How does Anacondas drink water?

Answer 1

They simply lap it up like a dog or cat.

Answer 2

Anacondas move/crawl the same way other snakes move/crawl. Their long, thin bodies are almost entirely made up of muscles. Those muscles move in a wave-like motion, beginning at the front, ending at the tail. They also use little folds of skin called "scutes" on under side like shovels to dig into ground, and push forward to move. Anacondas are tropical snakes, and there are no anacondas native to the United States. Also, I believe they live primarily in the water. Anacondas, like Boa Constrictors, squeeze the life from their prey, then swallow it whole. If you ever have the opportunity to watch a Sidewinder (very poisonous snake) move, you may be able to get a more clear picture/understanding of the movements. I saw a very good picture section of snakes a couple of months ago on the internet. I didn't write down the web site, but I bet they had every kind of snake you can think of naming! With a good web site search engine, you can find a good site that has pictures worth more than a thousand words! Hopefully, when you find a good picture Internet site, you will find a good, scientifically described, but clearly worded, site bare of anything but snakes!

Answer 3

Anacondas swallow their prey whole and by using it's muscles in a rhythmic fashion it works the food toward its digestive area.

General information!

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.

Answer 4

The anaconda's scientific name Eunectes means "good swimmer" in Greek and reflects the snake's mainly aquatic habits. Its eyes and nostrils are set high on its head, allowing it to see and breathe with the rest of its body under water. An anaconda can reportedly hold its breath for 45 minutes or more, but in normal circumstances the snake may stay submerged for around 10 minutes...it doesn't breathe under water

Answer 5

well anacondas breathe through there nostrils like other snakes.

Answer 6

They have both because they are able to breath in smoke, carbon dioxide, air inside water and regular air. they breath through thier tounge like every snake does.

Answer 7

They don't !... They simply hold their breath while submerged.