Anaconda The Giant Snake

Anaconda or aquatic boas can be categories as four different species. They are green anaconda, the yellow anaconda, the Dark-Spotted anaconda or Deschauense's Anaconda (Eunectes deschauenseei) , and the Bolivian Anaconda (Eunectes beniensis).

There are two possible origins for the word "anaconda". It is perhaps an alteration of the Sinhalese word "henakanday," meaning "thunder snake," or alternatively, the Tamil word "anaikondran," which means "elephant killer."

It is unclear how the name originated so far from the snake's native habitat, maybe due to its vague similarity to the large Asian pythons. Locals names for the anaconda in South America include the Spanish term matatoro, meaning "bull killer," and the Native American terms sucuri, yakumama, and jiboia.

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Eunectes murinus, a.k.a. The Green anaconda also known as the largest and the most well-known Of all four species of anacondas inhabiting South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad which normally believed to max out at around 30 feet.

Green anaconda normally spends much of it's time gliding through the jungle swamps and bogs, which branch off from the main rivers,in search of food.

The Green Anaconda has very sharp teeth . It holds an animal in an inescapable grip. The Green Anaconda hunts by night, and preying on large animals like deer and others. The Green Anaconda's eyesight and hearing are very poor but the snake is sensitive to vibrations, they can easily senses animals moving towards them. It enjoys cool jungle rivers.

The Green Anaconda kills their prey by a suffocating embrace. It can consume over 300 times its daily food. That means it can eat more than it is supposed to eat. It's stomach has extraordinary capacity.

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Yellow anaconda a.k.a. Paraguayan anaconda are not as big as the green anaconda.The funny thing is the female yellow anaconda is longer then the male of it species.The yellow anaconda is more aggressive. Even a "tame" Anaconda which kept in captivity may bite without warning. Luckily, this giant snake's bite is not poisonous.

The Paraguayan anaconda is easily identify for its body yellow in colour and overlaid with a series of black or dark brown saddles, blotches, spots and streaks.It normally found in southern South America in eastern Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina.In Brasil this snake is called Sucuri Amarela, which means "yellow sucuri".

The yellow anaconda normally can be found in the swamps, marshes, rivers and brush covered banks of slow moving rivers and streams.They also are known as a very good swimmer. They prefers to hunt live prey, but at times they will also scavenge for animals that are already dead.They prefer smaller animals like heron, egrets, rodents, caimans, fish, and ducks.

Deschauense's Anaconda a.k.a.( Eunectes deschauenseei ) also known as Dark Spotted anaconda. It can be found in Amazon between Santarem and mouth of the river including the island Marajo and French Guayana.

Lastly the Bolivian Anaconda a.k.a. (Eunectes beniensis).Their body is coloured with ground color olive or brown , and has huge lateral points or rings from a size more than half of the lateral side.

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