. Most often, young individuals become victims of predators. On land, they are often hunted:

• jaguars;

Green snakes are often attacked crocodile caimans... Perhaps the most formidable enemy is man. Hunting for water snakes is not prohibited. The Indians kill them for the valuable skin and meat that they use for food.

Life span

The lifespan of a boa constrictor in the wild is not known for certain. These snakes do not tolerate captivity very well and die after 5-6 years. There is only one reliably known case when a snake lived in captivity for 28 years.

Red Book

The water boa is a protected species. These reptiles are listed in the international Red Book. Due to the fact that they live in very inaccessible places, scientists have not been able to reliably estimate the size of the population. Therefore, assigned to them protection status is categorized as “not assessed as threatened with extinction”.

To visit her stomach and stay alive! This idea was visited by the Italian biologist Paul R. Together with the Discovery Channel, Paul planned to conduct an experiment that was dangerous both for himself and for the boa constrictor and present the result to the channel's viewers. The scientist, dressed in a protective suit, was to be swallowed by a six-meter snake. The idea is extremely dangerous. Snakes that have reached this size are easily swallowed large mammals... However, there was no sensation.

Anaconda on the surface of the river.

At the first attempt by Paul to become a dinner for the giant anaconda, she just got scared and began to crawl away. Then the scientist himself decided to provoke the reptile to attack, after which the snake, curled up in rings, began to swallow the person, squeezing him with his body.

The force of the pressure was such that the scientist felt that the bones of his hand were about to break, and he himself could hardly breathe. Wild pain and panic fear forced Paul to call for help and stop the experiment.

Later, the scientist said that only a protective suit saved him from certain death. A person without protection would die within 10 seconds. This experience confirmed how dangerous a meeting with her for any living creature. !!

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If you managed to see an anaconda 5-6 meters long, then you should know that this is just an average individual. If you wish, you can find an anaconda 8 or even 9 meters long. Old-timers say that they caught and measured an anaconda 11 meters and 43 centimeters long, but they could not save it ...

In fact, in order to see a live anaconda and measure its length, you need to go on a trip to South America, or rather in the tropical part of it. More precisely, you must visit one of the countries: Brazil, Venezuela, northern Bolivia, Guyana, eastern Paraguay, French Guiana, Colombia, northeastern Peru, Ecuador or the island of Trinidad. It is there that anacondas live.

But if you are not a big fan of extreme travel, then see the most large anaconda can be in the USA. In the New York Zoological Society lives an anaconda about 9 meters long and weighing 130 kg.

Our giant snake mammals that come up to the water. Moreover, it defeats not only small game, but sometimes also vicious predators - jaguars. Being invisible in the water and getting close to prey, the anaconda allows its coloring. Anaconda - "gray-green speckled". Two rows of large brown, rounded spots run along its body. In the water, it hides among algae and fallen leaves.

Anaconda waits motionlessly in the water for prey. As soon as she approaches, with a lightning throw she grabs the victim and strangles, wrapping her in rings around the body. She swallows her prey whole, while strongly stretching her mouth and throat.

I think not everyone dares to chat with a live anaconda. But there are brave and desperate people! Among them is Franco Banfi, a diver from Switzerland. With his colleagues, he specially went from Switzerland to Brazil, or rather to the Mato Grasso region. There they met local guides who agreed to take the brave souls to the places where anacondas live. For a long time, the team looked out from the shore for an anaconda in quiet waters. Finally they saw a snake lurking near the shore. Hiding in the thickets, on the opposite bank, they began to wait ... After a while, a family of capybaras approached the reservoir. The snake chose a victim and attacked. The fight was not long. Having had enough, the anaconda began to swim from the coast. Divers swam to it from the opposite shore.

They managed to take great photos of the anaconda underwater.

“Throughout the photo session, the anaconda just glanced lazily at the 53-year-old diver and, according to the latter, he could easily touch her with his hand, but still did not do it.

- At the first moment it becomes scary, but then you get used to it and you start to truly respect this animal, says Franco Banfi, - I have never been so close to anaconda, but for me this is a big non-venomous snake much safer than a small and poisonous creature. "

You can see photos of Franco Banfi and a short video about this shooting.

Anaconda (lat. Eunectes murinus) is one of the most beloved modern monsters. Thanks to the American thriller of the same name, mentions of this huge, grayish-green, with brown spots, the boa constricts the hair on its head to move quietly even in people who have never seen (and will never see) it live.

Anaconda is also called giant anaconda, common anaconda and green anaconda. Europeans first heard about this representative of the pseudopod family in 1553 from the book of Pedro Cieza de Leon "Chronicle of Peru". According to Pedro, the specimen he encountered was 20 feet (a little over 6 meters) long and incredibly thick. The Spaniards killed the snake with some difficulty and found it intact in its stomach.

Despite the fact that from time to time there are eyewitness accounts claiming that they saw an anaconda 10, 20, or even more meters, it is considered that average value This snake is 5-6 meters, and the largest specimen lives in the New York Zoological Society - its length is 9 meters and weighs 130 kg. The question arises: if even in captivity they managed to grow such a monster, then what could it be in its natural environment - in the practically untouched tropical part of South America?

It is precisely because of the inaccessibility of its habitats that very little is known about the habits of the giant anaconda. Almost all information has been collected from observing these animals in zoos. It is also difficult to estimate their numbers in the wild. However, apparently, this species is not threatened with extinction.

Anaconda lives in quiet river branches, lakes and backwaters of the Orinoco and Amazon basins. Here it also guards its victims: various mammals, young caimans, turtles and waterfowl. He eats fish very rarely, although he can easily catch it. The snake's lightning-fast reaction helps it to grab unwary prey, which it twists in rings and strangles, in order to then swallow it whole. At the same time, her mouth and throat are stretched to incredible sizes.

The anaconda crawls out of the water extremely reluctantly, only to bask in the sun, hanging its huge body on the branches of coastal trees. During a drought, she either looks for a new place of residence, or buries herself in the bottom silt, where she falls into a daze and waits for the start of the rainy season.

Seasonal showers, which begin in April-May, force males of anacondas to seek encounters with females, which leave a specific smell on the ground during this period. When mating, males use the rudiments of the hind limbs to mate with females. Pregnancy lasts 6-7 (according to some reports, 9) months.

Anacondas are ovoviviparous, they give birth to 28 to 42 snakes, a little more than half a meter long. On the 5-13th day, they have the first molt, after which the young begin to feed intensively. Often snakes themselves become victims of various predators. This is how they grow until they reach such a size that no animal wants to measure their strength with them.

With regard to attacks on a person, only a few cases are reliably known. And even then it is believed that the anaconda did it completely by accident. Although it is unlikely that the true victims of a huge snake could tell the world about their misfortunes. So it is possible that the rumors about her are not so exaggerated ...