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Why are anacondas bigger than other boas?

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Q: Why are anacondas bigger than other boas?
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Why are anaconda's bigger than boas?

Anacondas are actually a genus of boas. They are probably bigger than the snakes we usually refer to as boas (such as boa constrictors) because they are adapted to prey on larger animals (up to and including tapirs, capybaras, deer, jaguars, caymans, and even domesticated goats and dogs that stray too close to the water) compared to boas (which mostly stick to rodents, smaller birds, and similar sized animals).


Is a andaconda bigger than a reticulated python?

Green anacondas are much bigger than reticulated pythons. Yellow anacondas are much smaller than retic pythons.


Are male anacondas bigger or smaller than female anacondas?

Males are generally smaller in size than the females.


Are anacondas bigger than boa's?

no worlds largest boa is over 70 feet and is the titan boa


Why have you seen more reports of bigger pythons than anaconda?

Pythons grow longer than Anacondas. Reticulated Pythons are the world's longest snakes closely followed by Burmese Pythons and then Anacondas. Anacondas are the world's heaviest snakes


Is a boa constrictor longer than an anaconda?

Nope, boa constrictors stay quite a bit shorter than anacondas, although they can reach similar lengths to the smaller yellow anacondas at the bigger end of their size range.


Is there more anacondas than any other snakes?

true


What is the difference between a python and a constrictor?

The main difference is - Rattlesnakes are venomous, while Boa constrictors are (as the name suggests) constrictors.


What is a constrictor snake?

What Are They: Constricting snakes are a family of snakes that consists of all boas, pythons, and anacondas. This family of snakes do not kill with biting or venom they squeeze there prey until the blood stops flowing to the brain or they can`t breathe. Anacondas are the largest snake not only out of constrictors but out of all snakes. Anacondas have grown to be 37 feet! The pythons and boas can be very large too but not as big. Pythons are larger out of the two. Constricting snakes are very strong and grow to be more than a foot thick sometimes. They live in South America, Africa, Australia, Asia, and the Phillipenes.


Do some snakes eat alligators and how?

A snake can eat anything that's shorter than its body. Some snakes like pythons, boas and annocondas can get WAY bigger than an alligator.


Are pythons bigger than a green anaconda?

Green anacondas grow much larger and stronger than yellow anacondas. Yellow anacondas are 10 to 15 ft long, and weigh 40 to 80 pounds. Green anacondas are 20 to 30 ft long, and weigh 200 to 550 pounds.


What is an anacondas weight when it is an adult?

When they are adults, anacondas can weigh more than 225kg. Females are a lot larger than males.