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By camouflage and keeping it's self under water with just the eyes and nose above water.
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Anacondas Scientific classification.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Boinae
Genus: Eunectes
The question what is the biggest snake can be confusing, the biggest as far as girth (largest being measured at 44 inches or 1,1176 m) is the Green Anaconda, on average anacondas are more then 20 ft (6.09 m) long with and average weight of 300+ pounds (136.08+ kg) many reaching lengths of 29ft ( 8.83 m) or more, with a weight of over 550 lbs ( 249.48 kg), in terms of length then and only then will the Reticulated Python exceed the anaconda, the longest python was measured at 33 ft ( 10.05 m) but even this python can't match the total mass of the anaconda.
Anacondas are members of the Boidae family of reptiles and spend most of their time in rivers and swamps of the Amazon Rainforest in South America which makes them excellent swimmers and are capable of holding their breath for around 15 minutes, female anacondas are generally 3 to 4 times larger then the males and bear their young live and are called "Neonates", the number of young varies, some have produced 100 babies, but the average is between 20 to 40 babies which are about 24 inches (0.6 m) long, they stay with the mother for about and hour then leave to be on their own. Diet consist of (depending on the size of the anaconda, the larger the snake the larger the prey) large/small rodents like capybaras, also pigs, caiman, jaguars, deer, dogs, birds even fish and is acquired by ambushing with a quick strike, 100 rear-facing sharp teethhold the prey while suffocating it with constriction, (the anaconda is so powerful it generally crushes it's prey) then swallowing it whole and by using it's muscles in a rhythmic fashion it works the food toward its digestive area, the digestion of the anaconda is very slow thereby allowing it to survive without food for well over a year.
Anacondas have around a 10 to 12 year year life span in the wild, in captivity some have reached 20 + years, the biggest threat to it is man and loss of their habitat.
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How a green anaconda finds what they have to eat?
They have a row of heat-sensitive 'pits' around they mouths - which detects the bodies of their potential prey.
What is an prey for green anaconda?
Green Anaconda prey is Capybaras, sometimes birds, and crocodiles. Alligators live in different places.
Is an anaconda omnivore?
An Anaconda is a South American snake that constricts its prey, and it is a carnivore.
What makes anaconda so aggressive?
The green anaconda is full of pure muscle. It kills prey by using its big coils to wrap and crush. The coils of a female green anaconda can be thick as a telephone pole. It does not need teeth at all.
How often does an anaconda catch its prey daily once a week?
An anaconda catches its prey daily
How do anaconda sense prey?
they sense their prey the anaconda uses there sense of smell and mouth sense of heat to sense that their prey is coming or on its way... they sense their prey the anaconda uses there sense of smell and mouth sense of heat to sense that their prey is coming or on its way... they sense their prey the anaconda uses there sense of smell and mouth sense of heat to sense that their prey is coming or on its way... they sense their prey the anaconda uses there sense of smell and mouth sense of heat to sense that their prey is coming or on its way...
What does a jaguar eat from javelina or anaconda or falcon or a spider or grass?
Jaguars do not prey on jaguars. They will leave each other alone. American crocodiles do not prey on jaguars. But large male black caimans are known to kill and eat jaguars in water. Green anacondas are known to prey on jaguars, but it would have to be a large female green anaconda in water.
What is constrictors?
a constrictor is a type of snake that coils around its prey, squeezing and suffocating it, such as a boa constrictor or green anaconda.
What Phylum is the Green Anaconda?
A green anaconda belongs to the Chordataphylum.
How big are the anacondas prey?
The largest prey a large female green anaconda can take is a small male black caiman. Small male black caimans are 400 pounds.
What do anaconda hunt?
Large green anacondas prey on deer, rodents, tapirs, river dolphins, caimans, mountain lions, and jaguars.
Are piranhas and ocelots the predatorsof the anacondas?
It takes at least 50 piranhas to kill a female green anaconda. Ocelots do not prey on anacondas.
