Anaconda

The Anaconda (Eunectes barbouri) is the largest snake in the world, measuring up to 10 meters long and weighing over 250 kilograms. It has a thick and muscular body, with a strength that allows it to constrict its prey to death. The Anaconda is native to

the Amazon rainforest.

　　 The Anaconda has a thick skin and a strong body. It attacks its enemies by coiling around them, crushing them to death. It lives only in South America and prefers waters. It is at the top of the food chain in the Amazon rainforest and has no natural predators. There are records of Anacondas killing powerful predators such as caimans, jaguars, and wild boars.

Chinese name:

亚马逊森蚺

Chinese alias:

森蚺

Scientific name:

Eunectes barbouri

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Reptilia

Order:

Squamata

Suborder:

Serpentes

Family:

Boidae

Genus:

Eunectes

Species:

barbouri

Distribution:

Distributed in the Amazon River Basin in South America

The Anaconda is the largest snake in the world, measuring over 6 meters long and weighing over 200 kilograms. It is native to South America and is the largest member of the Boidae family. Anacondas are aquatic, often found in muddy banks or shallow waters. They prey on water birds, turtles, capybaras, and even swallow caimans up to 2 meters long. The Anaconda constricts the caiman tightly until it suffocates, then swallows it whole and can go without food for several weeks.

An American adventure show filmed a snake swallowing a live person, but it was interrupted after only swallowing half the head. On the evening of December 7, 2014, this program was broadcasted on a certain channel in the United States. However, when the Anaconda bit the head of the rossori, he signaled for help to his assistant, and the process of swallowing the person abruptly stopped.

It is not recommended to keep, the Anaconda is a water-loving creature and usually inhabits muddy banks or shallow water. It preys on water birds, turtles, capybaras, and even swallows caimans up to 2.5 meters in length. The Anaconda tightly wraps around the caiman until it suffocates to death, then swallows it whole and can go without eating for several weeks. Therefore, for your safety, it is advisable not to keep an Anaconda.

For external injuries caused by feeding and molting, we use medical alcohol for disinfection, apply Yunnan Baiyao or gentamicin eye ointment until healed. For skin pustules caused by parasitic bites and fungal infections, due to the unique nature of python skin, incision and purulent scraping should be performed decisively. The method of medication is the same as above. Soak and rinse with a solution of potassium permanganate at a concentration of 1/10000.

Oral inflammation is generally caused by unclean bait, hard objects stuck in live bait fur, and bites from personnel when attacked. The affected snake has a moist snout, salivation, swelling, redness, and white lumpy clots and secretions in the mouth. In addition to strict precautions against the above situations, if oral inflammation occurs, medication should be given immediately. Clean the wound with a solution of potassium permanganate at a concentration of 1/1000, use cotton swabs and medical forceps to remove necrotic, shedding skin tissue and coagulated secretions, and check for any remaining shed teeth in the oral cavity to prevent re-injury. Feed with tetracycline drugs, supplemented with watermelon frost spray.

Pneumonia is often induced by contaminated air in the rearing environment, drowning, and sudden temperature changes. The affected snake often lifts its head and shows difficulty in breathing. If pneumonia occurs, the infected python should be moved to an environment with constant temperature, visible sunlight, and ventilation. Mild cases can be treated with compound neomycin and tyrothricin, while severe cases can be treated with intramuscular injection of streptomycin sulfate.

For enteritis and gastrointestinal deworming, when enteritis occurs, replace ordinary water with physiological saline for feeding, fill with terramycin or laitelin, extend the light giving time, and disinfect the feeding place. Under normal circumstances, deworming with intestinal worm cleaner is recommended once every six months.

The reproduction method of the Anaconda is ovoviviparity, which means that the eggs of the animal are fertilized and develop inside the body. Sometimes, an Anaconda can give birth to around 70 young snakes, but many of them are usually eaten by caimans.

The Anaconda is terrifying when it comes to swallowing its prey. It tightly wraps the food until it suffocates to death, and then swallows it whole. It can go without eating for several weeks or even up to three months.

Just by curling its body, it can crush its prey to pieces, even the world's largest rodent, the capybara, is not spared. In terms of appearance, it is unmatched in the New World.