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Anacondas swallow their prey whole and by using it's muscles in a rhythmic fashion it works the food toward its digestive area.
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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 fast do anaconda eat?
they eat their prey slowly .
Is an anaconda omnivore?
An Anaconda is a South American snake that constricts its prey, and it is a carnivore.
How often does an anaconda catch its prey daily once a week?
An anaconda catches its prey daily
Will a perana eat a capybara?
Given an opportunity yes. But that is practically not possible. Jaguars, Anaconda and Alligators are the most common predators of the capybara. It is the favorite prey of the Anaconda's
What does yellow anaconda eat?
Yellow anacondas prey on fish, reptiles, and geese.
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...
Where does an anaconda normally eat?
The majority of the time, an anaconda is going to eat in the wild, where they are most frequently located. Being carnivores, they only eat meat and therefore prey on birds, fish, pigs, small crocodiles, and rabbits among animals.
Does an eagle eat an anaconda?
Anaconda's spend a lot of time in Water which gives them the name "Water Boa". Many of the water mammals and other species that live around the water bodies, form the prey species. They can eat anything they can overpower & kill including fish, birds, mammals like Tapir, Capybara, Reptiles like Caiman etc. They constrict (squeeze) their prey to kill and then swallow them whole. They usually prefer prey that they can swallow. Large prey like a Buffalo or an Adult Human are impossible to swallow for the Anaconda. So, they don't usually eat them. However, they can easily kill any living animal.
What is an prey for green anaconda?
Green Anaconda prey is Capybaras, sometimes birds, and crocodiles. Alligators live in different places.
How much food can an anaconda eat a day?
Honestly, an anaconda doesn't eat every day.
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.
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.
